Constitution

Burundi 2018 Constitution

Table of Contents

TITLE XVI. OF INTERIM PROVISIONS

Article 288

While awaiting the establishment of the institutions arising from the elections in accordance with this Constitution, the institutions in place remain in operation until the effective installation of the new elected institutions.

The current members of the Constitutional Court remain in office until the establishment of new institutions arising from the 2020 election.

Article 289

A period of five years is granted to the Senate to evaluate whether to end or to continue the system of ethnic quotas in the executive, legislative and judicial branches after the establishment of institutions arising from this Constitution.