Transitional institutions Sample Clauses

Transitional institutions. During the transitional period, a transitional Executive, a transitional Parliament consisting of a National Assembly and a Senate, a judiciary composed principally of the existing courts and tribunals, and institutions supporting democracy shall be formed under the conditions specified in the transitional constitution. The transitional institutions shall be as follows: - the President of the Republic; - the Government; - the National Assembly; - the Senate; - the courts and tribunals. In addition to the above institutions, the following Institutions supporting democracy shall be set up: - the Independent Electoral Commission; - the National Watchdog on Human Rights; - the Media Authority; - the Truth and Reconciliation Commission; - the Committee on Ethics and the Fight against Corruption.
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Transitional institutions. 1. The transitional institutions shall be established and operate in accordance with the relevant provisions of Chapter II of Protocol II to the Agreement. 2. The men and women called upon to lead the transition must, at all times, show integrity, determination, patriotism and competence, and devote themselves to the interests of all Burundians without any discrimination. They must take a solemn oath before assuming their duties. 3. The duration of the transition period shall be as specified in article 13 of Protocol II to the Agreement.
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Transitional institutions. 1. There shall be a transitional Legislature made up of a National Assembly and a Senate, a transitional Executive, a Judiciary and other transitional institutions as set forth in the present Protocol. 2. The constitutional provisions governing the powers, duties and functioning of the transitional Executive, the transitional Legislature and the Judiciary, as well as the rights and duties of citizens and of political parties and associations, shall be as set forth hereunder and, where this text is silent, in the Constitution of the Republic of Burundi of 13 March 1992. When there is any conflict between that Constitution and the Agreement, the provisions of the Agreement shall prevail. To give legal effect to this provision, the terms of the Agreement shall be appropriately adopted and promulgated within Burundi within four weeks of its signature. 3. The composition of the transitional National Assembly shall be as follows: The National Assembly (a) The Members of the National Assembly elected in 1993 shall retain or resume their seats. Where vacancies have occurred, the parties whose members occupied the vacant seats before the vacancy occurred shall fill them or allow those who have already filled them to remain; (b) The transitional National Assembly shall be augmented so that each of the participating parties which are not represented under (a) will be entitled to at least three seats so as to be represented within the transitional National Assembly; (c) It shall thereafter be augmented by the 28 members representing civil society currently sitting in the National Assembly; (d) The appointed members of the National Assembly shall retain their seats in the transitional National Assembly regardless of the return from exile of the members of the National Assembly elected in 1993. The Senate (a) The Senate shall be put in place by the President of the Republic and the Bureau of the National Assembly, while ensuring respect for the political, regional and ethnic balances; (b) It shall include inter alia former heads of State, three individuals from the Twa ethnic group and members of the transitional National Assembly coopted by the President of the Republic and the Bureau of the transitional National Assembly; (c) No provision shall be made for replacement of the members of the transitional National Assembly coopted to sit in the transitional Senate; (d) The transitional Senate shall perform the functions provided for inter alia in article 6 paragraph 16, ...
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