TITLE II. OF THE STATE AND OF NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY
Article 31
Burkina Faso is a democratic, unitary and secular State.
Faso is the republican form of the State.
Article 32
National sovereignty belongs to the people who exercise it under the conditions specified by this Constitution and by the law.
Article 33
Suffrage is direct or indirect and exercised under the conditions specified by the law.
Direct suffrage is always universal, equal and secret.
Article 34
The symbols of the Nation are constituted by an emblem, by a coat-of-arms, by an anthem and by a motto.
The emblem is the tri-colored flag of rectangular and horizontal form, red and green with, in its center, a yellow-gold star of five points.
The law determines the coat-of-arms as well as the signification of its constituent elements.
The national anthem is the Di-Taa-Niyè, chant of victory, [and] of salvation.
The motto is: UNITE -PROGRES -JUSTICE [Unity -Progress -Justice].
Article 35
The official language is French.
The law establishes the modalities of the promotion and of the official use of the national languages.
