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Art. 6 - The people are the source of
any power.
The national sovereignty belongs exclusively to the People.
Art. 7 -
The constituant power belongs to the People.
The People exercise their sovereignty through institutions they set up.
The People exercise it by means of referendum and through the elected
representatives.
The President of the Republic may resort directly to the expression of the
People’s will.
Art. 8 - The People set up
institutions having as objectives:
- the safeguard and consolidation of the national independence;
- the safeguard and consolidation of the national identity and unity;
- the protection of fundamental liberties of the citizen and the social
and cultural progress of the Nation;
- the suppression of the exploitation of man by man;
- the protection of the national economy from any form of embezzlment or
misappropriation, illegitimate monopolizing or seizure.
Art. 9 - The institutions are not
allowed :
- feudal, regionalist and nepotic practices;
- setting up exploitation relationships and dependence links;
- practices that are contrary to the islamic ethics and to the values of
the November Revolution.
Art. 10 - The People choose freely
their representatives.
The representation of the People has no limits except those defined by the
Constitution and the electoral law.
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