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.