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Constitution of the Roman Byzantine Union

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THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE ROMAN BYZANTINE UNION

PREAMBLE

We, the nations of the Roman Byzantine Union, which will be the foundation of cooperation among our nations, with powerful convictions in the freedom of each nation, in the freedom of all forms of human expression, in the equality before the law, and in the indomitable freedom of the mind and body of every being alive,

Bringing a Constitution and an united Government to serve as the Path and Protector of their free will and for common benefit, according to the universal values and morality, and working as a civilized society and as a whole of human species and lifeforms to coexist in any world, following the principles of friendship, brotherhood and moral values,

Considering for the benefit of the nature environment, lifeforms and humans we have been entrusted to protect, and therefore make no demands of our citizens regarding personal worship, morality, or belief, that Peace and Friendship with all being our wisest policy, and wishing we may be permitted to pursue it,

DETERMINED

to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and
to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small, and
to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and
to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,

AND FOR THESE ENDS

to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbours, and
to unite our strength to maintain international and interstellar peace and security, and
to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and
to employ international and interstellar machinery for the promotion of the economic and social advancement of all peoples,

AND FOR TO COMBINE OUR EFFORTS TO ACCOMPLISH THESE AIMS,

Accordingly, our respective nations, through representatives assembled in the city chosen as our Capital, who have exhibited their full powers found to be in good and due form, have agreed to the present Constitution and do hereby establish an international alliance and union to be known as the Roman Byzantine Union.

HAVING SAID THAT, WE HEREBY ESTABLISHED THIS

CONSTITUTION OF THE ROMAN BYZANTINE UNION

I. PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES

Article 1

The purposes of the Roman Byzantine Union are:

1) To maintain international and interplanetary peace and security within its acknowledged and accepted borders, and to that end: to take effective collective measures for the prevention of threats to the peace, the suppression of acts of aggression, and to bring about by peaceful means, and employing the principles of justice and international and intergalactic law, adjustment or settlement of international and interplanetary disputes which might lead to a breach of the peace;
2) To develop friendly relations among nations and planets based on respect for the principles of equal rights and self-determination of intelligent lifeforms, and to other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace and safety;
3) To achieve international and interplanetary cooperation in solving international and intergalactic problems of economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights, for intelligent lifeform rights and for fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to culture, race, sex, language, or religious belief; and
4) To be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations and for concilience of the actions of all social systems in the attainment of these common ends.
5) To perform or to develop a civilized society to a better one, with peace, prosperity and liberty through order and responsibility, and also to preserve the human race or at least a part of human race; and
6) The maintaining and preservation of the nature or natural environment and the continue regeneration of resources; and
7) To maintain and keep our civilization or at least our community at a good classification, to expand further forward in the space and also to perform and to keep connections, collaborations and even a coalition with other good or neutral species; and
8) The importance and the necessity of the preservation of the fundamental human rights, such as those mentioned in LinkThe International Bill of Human Rights which was the name given to LinkUN General Assembly Resolution 217 (III) and two international treaties established by the United Nations, which it consists of the LinkUniversal Declaration of Human Rights (adopted in 1948), the LinkInternational Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) with its two Optional Protocols and the LinkInternational Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966), to be universally protected and as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations.

Article 2

The Union and its members, in pursuit of the purposes stated, shall act in accordance with the following principles:

1) The Union is based on the equality, the unity and the solidarity of all its members;
2) In order to ensure to all of them equal rights and benefits resulting from membership, all members shall fulfill in good faith the obligations assumed by them in accordance with the present Constitution;
3) All members shall settle their international and interplanetary disputes by peaceful means in such manner that international, interstellar and intergalactic peace, security, and justice, are not endangered;
4) In all international and interplanetary relations, all members shall refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any nation, system or society, or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the Union;
5) All members shall give the Union every assistance in any action taken in accordance with the present Constitution, and shall refrain from assisting or from giving assistance to any state or system against which the Union is taking preventive or enforcement action;
6) The Union shall ensure that states or systems which are not members of the Union act in accordance with these Principles so far as may be necessary for the maintenance of international, interstellar and intergalactic peace and security;
7) Nothing contained within the present Constitution shall authorize the Union to intervene in matters which are essentially the domestic jurisdiction of any state or of any planetary system, or shall require the members to submit such matters to settlement under the present Constitution, but this Principle shall not prejudice the application of enforcement measures under Title IX;
8) To establishing regulations and limitations for to weed out corruption and ensure that it stands as a clear and unwavering voice of the people;
9) The military will be purposed to protect the people instead of proscribing them, that the days of military oppression, forced labor, and unlawful conscription must end, and that this order of rule, through the Union, shall be maintained by liberty and justice to the citizens of mankind and of all our members, and that those courageous pioneers who have fought through horrors unimaginable to become stewards of this distant end of the universe, and that never again will fear, greed, or alien threats force us from our rightful place, or from the sacred human desire for freedom;
10) The Union will be the foundation of cooperation among our nations, with powerful convictions in the freedom of each member, in the freedom of all forms of human expression, in the equality before the law, and in the indomitable freedom of the mind and body of every being alive;
11) Performing, through this Constitution, an united Government to serve as the Protector of the free will and for common benefit, according to the universal values and morality, and working as a civilized society and as a whole of human species and lifeforms to coexist in any world, following the principles of friendship, brotherhood and moral values;
12) To make no demands of our citizens or residents regarding personal worship, morality, or belief, to preserve freedom in the Union and to promote harmony, and to improve or to maintain friendship, brotherhood, mutual trust and understanding between all;
13) To fosters and develops peaceful relations with all the states, and, in this context, good neighbourly relations, based on the principles and other generally recognized provisions of international and interstellar law, performing peace and friendship with all being our wisest policy and we shall be permitted to pursue it;
14) To maintain, to preserve and to protect the nature, the natural environment, the ecosystems and the continue regeneration of resources;
15) To stand for the sovereignty and independence of the Union, and also for Human Rights and for Fundamental Values;
16) To develop the economic and social advancement of all our members;
17) To respect, to maintain and to promote yet other principles like legality, equality in the front of law, universal peace, safe trade and commerce, the prevention of raids and other threats, the mutual understanding of the cultures of different members and systems, righteous democracy, the freedom and the autonomy of member communities, and other values like friendship, respect, freedom, security, peace, justice, and equality;
18) The protection measures taken for the preservation, development and expression of identity of the persons shall conform to the principles of equality and non-discrimination;
19) The Union pledges to fulfill as such and in good faith its obligations as deriving from the treaties it is a part to, and treaties ratified by the Union Council, according to the law, are part of law;
20) The observance of the Constitution, its supremacy and the laws shall be mandatory, and the obligations imposed by it must be fulfilled, and a law or conduct inconsistent with it is invalid.

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II. SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIES

Article 3

The Roman Byzantine Union is sovereign, independent, united and indivisible, where:

1) The Union is a one, sovereign, democratic federal union, founded on the following values:
a. Dignity, the achievement of equality and the advancement of rights and freedoms;
b. Nondiscrimination;
c. Supremacy of the constitution and the rule of law;
d. Universal adult suffrage, a common roll of state voters, regular direct elections and a non-party system of democratic government, to ensure accountability, responsiveness and openness;
2) The national sovereignty shall reside within the Union people, within the member nations and systems as a whole, that shall exercise it by means of their representative bodies, resulting from free, periodical and fair elections, as well as by referendum;
3) No group or person may exercise sovereignty in one's own name;
4) The territory of the Union and of the member nations and systems is inalienable;
5) The frontiers are sanctioned by an organic law, with the observance of the principles and other generally recognized regulations of international and interstellar law;
6) The territory is organized administratively into communes, towns, counties, provinces, regions, plateaus, planets, subsystems, systems and sectors. Some towns are declared municipalities, according to the provisions of the law;
7) No foreign populations may be displaced or colonized on the territory of the Union, unless they join as citizens. Other requirements on this are decided through law;
8) The Union shall support the strengthening of links with the members living abroad and shall act accordingly for the preservation, development and expression of their national, cultural, linguistic and religious identity, with the observance of the legislation of the Union whose citizens they are;
9) The territory of every population, community, nation and system joining, as Union member, becomes part of the Union territory.

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III. MEMBERSHIP

Article 4

Membership in the Union is open to any other peaceful social systems which accept the obligations contained in the present Constitution and, in the judgment of the Union, are capable and willing to carry out these obligations;
The admission of any such social system to membership in the Union is contingent upon the decision of the Supreme Council or upon recommendation of the Union Council.

Article 5

Membership inside Union has three status:

1) Special Membership, with the following characteristics:
a. Special Membership is usually granted for those loyal and permanent members, such like the founding members, the culturally assimilated members, magistrates, medics, those in guarding forces, those elected or chosen in central government offices, and especially those within Supreme Council;
b. Special Membership can be obtained only by citizens, with major approval of the special members, with majority votes of the Union Council and with the agreement of the Supreme Council;
c. Removal of a Special member can be done by the majority votes of the Union Council or of the Supreme Council;
d. Special Membership could be lost automatically, without the need of votes, in special cases like when such a high member had done aggression, acts of terror, treachery or other threats against the Union or on any of his members or against the partners of the Union, and if this happening, the Supreme Council has the obligation to take emergency actions.
2) Citizenship, with the following characteristics:
a. Citizenship is granted free by birth for those native-born and this cannot be withdrawn if acquired by birth;
b. Citizenship can be acquired by residents or by other members, or even by others who are joining as members;
c. Citizenship can be acquired, retained or lost as provided by the organic law;
d. Citizens can benefit of any of the rights, freedoms and privileges, but not of those rights and privileges granted only to the high members.
3) Residence, with the following characteristics:
a. Residence, as membership, is granted for all those who reside within the Union or for those joining in the Union, even nations, systems or even individuals;
b. Residence can be obtained by free joining, however a special status of residence is granted to refugees, to groups or communities, or to nations or systems who are seeking support or protection;
c. Residents with unclear statute, or which may bring harm, they are limited from the rights of to vote, to propose candidates and to participate in all of the activities and decision making of the Union.

Article 6

The Supreme Council may suspend the rights and privileges of membership of any member of the Union against which the Council has taken preventive or enforcement action. The Council may restore these rights and privileges of membership at its discretion. This could apply mostly for violation of Constitution provisions or for any other reasons which could affect the Union. The subjects of such measures could appeal the Supreme Court of Justice.

Article 7

Any member of the Union which has persistently violated the purposes contained in the present Constitution may be expelled from the Union by the Supreme Council upon the recommendation of the Union Council. However, in some very special cases, such as in the event of war or catastrophe, the article 11 point 1) could apply.

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IV. EXECUTIVE POWERS

Article 8

The Executive of the Union consists of the Presidency, which is the leadership of the executive power and the Government, with elected members and with the assistance of the Chairman of the Union Council, as established by an organic law.

Article 9

The Presidency of the Executive shall be comprised of two Consulars, a Basileus and a Symbasileus, as a leadership of the executive power, and such staff as the Union may require, and on the following provisions:

1) The First Consular, Basileus, shall be appointed for an unlimited period of time, shall enjoy immunity and shall be the chief of the executive and administrative bodies of the Union.
2) The Presidency shall represent the Union and is the safeguard of the national independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Union, and acts as titular head of state, serving as the ultimate representative of the Union in all federal matters foreign and domestic;
3) The Presidency shall guard the observance of the Constitution and the proper functioning of the public authorities. To this effect, this shall act as a mediator between the Powers in the State, as well as between the State and society, and shall enjoy immunity.
4) As Commander-in-Chief of the military the Presidency:
a. Must ask the Union Council for declarations of war against foreign powers, interests, and factions, and must abide by those decisions of the Council on the matter in question;
b. Acts as supreme power in coordinating military efforts against foreign powers, interests, and factions;
c. May declare or shall institute a state of heightened emergency preparedness and readiness, according to the law, in the entire Union or in some territorial-administrative units, so long as such a state of emergency does not infringe the rights of any peoples or group of peoples that: are citizens of the Union; reside within the Union; are protected by international or interstellar treaties in which the Union is engaged; are protected by the guarantees and rights the Union provides to all cognizant peoples.
5) Negotiates international treaties with foreign powers, interests, and factions, and treaties with internal powers, interests, and factions, which must be ratified by Union Council;
6) May grant pardons, reprieves or commutations of sentences of convicted criminals in cases of crimes only in accordance with the law;
7) Issues Executive Orders, directives that have force of law, for:
a. Establishing new programs, offices, or commissions to promote or carry out the political affairs;
b. Creating policies that affect how legislation passed by Union Council is to be carried out or enforced but not the content of the legislation in question;
8) Vetoes legislation passed by the Union Council.
9) Shall designate a candidate to the office of Secretary General or Vice-Consular and appoint the Government on the basis of the vote of confidence of Union Council.
10) In the event of government reshuffle or vacancy of office, the Presidency shall dismiss and appoint, on the proposal of the Secretary General, some members of the Government; and, if, through the reshuffle proposal, the political structure or composition of the Government is changed, the Presidency shall be entitled to exercise the power stipulated, based on the Union Council's approval, granted following the proposal of the Secretary General.
11) Shall preside over the Government meetings he participates in, shall act in that capacity in all meetings of the Union Council, and shall perform such other functions as are entrusted to the Executive by these.
12) The emolument, other powers and other rights of the Presidency shall be established by law, and this shall also have the following powers:
a) to confer decorations and titles of honour;
b) to make promotions to the ranks of marshal, general and admiral;
c) to make appointments to public offices, under the terms provided by law;
d) to grant individual pardon.

Article 10

The election of the Presidency is based on the following:

1) The Presidency shall be elected by universal, equal, direct, secret and free suffrage.
2) The new Basileus or the new Symbasileus shall be appointed by the Supreme Council upon the recommendation of the Union Council.
3) The candidate who, in the first ballot, obtained a majority of votes of the electors entered on the electoral lists shall be declared elected; and, in case no candidate has obtained such a majority, a second ballot shall be held between the first two candidates highest in the order of the number of votes cast for them in the first ballot. The candidate having the greatest number of votes shall be declared elected.
4) The candidate whose election has been validated shall take before the Union Council, or before the Supreme Council if the Union Council is missing, the following oath: "I solemnly swear that I will dedicate all my strength and the best of my ability for the spiritual and material welfare of the Union people, to abide by the Constitution and laws of the Union, to defend democracy, the fundamental rights and freedoms of my fellow-citizens, Union's sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity. So help me God!".

Article 11

In special cases of emergency and security, the Leaders are allowed:

1) as a Protection Act, to use emergency powers, even to eject and to ban any offending member, resident or stranger, in times of a raid, a war, an invasion or of a fear of an oppression, however, the Leaders are not be allowed to eject or to ban a nation, a system, a member or a resident which is not involved in actions against our Union or against our members or residents;
2) as a Necessary and Proper Act, to make temporary edicts as they see necessary to accommodate situations as well as creating new or temporary administrative positions as they are needed;
3) the Acts mentioned and present in the Constitution takes compulsory and immediate effects in certain events, as parts of the Constitution itself, without the need of approval, unless if the measures taken may cause harm.

Article 12

The Government, as part of the Executive Power of the Union, is based on the following provisions:
a) The Government, in accordance with its government program accepted by Union Council, shall ensure the implementation of the domestic and foreign policy of the country, and exercise the general management of public administration. In the exercise of its powers, the Government shall co-operate with the social bodies concerned.
b) The Government consists of the members of Presidency, the Vice-Consular as Secretary General, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Defense and Security, the Minister of Special Affairs, other Ministers, the Praesidens of the Union Council and other members as established by a law.
c) The program and list of the Government shall be debated upon by the Union Council, in joint sitting. Union Council shall grant confidence to the Government by a majority vote of the members.
d) The members of the Government shall individually take an oath before the Presidency, as provided under Article 10 paragraph 4). The Government as a whole and each of its members shall exercise the mandate from the date of taking the oath.
e) Membership of the Government shall be incompatible with the exercise of any other public office in authority, except for the office of a Deputy or Senator. Likewise, it shall be incompatible with the exercise of any office of professional representation paid by a trading organization. Other incompatibilities shall be established by a law.
f) Membership of the Government shall cease upon resignation, dismissal, disenfranchisement, incompatibility, death, or in any other cases provided by law.
g) The Presidency or the Secretary General, with the assistance of a member of the Presidency, shall direct Government actions and co-ordinate activities of its members, with the observance of the powers and duties incumbent on them. Likewise, he shall submit to the Union Assembly reports and statements on Government policy, to be debated with priority.
h) The Government is politically responsible for its entire activity only before the Union Council. Each member of the Government is politically and jointly liable with the other members for the activity and acts of the Government. Cases of liability, and penalties applicable to members of the Government shall be regulated by a law on ministerial responsibility.

Article 13

The Vice-Consular is an advisor and a direct intermediary stage between the Basileus and the Government, and his position is based on the following provisions:
a) this looks after the general administration of the government, the army and its supplies, the sustainable and socially conscious order and harmony, the transport, and the general affairs;
b) he supervise the public post and its fairness;
c) he control the state mint and supervise customs houses through supervisors;
d) he shall act as a general secretary in the relations between the Presidency, the Government and the Union Council;
e) he can assume some of the ceremonial duties of the Presidency, such as attending functions and events that the actual Consulars may be too busy to attend;
f) he has a responsibility to ensure the fair elections of the Consulars, when the case may exist, and the active continuity of the Presidency;
g) he can temporary serve as president only in extraordinary circumstances and only for a short time if all Consulars of the Presidency are not present, dies, resigns, or it is otherwise unable to fulfill their duties, until a new Presidency is elected, and for this he respond directly to the Supreme Council.

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V. LEGISLATIVE POWERS

Article 14

The Union Council is the supreme representative body of the people and the sole legislative authority of the Union; and
the legislative branch of the Union is comprised of two Chambers of the Union Council: the Senate and the Plebian Council. Legislation must pass both houses before it is presented to the Presidency to be signed into law; and
when it is necessary, or when the Government is not active or missing or even when the Tribune of the Senate is missing, the Presidency has also the right to establish and to publish legal provisions only for special and important matters or for emergency measures, later these being approved by the Union Council.

Article 15

The Union Council shall consist of two chambers, the Senate and the Plebian Council, and is based on the following provisions:
1) In the Plebian Council, the duties, acts or services are performed by the members residing in the Union for at least 1 week or even based on other features as provided by the law, and the members can voice their opinions on legislation proposed by the government or the Senate in the Plebian Council;
2) Excepting the Plebian Tribune, the Plebian Council will have no direct mechanism to independently propose legislation. In order for a legislation if proposed by Plebian Tribune to pass to the next level for the Senate debates, it needs to be passed first by the Plebian Council. In order for legislation to pass to the final level, it needs to pass the Senate;
3) The Plebian Council shall serve as a counter balance to the Senate as a peoples forum, can block legislation from the Senate if it has the same amount of opposition as the Senate has support, and needs at least 30 percent turnout to block any legislation from the Senate;
4) Anyone found to be using puppets to influence votes in the Plebian Council will have all voting rights stripped, government roles removed, senate seats forfeited and if repeating may face exile;
5) Anyone may lodge a complaint if they notice any irregular voting activities. The judicial system and the executive will launch investigations if the claim appears valid, applying the consequences provided by law;
6) Government officials voting in the Plebian Council must recuse themselves from any vote regarding their ministry. They may make their opinion known, but will not have a vote in the matter.
7) In the Senate, the duties, acts or services are performed by at least five World Assembly members elected to serve for a unlimited amount of 3 month terms, or even based on other features as provided by the law;
8) Senators cannot be sitting senior government members or judicial members and they are responsible for creating the laws that govern the region. The Senate may both put forward laws for vote, as well as confirm laws put forward by government for vote. Senate approval is required for the passage of any law;
9) Senators may be removed from the Senate by leaving the region or by ceasing to exist. They may also be removed for withdrawing from the WA. The Basileus can remove a Senator if they have a been deemed to not have participated in enough votes without a valid reason. If a Senator has been removed from their position for such a reason, a special election will be called for a eligible member to serve out the remainder of that senators term.
10) Senate bills have to be seconded by another senator before they can be brought upon the voting chamber;
11) Senators will vote in regular polls, but with their votes accounted for as a separate chamber. Any senators that do not vote shall not count towards the voting count;
12) Senate elections are to held starting on the 15 of January, April, July and October. Elections are to be 7 days long. All prospective Senators are to contact the Basileus or Symbasileus if they want to run. If not enough senators express their interests in running, all non government/judicial WA members will have their names put forward and the 5 who receive the most votes will serve as senators;
13) Senate size will be a odd number taking into consideration the size of the region, number of WA delegates and voting activity. The senate will scale up and down according to the principle of senate votes not exceeding 66 percent of votes cast or falling below 33 percent. If the senate is to expand or contract by the multiple of 2 required to keep this ratio it will take place in the next election period;
14) Senators will have their own chamber that lists the current sitting senators and their political association. If they have no political association they will be listed as independents. Chamber to be made visible from the regional factbook;
15) Legislation will originate in the Senate or the Executive, and shall pass both chambers of the Union Council. After being passed in the Union Council, the legislation needs the Approval of the Basileus. If the Basileus deems the legislation harmful to either the region, its allies, or its Consulars, Basileus can choose to not give approval;
16) The Consulars, Basileus and Symbasileus, can propose and can veto legislation in the Union Council;
17) As for who can propose legislation and votes, that will be left up to the Union Council, excepting other cases provided by the Constitution, and the sittings of both Chambers shall be public;
18) Two honorary positions as representatives of the Chambers will be left open to be voted on, one as Tribune of the Plebian council, one as Tribune of the Senate, elected by their chambers majority to preside their chambers for a term limit of 3 months, till the next election. They can be removed by their chambers in same way via majority, or by Presidency if they're harming the Union. Senate Tribune can start votes, to put in debate the issues concerning the Union if any and announcing the bills, and same can do the Basileus and Symbasileus;
19) Both Chambers of the Union Council may elect a Praesidens Concilium as a Chief of the Union Council for participation in the Supreme Council when necessary or for special cases or circumstances, or the Senate Tribune may be de facto Praesidens during the extraordinary cases, with the main role to prevent the abuse of power if the Legislative isn't functional, in the interest of the people, but this cannot affect or influence the Government and the Union Council, in any other way than provided by the law; and their attributes, powers and limits shall be regulated by a law;
20) Those who would abuse the position, as Praesidens or Tribune, would be removed from office by the Senate or by the Presidency, and the position will be filled by a vote with the offending official no longer being considered;
21) The Union Council, as for acts and legal quorum, shall pass laws, and carry resolutions and motions, with the majority of votes, if not provided otherwise by law, excepting certain special cases with compulsory participation of the Supreme Council leaders.

Article 16

The Supreme Council:
1) shall consist of all members of the Union which are part of the executive bodies and the administration powers;
2) shall be lead by the Presidency;
3) the Government members could participate in the legislation process and they have a legal right in voting on legislation;
4) Government cannot affect and cannot influence directly the legislation process, but can vote and express argues on various matters which the ministers may know better;
5) Presidency can even represent or substitute the Supreme Council members in the legislative process when necessary;
6) Governors and local representatives shall be de facto members of the Plebian Council;
7) If local legislatures exist on distant colonies or social systems (outer regions) under Union authority/protection (central region), these could send law proposals through their Governors;
8) Supreme Council shall be operative all the time and shall be allowed to act with legislative and executive powers, under the command of the Presidency, for and during the emergency or extraordinary cases, as provided by law;
9) shall operate in major concerns of administrative and executive affairs when the case may be, as provided by the law.

Article 17

The legislation process, in addition to articles 15 and 16, is based on the following:
1) Presidency shall issue edicts and acts, as provided by article 18, for the cases provided by article 18 and for other exceptional cases of defense or emergency matters, and the Supreme Council shall take measures, according to the law;
2) In the exercise of his powers, the Presidency shall issue and publish decrees, which shall be countersigned if or when necessary, for the following:
a) In the name of Union, Presidency shall conclude international treaties negotiated by the Supreme Council, and then submit them to the Union Council for ratification, within a reasonable time limit; and the other treaties and international agreements shall be concluded, approved, or ratified according to the procedure set up by law;
b) This may declare, with prior approval of Union Council, partial or total mobilization of the Armed Forces;
c) In the event of a potential armed aggression against the Union, the Presidency shall take measures to repel the aggression, and he shall promptly bring them to the cognizance of Union Assembly, by a message;
3) The Presidency, the Government or the Superior Council of Magistracy shall issue recommendations which allow the institutions to make their views known and to suggest a line of action without imposing any legal obligation on those to whom it is addressed, and these do not have any legal consequences;
4) Members of Supreme Council shall address messages or shall issue opinions as an instrument that allows the institutions to make a statement and to give opinions from their specific regional or economic and social viewpoint, without imposing any legal obligation on those to whom these are addressed;
5) Supreme Council shall issue regulations as binding legislative acts to be applied in its entirety across the Union, with the approval of the Union Council, excepting the cases provided by the articles 31, 32 and 33; and shall issue decisions to their subordinate administrative authorities or agencies;
6) In the case when the members of Union Council who are not present several times during the sessions of votes on laws or do not take part at these sessions:
a) they will be considered as absent from this;
b) if for certain reasons the Union Council members or the Senate members cannot be present for laws to pass, in majority or in part, then the majority of votes in the Union Council shall pass laws;
c) for certain reasons in special or extraordinary cases the Union Council shall elect and delegate at around 5 representatives in the Supreme Council;
7) If Plebian Council approves a legislation, but Senate doesn't, the law is repealed;
8) Union Council shall receive recommendations from the Supreme Council of Magistracy and shall receive messages and opinions from the Supreme Council members;
9) Other special cases or instruments related to the legislation process shall be established by a law.

Article 18

According to the Constitution, the Presidency has the right to establish and to publish legal provisions only for important matters or for emergency measures as necessary, when the Government is not active or missing or even when the Chief of the Union Council is missing, based on the following rules:
1) Edicts are made and published by the Basileus, or even started by the Symbasileus, also proposals started by a Government member if necessary. These edicts become active without the approval of the Union Council, and later approved by the Supreme Council for full or permanent effects as a law. Each edict without the approval of the Supreme Council has transitory and partially effects, but it applies for special cases and for emergency measures;
2) Acts are similar to edicts, proposed by a Leader or by a member of the Government, or even by a member of the Union Council, and approved by the majority of votes of the Union Council's members;
3) These must fall within the limits set out by the legislation in question, and these cannot violate the Constitution and these cannot make a conflict with existing law.

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VI. JUDICIAL AUTHORITY

Article 19
Judicial authority is based on the following provisions:
1) Administration of justice:
a) Justice shall be rendered in the name of the law;
b) Justice shall be one, impartial, and equal for all;
c) Judges shall be independent and subject only to the law;
2) General principles:
a) Against decisions of the court, the parties concerned and the Public Prosecutor Office may exercise ways of appeal, in accordance with the law;
b) Proceedings shall be public, except for the cases provided by law;
c) The judicial control of administrative acts of the public authorities, by way of the contentious business falling within the competence of administrative courts, is guaranteed, except for those regarding relations with the Union Council, as well as the military command acts. The administrative courts, judging contentious business have jurisdiction to solve the applications filed by persons aggrieved by statutory orders or, as the case may be, by provisions in statutory orders declared unconstitutional;
d) The jurisdiction of the courts of law and the judging procedure shall only be stipulated by law;
e) This is without prejudice to Members’ national systems concerning the way in which criminal investigations are organized;
f) The public prosecutor's offices attached to courts of law shall direct and supervise the criminal investigation activity, according to the law; Within the judicial activity, these shall represent the general interests of the society, and defend legal order, as well as the citizens' rights and freedoms; and should act in the interest of the Union as a whole and neither seek nor take instructions from any person external to the Union;
g) Public prosecutors shall carry out their activity in accordance with the principle of legality, impartiality and hierarchical control, under the authority of the Minister of Justice; and the office of public prosecutor is incompatible with any other public or private office, except for academic activities.
h) Institutional safeguards should be put in place to ensure the Prosecutors independence as well as its accountability towards the institutions of the Union; and the Chief Prosecutor is fully accountable for the performance of his duties as the head of the Public Prosecutor Office and as such he bears an overall institutional accountability for its general activities; and as a result, any of these institutions can apply to the Court of Justice of the Union, with a view to his removal under certain circumstances, including in cases of serious misconduct. The same procedure should apply for the dismissal of Public Prosecutors;
i) Any person shall be presumed innocent till found guilty by a final decision of the court;
j) Penalties shall be established or applied only in accordance with and on the grounds of the law, and the freedom deprivation sanction can only be based on criminal grounds.

Article 20
Statute of judges is as the following:
1) The appointment proposals, as well as the promotion, transfer of, and sanctions against judges shall only be within the competence of the Superior Council of Magistracy, under the terms of its organic law;
2) The office of a judge shall be incompatible with any other public or private office, except for academic activities;
3) The judges appointed by the Presidency shall be irremovable, according to the law.

Article 21
Supreme Judicial Court, as the Supreme Court of Justice, is based on the following provisions:
1) One or three judges shall be categorized as Class I, one or three judges shall be categorized as Class II and one or three judges shall be categorized as Class III, only from native citizens;
2) Class I judges shall be recommended by relevant committee of Union Council and ratified by simple majority of that body;
3) Class II judges shall be recommended by relevant committee of Supreme Council and ratified by simple majority of that body;
4) Class III judges shall be recommended by the Superior Council of Magistracy and approved by simple majority of that body;
5) Supreme Judicial Court needs minim 3 judges to function;
6) Supreme Judicial Court shall have the final jurisdiction to rule on whether individuals and institutions are in violation of the laws of the Union;
7) This shall provide a unitary interpretation and implementation of the law by the other courts of law, according to its competence;
8) shall be the guarantor for the supremacy of the Constitution and shall have the final jurisdiction to rule on whether legislation, appointments, treaties, and all practices civil and criminal are in violation of this constitution;
9) its Judges must have graduated law, and have high professional competence and at least experience in juridical or academic activities; and shall be independent in the exercise of their office;
10) The composition and the regulation for its functioning shall be set up in an organic law.

Article 22
Superior Council of Magistracy is based on the following provisions:
1) shall guarantee the independence of justice;
2) shall make decisions by secret vote;
3) Decisions shall be final and irrevocable, except for those stipulated under paragraph 2) of the article 20.
4) The president of the Superior Council of Magistracy shall be elected for one year's term of office, which cannot be renewed, from among the magistrates;
5) shall consist of 19 members, of whom:
a) 14 are elected in the general meetings of the magistrates, and validated by the Senate; they shall belong to two sections, one for judges and one for public prosecutors; the former section consists of 9 judges, and the latter of 5 public prosecutors;
b) 2 representatives of the civil society, specialists in law, who enjoy a good professional and moral reputation, elected by the Senate; these shall only participate in plenary proceedings;
c) the Minister of Justice, the president of the Supreme Court of Justice, and the general public prosecutor of the Public Prosecutor's Office attached to the Supreme Court of Justice.
6) shall propose to the Presidency the appointment of judges and public prosecutors, except for the trainees, according to the law;
7) Decisions by the Superior Council of Magistracy as regards discipline may be contested before the Supreme Court of Justice;
8) shall perform the role of a court of law, by means of its sections, as regards the disciplinary liability of judges and public prosecutors, based on the procedures set up by its organic law. In such cases, the Minister of Justice, the president of the Supreme Court of Justice, and the general Public Prosecutor of the Public Prosecutor's Office attached to the Supreme Court of Justice shall not be entitled to vote;
9) shall also perform other duties stipulated by its organic law, in order to accomplish its role of guarantor for the independence of justice.

Article 23
Public Prosecutor Office is based on the following provisions:
1) Within the judicial activity, the Public Prosecutor Office shall represent the general interests of the society, and defend legal order, as well as the citizens' rights and freedoms;
2) shall supervise and direct the tasks and activities of the Public Prosecutor Office through a Chief Prosecutor and a General Public Prosecutor and shall discharge its powers through public prosecutors, constituted into Public Prosecutor's Offices, in accordance with the law;
3) may exercise ways of appeal against decisions of the Court, in accordance with the law;
4) the Public Prosecutor Office attached to the Supreme Judicial Court shall direct and supervise the criminal investigation activity, according to the law;
5) the Chief Prosecutor organize and manage the Public Prosecutor Office, and its offices affiliated in local territories or systems through General Public Prosecutors, according to the law.

Article 24
No extraordinary courts shall be created, even if there is any perceived threat to any possible aspect of the security of the Union, its sectors, member worlds, colonies, territories independently operating facilities. It is prohibited to establish extraordinary courts of law.

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VII. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Article 25
Structure and establishment of the central public administration is as following:
1) Ministries shall be organized only in subordination to the Government;
2) Other specialized agencies may be organized in subordination to the Government or Ministries, or as autonomous administrative authorities;
3) Ministries shall be set up, organized, and shall function in accordance with the law;
4) Autonomous administrative authorities may be established by an organic law.

Article 26
The Armed Forces are as following:
1) The Army shall be exclusively subordinated to the people's will, in order to guarantee the sovereignty, independence and unity of the Union, the territorial integrity, and the constitutional democracy. Under the law and the international treaties Union is a party to, the Army shall contribute to the collective defense in military alliance systems, and participate in peace keeping or peace restoring missions;
2) The structure of the national defense system, the preparation of the population, economy and territory for defense, as well as the military shall be regulated by an organic law;
3) shall strikes in the hearts of all those who oppose us, and ensuring a safe haven for all those who seek a refuge in the Union;
4) The organization of military or paramilitary activities outside a Union authority is prohibited;
5) Foreign troops can only enter, station, carry out operations, or pass through the Union territory under the terms of the law or the international treaties Union is a party to.

Article 27
Local public administration is as following:
1) The public administration in territorial-administrative units shall be based on the principles of decentralization, local autonomy, and deconcentration of public services;
2) The local member systems and nations shall act as autonomous administrative authorities and manage public affairs, in accordance with the law;
3) The public administration authorities, by which local autonomy in communities who are joining inside the Union is implemented, shall be the Local Councils and Governors elected, in accordance with the law;
4) The local Councils and Governors shall act as autonomous administrative authorities and manage public affairs in the behalf of their communities as members who join, in accordance with the law;
5) Authorities under paragraph 3) may also be set up in the territorial-administrative subdivisions of provinces or zones;
6) The Prefect is the representative of the Government appointed at a local level and shall direct the decentralized public services of ministries and other bodies of the central public administration in the territorial-administrative units; and the powers of the Prefect shall be established by an organic law;
7) The Prefect may challenge, in the administrative court, an act of a Local Council, or of a Governor, in case he deems it unlawful. The act thus challenged shall be suspended de jure;

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VIII. WORLD ASSEMBLY AND FOREIGN INTEGRATION

Article 28
The Union affairs in a World Assembly, meaning as an assembly of an interstate, international, interstellar or universal political body, or in other international assemblies, would be decided in the Supreme Council of the Union; and our members are free to vote by their choice on World Assembly resolutions as long as those do not affect the politics, affairs and the integrity of our Union, otherwise the Union shall take protective measures.

Article 29
Foreign Integration is as following:
1) The accession to the constituent treaties, to the resolutions or to the regulations of a World Assembly, of an alliance or of an organization, with a view to transferring certain powers to community institutions, as well as to exercising in common with the other member states the abilities stipulated in such treaties, resolutions or regulations, shall be carried out by means of a law adopted in the joint sitting of the Union Council, with a majority of two thirds of the number of its members;
2) As a result of the accession, the provisions of the regulations, resolutions or constituent treaties, as well as the other mandatory community regulations, shall take precedence over the opposite provisions of the Union laws, in compliance with the provisions of the accession act, as long as these do not contradicts the Union Constitution within the Union territory;
3) The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) shall also apply accordingly for the accession to the acts revising the constituent treaties, the resolutions or other mandatory community regulations;
4) The Union Council, the Presidency, the Government, and the judicial authority shall guarantee that the obligations resulting from the accession act and the provisions of paragraph (2) are implemented.

Article 30
Other concerns on foreign affairs shall be left to the Government, as provided by the law.

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IX. ENFORCEMENT MEASURES

Article 31
Legal and Law Enforcement Measures means:
1) the enactment and implementation of laws and regulations or the implementation of existing laws and regulations to provide for the progressive control, reduction, and gradual elimination of the dangers, threats, illicit actions and other security matters or law infringements;
2) the effective organization, staffing, equipping, funding, and activation or empowerment of those governmental authorities responsible for security or public order;
3) the guarantee that there be a rapid resolution of cross-border issues, that effective and proportionate actions be taken and that equal treatment be assured for operators regardless of their origin;
4) to investigate the matter, cooperate and take any measures necessary in accordance with the law and impose efficient, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions in the case of on-going breaches, or any other emergency and enforcement measures, in accordance with the law, which are necessary for the safety of the Union and of its members.

Article 32
Enforcement measures shall be decided by the Executive powers of the Union, in accordance with the law, and when it is necessary the Union Council shall verify the legality, effectiveness and proportionality of the measures effects; and while law enforcement measures are necessary to guarantee the security of Union, it is of paramount importance that such measures respect fundamental rights as enshrined in the Constitution and it is important to ensure that the enforcement measures are not an obstacle to Union affairs, innovations and competition and that there is no damage, or that the legitimate actions not impeded unjustifiably;

Article 33
The Armed Forces, in accordance with the law, in special or extraordinary cases, with the Government approval, are invited in particular to speed up its capacity building and to ensure the safety oversight in accordance with the applicable safety regulations established by the Executive powers and to take enforcement measures as necessary, and these forces, and also other authorities, inform the Supreme Council about their oversight activities and enforcement measures.

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X. FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, FREEDOMS AND DUTIES

Article 34
Common provisions for fundamental rights, freedoms and duties are as following:
1) All citizens enjoy the rights and freedoms granted to them by the Constitution and other laws, and have the duties laid down thereby;
2) The law shall only act for the future, except for the more favorable criminal or administrative law;
3) Citizens and residents are equal before the law and public authorities, without any privilege or discrimination, and no one is above the law;
4) Access to public, civil, or military positions or dignities may be granted, according to the law, to persons whose citizenship and whose domicile is in the Union and equal opportunities shall be guaranteed for occupying such positions and dignities;
5) Citizens while abroad shall enjoy the protection of the Union and shall be bound to fulfill their duties, with the exception of those incompatible with their absence from the country;
6) Aliens and stateless persons living in Union shall enjoy general protection of persons and assets, as guaranteed by the Constitution and other laws;
7) The right of asylum shall be granted and withdrawn under the provisions of the law, or in compliance with the international treaties and conventions Union is a party to;
8) No citizen shall be extradited or expelled from Union, and by exemption from this, citizens can be extradited only between Union members, according to the law and on a mutual basis;
9) Aliens and stateless persons may be extradited only in compliance with an international convention or in terms of reciprocity;
10) Expulsion or extradition shall be ruled by the court;
11) Every person is entitled to bring cases before the courts for the defense of his legitimate rights, liberties and interests, and the exercise of this right shall not be restricted by any law;
12) All parties shall be entitled to a fair trial and a solution of their cases within a reasonable term;
13) Administrative special jurisdiction is optional and free of charge;
14) Constitutional provisions concerning the citizens' rights and liberties shall be interpreted and enforced in conformity with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and with the Constitution principles;
15) Where any inconsistencies exist between the covenants and treaties on the fundamental human rights Union is a party to, and the national laws, the Union regulations shall take precedence, unless the Constitution or national laws comprise more favorable provisions.

Article 35
Fundamental rights and freedoms are as following:
1) The right to life, as well as the right to physical and mental integrity of person are guaranteed, and No one may be subjected to torture or to any kind of inhuman or degrading punishment or treatment, and the death penalty is prohibited;
2) Individual freedom and security of a person are inviolable, and the search, detainment, or arrest of a person shall be permitted only in the cases and under the procedure provided by law, where the preventive custody shall be ordered by a judge and only in the course of criminal proceedings stipulated by the law;
3) The right to defense is guaranteed, and all throughout the trial, the parties shall have the right to be assisted by a lawyer of their own choosing or appointed ex officio;
4) The right of free movement within the Union territory is guaranteed and every citizen or member is guaranteed the right to establish his domicile or residence;
5) The public authorities shall respect and protect the intimate, family and private life, and any natural person has the right to freely dispose of himself unless by this he infringes on the rights and freedoms of others, on public order or morals;
6) The domicile and the residence are inviolable and no one shall enter or remain in the domicile or residence of a person without his consent, excepting the following instances:
a) carrying into execution a warrant for arrest or a court decree;
b) removing a risk to someone's life, physical integrity, or a person's assets;
c) defending national security or public order;
d) preventing the spread of an epidemic.
7) Secrecy of correspondence, letters, telegrams, other postal communications, and of any other legal means of communication is inviolable.
8) Freedom of conscience, freedom of thought, opinion, and religious beliefs shall not be restricted in any form whatsoever and no one shall be compelled to embrace an opinion or religion contrary to his own convictions, and this freedom of conscience is guaranteed and it must be manifested in a spirit of tolerance and mutual respect;
9) All religions shall be free and organized in accordance with their own statutes, under the terms laid down by law, religious cults shall be autonomous from the State, and any forms, means, acts or actions of religious enmity shall be prohibited;
10) Freedom of expression of thoughts, opinions, or beliefs, and freedom of any creation, by words, in writing, in pictures, by sounds or other means of communication in public are inviolable, excepting the following instances:
a) The law may impose upon the mass media the obligation to make public their financing source;
b) Freedom of expression shall not be prejudicial to the dignity, honour, privacy of a person, and to the right to one's own image;
c) Any defamation of the Union and the members, any instigation to a war of aggression, to national, racial, class or religious hatred, any incitement to discrimination, territorial separatism, or public violence, as well as any obscene conduct contrary to morality shall be prohibited by law;
d) Civil liability for any information or creation made public falls upon the publisher or producer, the author, the owner, under the terms laid down by law.
11) Right to information, right of access to any information of public interest shall not be restricted and this shall not be prejudicial to the measures of protection or national security;
12) The right to education is provided by the compulsory general education, by education in high schools and vocational schools, by higher education, as well as other forms of instruction and postgraduate improvement, and the state education access shall be free, according to the law;
13) The access to culture is guaranteed under the law and a person's freedom to develop his spirituality and to get access to the values of national and universal culture shall not be limited, and the Union's culture and identity shall be preserved, supported and promoted;
14) The right to the protection of health is guaranteed;
15) Right to a healthy environment, the right of every person to a healthy, well preserved and balanced environment;
16) Every major citizen shall have the right to vote and the right to be elected;
17) Freedom of assembly, like public meetings, processions, demonstrations or any other assembly shall be free and may be organized and held only peacefully, without arms of any kind whatsoever;
18) Citizens may freely associate into forms of association, according to the law; and secret associations are prohibited;
19) The right to work shall not be restricted and everyone has a free choice of his profession, trade or occupation, as well as work place;
20) The right of property is guaranteed and the content and limitations of these rights shall be established by law;
21) Free access of persons to an economic activity, free enterprise, and their exercise under the law shall be guaranteed;
22) The right of inheritance is guaranteed;
23) Citizens have the right to social assistance, according to the law, medical care, social protection, a decent living standard and other forms of public or private social securities, as stipulated by the law;
24) Children and young people shall enjoy special protection and assistance in the pursuit of their rights;
25) Citizens have the right to address the public authorities by petitions formulated only in the name of the signatories;
26) Any person aggrieved in his legitimate rights or interests by a public authority is entitled to the acknowledgement of his claimed right or legitimate interest and reparation for the damage;
27) the freedom and autonomy of the Union members must be considered as a right and as an inviolable principle, which hereafter, must be honored by all peaceful means and will be defended by these members with the full weight of their honor and their loyalty, together as a whole inside the Union and for the Union.
28) The exercise of certain rights or freedoms may only be restricted by law, and only if necessary, as the case may be, for: the defense of national security, of public order, health, or morals, of the citizens' rights and freedoms; conducting a criminal investigation; preventing the consequences of a natural calamity, disaster, or an extremely severe catastrophe; and the measure shall be proportional to the situation having caused it, applied without discrimination, and without infringing on the existence of such right or freedom;
29) In order to defend the natural persons' rights and freedoms, an Advocate of the People shall be appointed for a term of office as provided by law, shall report before the Union Council, annually or at the request thereof, shall exercise his powers ex officio or at the request of persons aggrieved in their rights and freedoms, within the limits established by law, shall not perform any other public or private office, except for teaching positions in higher education, and the organization and functioning of the Advocate of the People institution shall be regulated by an organic law.

Article 36
Fundamental duties are as following:
1) Faithfulness towards the Union is sacred; and the citizens holding public offices, as well as the military and other members are liable for the loyal fulfillment of the obligations they are bound to, and shall, for this purpose, take the oath as requested by law;
2) Citizens and other members have the right and duty to defend Union;
3) Citizens are under the obligation to contribute to public expenditure, by taxes and duties, and the legal taxation system must ensure a fair distribution of the tax burden;
4) Union citizens, foreign citizens, residents and stateless persons shall exercise their constitutional rights and freedoms in good faith, without any infringement of the rights and liberties of others.

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XI. REVISION OF THE CONSTITUTION

Article 37
Initiative of revision is as following:
1) Revision of the Constitution may be initiated by the Presidency on the proposal of the Government, by at least one quarter of the number of Plebians or by at least one quarter of the number of Senators, as well as by at least a quarter of citizens with the right to vote.

Article 38
Procedure of revision is as following:
1) The draft or proposal of revision must be adopted by the Union Council, by a majority of at least two thirds of the members of each Chamber;
2) If no agreement can be reached by a mediation procedure, the Chambers of Union Council shall decide thereupon, in joint sitting, by the vote of at least three quarters of the total number of members.
3) The revision shall be final after the approval by a popular referendum held within 30 days of the date of passing the draft or proposal of revision.

Article 39
Limits of revision are as following:
1) The provisions of this Constitution with regard to the national, independent, unitary and indivisible character of the Union, the form of government, territorial integrity, independence of justice, fundamental principles and official language shall not be subject to revision;
2) Likewise, no revision shall be made if it results in the suppression of the citizens' fundamental rights and freedoms, or of the safeguards thereof;
3) The Constitution shall not be revised during a state of siege or emergency, or in wartime.

Article 40
Amendments are as following:
1) Amendments which do not involve a revision of the Constitution:
a. shall complement Constitutional provisions.
b. shall be temporary or on long-term.
c. shall not modify or abolish Constitutional provisions, and if contrary it becomes inoperative.
2) Amendments which involve a revision of the Constitution:
a. shall create, complement or modify Constitutional provisions.
b. shall precede a Constitution revision.
c. shall not replace a revision, but a revision shall include them.
3) Constitutional amendments may be proposed by:
a. at least one-third of the members of the Senate or of the Plebians;
b. the Presidency;
c. more than one-half of the Legislative Assemblies of member units of the Union, each manifesting its decision by a simple majority of its members.
4) Amendment proposals may be adopted and sent to ratification by a two-thirds of votes of members present—if a quorum exists—in joint sitting of the Union Council chambers.
5) A proposed amendment shall be debated and voted on in the Union Council, and shall be considered approved if it obtains two-thirds of the votes of the respective members in both chambers.
6) A Constitutional amendment shall be promulgated by the Executive after passing as law in the Union Council, unless if it is vetoed by the Presidency.
7) Each amendment is limited to one article and it can create, complement or modify a paragraph or more within an article.
8) Limits of amendments:
a. The Constitution cannot be amended during a federal intervention, state of defense or stage of siege.
b. The subject of a defeated or prejudiced proposed Constitutional amendment may not be made the subject of another proposed amendment in the same legislative session.
c. No proposed constitutional amendment shall be considered that is aimed at abolishing the following:
I. the form of the Government;
II. the democracy and the right to vote;
III. separation of powers;
IV. individual rights and guarantees.
d. The limits of revision are included and applicable.
9) An amendment with an attached deadline, if provided, that is not ratified by the required number of members within the set time period is considered inoperative and returned to Senate.
10) An amendment modifying Constitutional provisions, adopted before a Constitution revision, do not replace the original ones, but partially to provide legal functioning for new situations or structures till the revision, and if during a Constitution revision the amendment is not included in Constitution, it remains as a separate law but the provisions contrary to Constitution becomes inoperative.

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XII. FINAL AND TRANSITORY PROVISIONS

Article 41
This Constitution shall come into force on the date of its adoption and of the Union founding in 01 November 2018.

Article 42
The Constitution has priority as fundamental law of the Union. The laws and all other normative acts shall apply as far as they do not contravene the provisions of this Constitution; and the Legislative Council shall examine the compliance of legislation with this Constitution and shall accordingly advance proposals to Senate or to the Government, as the case may be.

Article 43
Transitory provisions are as following:
1) The bills and legislative proposals pending the legislation shall be debated and adopted in compliance with the constitutional provisions existing before the coming into force of the revision law;
2) The authorities and institutions stipulated by the Constitution, existing on the date of coming into force of the revision law, shall operate until the setting up of the new ones;
3) The flag, coat of arms, anthem, currency, symbols and other distinguish features of the Union as provided by an organic law shall continue to apply until the setting up of the new ones.

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