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The President elected for the first post-transition period may not dissolve the
Parliament.
Article 303
Equally exceptionally and to the sole ends of the first elections of the Deputies, and
only if one party has obtained more than three-fifths of the seats by direct suffrage, a
total of eighteen to twenty-one supplementary members are co-opted in equal
numbers from the lists of all parties having registered at least the minimum
established for the suffrage, or in a rate of two persons per party in the case where
more than seven parties should meet the required conditions.
TITLE XVI: OF THE TRANSITORY
PROVISIONS
Article 304
While awaiting the establishment of the institutions issuing from the elections in
accordance with this Constitution, the institutions of transition and the territorial
administration remain in function until the date determined in accordance with the
calendar established by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
TITLE XVII: OF THE FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 305
In the measure that they are not contrary to the Constitution, the legislative and
regulatory provisions[,] prior to its entry into force[,] remain in application until their
modification or their abrogation.
Article 306
The Post-Transition Interim Constitution of the Republic of Burundi promulgated on
28 October 2004 is abrogated.
Article 307
This Constitution of the Republic of Burundi enters into force the day of its
promulgation.
Burundi 2005
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