Constitution

Comoros 2001 Constitution (reviewed 2009)

TITLE VIII. REVISION OF THE CONSTITUTION

Article 42

The President of the Union and a minimum of one third of the Members of the Assembly of the Union shall both have the right to initiate amendments to the Constitution.

To be adopted, a Government or a Private Member’s Bill to amend the Constitution must be approved by two thirds of the total membership of the Assembly of the Union as well as by two thirds of the total membership of the Island Councils, or by referendum.

No amendment procedure shall be initiated or continued where the integrity of the national territory, the inviolability of its internationally recognized borders or the autonomy of its islands is placed in jeopardy.