TITLE XVI. OF REVISION
Article 226
The initiative of revision belongs concurrently to the President of the Republic, after decision taken in the Council of Ministers, and to the members of the National Assembly.
To be taken into consideration, the bill or the proposal of revision must be voted on with the majority of three-fifths (3/5) of the members of the National Assembly.
The revision of the Constitution is approved by referendum or by the vote of the majority of two-thirds (2/3) of the members of the National Assembly.
Article 227
No procedure of revision may be implemented or pursued when it infringes:
- the integrity of the territory, independence, or the national unity;
the republican form of the State, the principle of the separation of powers and secularity; the freedoms and fundamental rights of the citizen; the policy of pluralism.
Article 228
No procedure of revision may be implemented when the President of the Republic exercises exceptional powers or when the Interim President exercises the functions of President of the Republic in accordance with the provisions of Articles 82 and 95 of this Constitution.
