Title XI. Reform of the Constitution
Article 221
This Constitution may only be reformed by the National Assembly of People’s Power through an agreement adopted, in a nominal vote, by a majority of no less than two thirds of the total membership.
Article 222
The following have the initiative to promote Constitutional reforms:
- The President of the Republic;
- The Council of State;
- The Council of Ministers;
- The representatives of the National Assembly of People’s Power, through a proposition signed by no less than a third of its members, and
- The citizens, through a petition directed to the National Assembly of People’s Power or to the Council of State, signed before the National Electoral Council by a minimum of fifty thousand electors.
The law establishes the procedure for the request and realization of constitutional reforms.
Article 223
When a reform refers to the composition and operation of the National Assembly of People’s Power or of the Council of State, to the duties or the term of office of the President of the Republic, or to the rights, duties, and guarantees consecrated in the Constitution, a favorable vote of the majority of the electors within the nation during a referendum held for this purpose will also be required.
Article 224
In no case will the pronouncements regarding the irrevocability of socialism and the political and social system established in article 3 and the prohibition on negotiating under aggression, threat, or coercion from a foreign power, as explicated in article 12, be reformed.
