TITLE II. THE STATE AND SOVEREIGNTY
Article 25
Mali shall be an independent, sovereign, indivisible, democratic, secular and social Republic.
Its principle is a government of the People, by the People and for the People.
The institutions of the Republic are:
- the President of the Republic;
the Government; the National Assembly; the Supreme Court; the Constitutional Court; the High Court of Justice; the High Council of Territorial Units ; the Economic, Social and Cultural Council.
The national emblem is composed of three equal vertical bands of green, gold and red.
The motto of the Republic is “ONE PEOPLE – ONE GOAL – ONE FAITH”.
The national hymn is “LE MALI”.
Law shall determine the seal and arms of the Republic.
French is the official language of expression.
Law shall establish the method of promotion and officialisation of the national languages.
Article 26
The national sovereignty shall belong to the people as a whole who shall exercise it by their representatives or by means of referendum.
Article 27
Suffrage shall be universal, equal and secret.
Electors shall be, within the conditions determined by law, every citizen of voting age, possessing their civic and political rights.
Article 28
Parties shall comply with the expression of suffrage. They shall form and exercise freely their activities within the conditions determined by law.
They shall respect the principles of national sovereignty, democracy, territorial integrity, national unity and the secularity of the State.
