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decree-law, deriving from Article 195 of this Constitution.
• Extraordinary legislative sessions
In the case of necessity, the Parliament is convoked in extraordinary session.
Article 105
The electoral law specifies all the other provisions relative to the election of the
President of the Republic.
• Oaths to abide by constitution
Article 106
At the moment of entering into [his] function, the President of the Republic solemnly
takes the following oath, received by the Constitutional Court before the
Parliament:
Before the Burundian People, sole holder of the national sovereignty, I, (enounce the
name), President of the Republic of Burundi, swear fidelity to the Charter of the
National Unity, to the Constitution of the Republic of Burundi and to the law and
engage myself to dedicate all my forces to the defense of the superior interests of
the nation, to assure the national unity and the cohesion of the Burundian People,
[and] social peace and justice. I engage myself to fight any ideology and practice of
genocide and of exclusion, to promote and to defend the individual and collective
rights and freedoms of the person and of the citizen, and to safeguard the integrity
and the independence of the Republic of Burundi.
• Head of state decree power
Article 107
The President of the Republic exercises the regulatory power and assures the
execution of the laws. He exercises his powers by decrees countersigned, the case
arising, by the Vice-President and the concerned Minister.
The countersignature does not intervene for the acts of the President of the
Republic deriving from Articles 110, 113, 114, 115, 197, 198, 297 and 298 of this
Constitution.
The President of the Republic may delegate his powers to the Vice-Presidents, with
the exception of those enumerated in the preceding paragraph.
• Cabinet selection
Article 108
The President of the Republic, in consultation with the two Vice-Presidents, appoints
the members of the Government and terminates their functions.
Article 109
The President of the Republic is the head of the Government. He presides over the
Council of Ministers.
• Designation of commander in chief
• Power to declare/approve war
Article 110
The President of the Republic is the Commander-in-Chief of the Corps of Defense
and of Security. He declares war and signs the armistice after consultation with the
Government, with the Bureaus of the National Assembly and of the Senate and with
the National Council of Security.
Burundi 2005
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