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Article 220
The republican form of the State, the principle of universal suffrage, the
representative form of Government, the number and the duration of the mandates
of the President of the Republic, the independence of the Judicial Power, [and]
political and trade union pluralism, cannot be made the object of any constitutional
revision.
Any constitutional revision having for its object or for [its] effect the reduction of the
rights and freedoms of the person or the reduction [of] the prerogatives of the
Provinces and the decentralized territorial entities is formally prohibited.
TITLE VIII: OF THE TRANSITORY AND FINAL
PROVISIONS
Article 221
Provided that they are not contrary to this Constitution, the legislative and
regulatory texts in force continue to maintain it until their abrogation or their
modification.
Article 222
The political institutions of the transition remain in function until the effective
installation of the corresponding institutions provided for by this Constitution, and
exercise their attributions in accordance with the Constitution of the Transition.
The institutions in support of democracy are dissolved of plain right on the
installation of the new Parliament.
However, by organic law, the Parliament may, if necessary, institute other
institutions in support of democracy.
Article 223
Until the installation of the Constitutional Court, of the Council of State and of the
Court of Cassation, the Supreme Court of Justice exercises the attributions devolved
to them by this Constitution.
Article 224
Until the installation of the jurisdictions of the administrative order, the Courts of
Appeal exercise the competences devolved to the Administrative Courts of Appeal.
Article 225
The Court of Security of the State [Cour de Sureté de l'Etat] is dissolved on the entry
into force of this Constitution.
Article 226
[Amended by Law No. 11/002 of 20 January 2011.]
Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 2005 (rev. 2011)
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