Issues excluded from being the subject of an initiative at the national level

Constitutionof the Democratic Republic of Congo

(Adoptedin 2006, last amended in 20/01/2011)

http://democratie.francophonie.org/IMG/pdf/Constitution_de_la_RDC.pdf

http://www.constitutionnet.org/files/DRC%20-%20Congo%20Constitution.pdf

(Official English translation)

Article 220

The republican form of theState, the principle of universal suffrage, the representative form ofgovernment, the number and length of the terms of office of the President ofthe Republic, the independence of the Judicial Power, the pluralism ofpolitical parties and trade unions may not form the object of a Constitutionalamendment.

Any constitutional amendmenthaving as its objective or consequence the reduction of individual’s rights andliberties or the reductions of the prerogatives of the provinces anddecentralized territorial entities is formally prohibited.

Initiatives are restricted to constitutional amendments that are not prohibited in article 220 of the Constitution.