TITLE XXI. TRANSITORY AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 243
The international treaties and agreements, the laws, the ordinances and the regulations currently in force, when they are not contrary to this law, remain applicable as long as they are not expressly modified or abrogated.
Article 244
The institutions derived from [issues] the Constitution of 20 January 2002 function until the establishment [mise en place] of the new institutions without being able to [pouvoir] exceed, for the institutions provided for in [an] elective way [voie], the expiration of their mandate.
Article 245
Any Congolese citizen, without exclusion, who fulfills the conditions of eligibility, may present a candidature [faire acte de candidature] to the elective public functions specified by this Constitution.
Article 246
This law, which enters into force from its publication, will be executed as Constitution of the Republic of Congo.
