KingRojas
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| 13 May 2015 01:00 PM |
Chapter 1 [The State of Lithuania]
Article 1 The State of Lithuania shall be an independent democratic republic.
Article 2 The State of Lithuania shall be created by the Nation. Sovereignty shall belong to the Nation.
Article 3 The Nation shall execute its supreme sovereign power either directly or through its democratically elected representatives.
Article 4 In Lithuania, State power shall be executed by the Seimas, the President of the Republic and the Government, and the Judiciary. The scope of power shall be limited by the Constitution.
Article 5 The State of Lithuania shall protect its citizens abroad.
Article 6 The capital of the State of Lithuania shall be the city of Vilnius, the long-standing historical capital of Lithuania.
Chapter 2 [The Human Being and the State]
Article 7 Human rights and freedoms shall be innate.
Article 8 The freedom of a person shall be inviolable. No one may be arbitrarily detained or held arrested. No one may be deprived of his freedom otherwise than on the grounds and according to the procedures which have been established by law.
Article 9 While implementing his rights and freedoms, the person must observe the Constitution and the laws of the Republic of Lithuania and must not restrict the rights and freedoms of other people.
Article 10 The dignity of a person being shall be protected by law. It shall be prohibited to torture, injuring, subject him to cruel treatment, as well as to establish such punishments.
Chapter 3 [Labour]
Article 11 In order to obtain a job in the State, the person must be a legal citizen.
Article 12 Any person may only be employed with one job. (i.e. No person can be in the Policija and Military).
Chapter 4 [The Seimas]
Article 13 The Seimas shall consist of representatives of the Nation. Members of the Seimas who shall be elected for a 2 month term on the basis of universal, equal, and direct suffrage by secret ballot.
Article 14 Laws shall be adopted at the Seimas according to the procedure established by law.
Article 15 Parties shall be established in Seimas and there shall be 15 seats in total.
Article 16 Once a political party has either won the majority of the seats in Seimas (at least 8) or has formed a coalition with another party, the Majority Party or Majority Coalition may choose their Prime Minister among their party and send him to the President for approval.
Chapter 5 [The President of the Republic]
Article 17 The President of the Republic shall be Head of State. He shall represent the State of Lithuania and shall perform everything with which he is charged by the Constitution and laws.
Article 18 The President of the Republic shall serve for life, with the exceptions of a unanimous vote by Seimas or resignation.
Article 19 The President of the Republic may not be a Member of the Seimas and may not hold any other office.
Chapter 6 [The Government]
Article 20 The Government of the Republic of Lithuania shall consist of the Prime Minister and Ministers.
Article 21 The Prime Minister shall sent forth by the Majority Party or Majority Coalition of Seimas. The Ministers shall be appointed by the Prime Minister with the approval of the President of the Republic The Prime Minister, within 3 days of his taking office, shall present to the Seimas the Government which he has formed and which has been approved by the President of the Republic, and shall present its program to the Seimas for consideration.
Article 22 When taking office, the Prime Minister and the Ministers shall, at the Seimas, take an oath to be faithful to the Republic of Lithuania. |
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