constituteproject.org PDF generated: 28 Mar 2017, 17:22 Each island shall freely establish its status law while respecting the Constitution of the Union. Comorans shall have the same rights, liberties and duties in each part of the Union. • Freedom of movement No authority may adopt measures which either directly or indirectly would restrict the free movement and the freedom of residence of persons or the free circulation of goods in any part of the territory of the Union. Article 7.1 Any secession or attempt at secession of one or several autonomous islands shall be prohibited. Each act which infringes the territorial integrity or national unity shall be considered as secession. Each act or measure which is likely to infringe the unity of the Republic or to endanger the integrity of the national territory taken by an authority of an autonomous island or the Union shall be null and void. Judicial prosecutions notwithstanding, the nullity shall be declared by the Constitutional Court upon request by the President of the Union, by the President of the Assembly of the Union, by five Members of the Assembly of the Union, or by each citizen. Article 7.2 In the autonomous islands the executive and deliberative functions shall be exercised by different organs. The executive function shall be exercised by a Governor assisted by Commissioners. The Governor shall be elected by direct universal suffrage under a system of majority voting in two rounds for a term of five years, renewable once. In the case of resignation or permanent incapacity occurring within nine-hundred days after the start of his term and duly declared by the Constitutional Court upon request of the executive of the island the functions of Governor shall temporarily be exercised by the President of the Island Council. The election of a new Governor shall take place within forty-five days by indirect suffrage by the representatives of the Island Council and the mayors sitting as Congress. The election shall take place by absolute majority of the members of the Congress. If this majority is not obtained on the first ballot, a second round of voting shall be held in which a simple majority of the members present shall suffice. The new Governor shall be elected for the rest of the term. During the period of forty-five days the Interim-Governor shall not appoint any new Commissioners. If the vacancy or the permanent incapacity occurs later than nine-hundred days after the start of the Governor’s term, the interim shall be ensured by the President of the Island Council until the end of the term. The Governor shall be the Head of the autonomous island. He shall exercise by way of edict the powers which are assigned to him by the Constitution and the status law of the autonomous island. He shall ensure due respect for the Constitution and guarantee the implementation of the statutes and regulations of the Union in the island. He shall make public the deliberations of the Island Council. He shall be the Head of the relevant administration of the island. The Governor shall be kept informed of the implementation of the measures of the Union in the island. Comoros 2001 (rev. 2009) Page 6