constituteproject.org PDF generated: 18 Apr 2016, 15:25 TITLE XV: AFRICAN UNITY • Regional group(s) Article 117 The Republic of Mali may conclude with any African State agreements of association or of community comprising the partial or total abandonment of sovereignty with the view of realizing African unity. TITLE XVI: REVISION • Constitution amendment procedure • Unamendable provisions Article 118 The initiative of revision of the Constitution belongs concurrently to the President of the Republic and the Deputies. The project or proposition of revision must be adopted by the National Assembly by a two thirds majority of its members. The revision is only definitive after having been approved by referendum. No procedure of revision shall be attempted or followed when it touches the integrity of the State. The republican form and the secularity of the State as well as multipartyism shall not be the object of revision. TITLE XVII: FINAL DISPOSITIONS Article 119 Legislation in effect shall remain valid so far as it is not contrary to the present Constitution and it is not the object of an express abrogation. Article 120 The present Constitution shall he subject to referendum within thirty days. In the case that it acquires the majority of votes cast, the President of the Committee of Transition For the Reestablishment of the People shall proceed with the promulgation under conditions determined by the present Constitution. Article 121 The foundation of all authority in the Republic of Mali resides in the Constitution. The republican form of the State shall not be subject to question. The people have the right to civil disobedience for the preservation of the republican form of the State. Any coup d'etat or putsch shall be an imprescriptible crime against the Malian People. Mali 1992 Page 25