LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU
Consolidated Edition 2006
CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU
CHAPTER 15 – TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
- First President of the Republic
- First Prime Minister and other Ministers
- First Parliament
- Existing offices
- Judges of the Supreme Court
- Rights, liabilities and obligations
- Electoral system
- Legal proceedings
- Existing law
CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU
WE, the people of Vanuatu,
PROUD of our struggle for freedom,
DETERMINED to safeguard the achievements of this struggle,
CHERISHING our ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity,
MINDFUL at the same time of our common destiny,
HEREBY proclaim the establishment of the united and free Republic of Vanuatu founded on traditional Melanesian values, faith in God, and Christian principles,
AND for this purpose give ourselves this Constitution.
CHAPTER 1 – THE STATE AND SOVEREIGNTY
1. Republic of Vanuatu
The Republic of Vanuatu is a sovereign democratic state.
2. Constitution supreme law
The Constitution is the supreme law of the Republic of Vanuatu.
3. National and official languages
(1) The national language of the Republic of Vanuatu is Bislama. The official languages are Bislama, English and French. The principal languages of education are English and French.
(2) The Republic of Vanuatu shall protect the different local languages which are part of the
