✍️ Title XIV: Amendment of the Constitution

Article 105 – Initiative for Amendment
A proposal to amend the Constitution may be introduced by:

• the President of the Republic,

• or the Prime Minister after deliberation by the Council of Ministers,

• or at least one third (1/3) of the members of the House of Deputies.

Article 106 – Adoption Procedure
Draft constitutional amendments shall be adopted by:

• a two-thirds (2/3) majority of the members of the House of Deputies,

• an absolute majority of the members of the National Council of Concord,
  and then must obligatorily be submitted to a popular referendum, becoming effective upon approval by an absolute majority of the voters.

Article 107 – Entrenched Provisions
Under no circumstances may the following provisions be amended:

• the civil and secular nature of the State,

• fundamental rights and freedoms,

• equality between male and female citizens,

• the peaceful alternation of power through elections,

• the separation of powers and the independence of the judiciary,

• the unity of the national territory.

Article 108 – Prohibited Circumstances
Amendment of the Constitution is prohibited in the following exceptional situations:

• during a state of emergency,

• in times of war,

• under foreign occupation,

• or during major exceptional disasters.