constituteproject.org • Unamendable provisions PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 15:22 Article 220 The republican form of the State, the principle of universal suffrage, the representative form of Government, the number and the duration of the mandates of the President of the Republic, the independence of the Judicial Power, [and] political and trade union pluralism, cannot be made the object of any constitutional revision. Any constitutional revision having for its object or for [its] effect the reduction of the rights and freedoms of the person or the reduction [of] the prerogatives of the Provinces and the decentralized territorial entities is formally prohibited. TITLE VIII: OF THE TRANSITORY AND FINAL PROVISIONS Article 221 Provided that they are not contrary to this Constitution, the legislative and regulatory texts in force continue to maintain it until their abrogation or their modification. Article 222 The political institutions of the transition remain in function until the effective installation of the corresponding institutions provided for by this Constitution, and exercise their attributions in accordance with the Constitution of the Transition. The institutions in support of democracy are dissolved of plain right on the installation of the new Parliament. However, by organic law, the Parliament may, if necessary, institute other institutions in support of democracy. Article 223 Until the installation of the Constitutional Court, of the Council of State and of the Court of Cassation, the Supreme Court of Justice exercises the attributions devolved to them by this Constitution. Article 224 Until the installation of the jurisdictions of the administrative order, the Courts of Appeal exercise the competences devolved to the Administrative Courts of Appeal. Article 225 The Court of Security of the State [Cour de Sureté de l'Etat] is dissolved on the entry into force of this Constitution. Article 226 [Amended by Law No. 11/002 of 20 January 2011.] Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 2005 (rev. 2011) Page 64