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| 20 Dec 2016 08:03 PM |
The People of Madagascar are promised:
The preservation of peace, the practice of solidarity and the duty of preserving the national unity in the implementation of a policy of balanced and harmonious development; • The respect for and protection of the fundamental freedoms and rights; • The establishment of a State of law by virtue of which those governing and those governed are submitted to the same juridical norms, under the control of an independent Justice; • The elimination of all forms of injustice, of corruption, of inequality and of discrimination; • The rational and equitable administration of the natural resources for the needs of the development of the human being; • The good governance in the conduct of public affairs, thanks to transparency in the administration and the accountability of the depositories of the public power; • The separation and the equilibrium of power exercised through democratic procedures; • The implementation of effective decentralization, through the granting of The largest autonomy to the decentralized collectivizes both at the level of
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Article 1:
The Malagasy People constitute a nation organized as a sovereign, unitary, republican and secular State. • Official religion • Separation of church and state • Type of government envisioned This State bears the name of « Republic of Madagascar » Democracy and the principle of the State of law constitute the foundation of the Republic. Its sovereignty is exercised within the limits of its territory. No one may infringe the territorial integrity of the Republic. The national territory is inalienable. The law determines the modalities and the conditions relative to the sale and to the perpetual lease of terrain to the profit of foreigners.
Article 2:
The State affirms is founded on Catholic values but the freedom of religion can and shall be expressed by all types of peoples. The secularism of the Republic is based on the principle of the separation of the affairs of the State and of the religious institutions and of their representatives. The State and the religious institutions prohibit themselves from any infringement of their respective domains. No Head of Institution nor any member of the Government may be part of the directing authority of a religious Institution, under penalty of being relieved by the High Constitutional Court or being removed, of office, from their mandate or their function.
Article 3:
The Republic of Madagascar is a State based on a system of Decentralized Territorial Collectivizes composed of Communes, of Regions, and of Provinces of which the competences and the principles of administrative and financial autonomy are guaranteed by the Constitution and defined by the Law.
Article 4:
The Republic of Madagascar has as its motto: "Fitiavana Tanindrazana Fandrosoana". Its national emblem is the tricolor flag of white, red, and green, composed of three rectangular bands of equal dimensions, the first vertical of white color on the side of the pole, the other two horizontal, the superior red and the inferior green. The national language is Malagasy.
Article 5:
The law is the expression of the general will. It is the same for all, whether it protects, it obligates or it punishes. All individuals are equal before the law and enjoy the same fundamental freedoms protected by the law without discrimination founded on gender, the level of instruction, wealth, origin, religious belief or opinion. • Equality regardless of gender • Equality regardless of creed or belief • Equality regardless of financial status • Equality regardless of origin • Equality regardless of religion The law favors the equal access and the participation of women and men in public employment and to the functions in the domain of the political, economical and social life.
Article 6:
Any citizen has the right to be a candidate to the elections specified by this Constitution, under reserve of the conditions established by the law. If a citizen is a convicted felon, he/she may not run for any office.
-Citizens are required to do some form of civil service. This can include, military service, service in politics, security, civil works, or any kind of work hosted by the government that can benefit the people, and the country as a whole. Article 7:
No one may be prejudiced in their work or in their employment for reason of gender, of age, of religion, of opinions, of origins, of belonging to a trade-union or of political convictions.
Article 8:
The State guarantees the security of capital and of investments.
Article 9:
In the case of the President not being able to execute the office of the President of Madagascar, the line of succession will be as follows:
Vice President Prime Minister Deputy Prime Minister Speaker of Parliament Minister of Defense Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister of Justice Minister of Finance
If all of these roles are unable to execute the office of the president of Madagascar, then Parliament shall elect an new President.
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