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Article 144
 

The President of the Assembly of the Representatives  of the People shall submit all propositions  to amend  the Constitution to the Constitutional Court to verify that such propositions  do not affect any article to which the Constitution  has prohibited any amendment.


The Assembly  of the  Representatives   of the  People  shall  study  the proposed amendment with  a view  to obtaining  the  approval  of the absolute  majority of the members  on the principle  of amendment.


The Constitution  shall  be  amended upon  the  approval  of two-thirds of the members  of the Assembly of the Representatives  of the People. The President  has  the  right,  after this approval  by two-thirds  of the members  of the Assembly, to submit  the amendment to referendum; in which case it will be adopted if it receives a majority of votes cast.