 THE
CONSTITUTION OF ERITREA
Preamble - Verbatim
Ratified by the Constituent Assembly,
on May 23, 1997
P R E A M B L E
We the people of Eritrea, united in a common struggle for our rights and
common destiny:
With Eternal Gratitude to the scores of thousands of our martyrs
who sacrificed their lives for the causes of our rights and independence,
during the long and heroic revolutionary struggle for liberation, and
to the courage and steadfastness of our Eritrean patriots; and standing
on the solid ground of unity and justice bequeathed by our martyrs and
combatants;
Aware that it is the sacred duty of all citizens to build a strong
and advanced Eritrea on the bases of freedom, unity, peace, stability
and security achieved through the long struggle of all Eritreans, which
tradition we must cherish, preserve and develop;
Realising that in order to build an advanced country, it is necessary
that the unity, equality, love for truth and justice, self-reliance, and
hard work, which we nurtured during our revolutionary struggle for independence
and which helped us to triumph, must become the core of our national values;
Appreciating the fact that for the development and health of our
society, it is necessary that we inherit and improve upon the traditional
community-based assistance and fraternity, love for family, respect for
elders, mutual respect and consideration;
Convinced that the establishment of a democratic order, through
the participation of and in response to the needs and interests of citizens,
which guarantees the recognition and protection of the rights of citizens,
human dignity, equality, balanced development and the satisfaction of
the material and spiritual needs of citizens, is the foundation of economic
growth, social harmony and progress;
Noting the fact that the Eritrean women’s heroic participation
in the struggle for independence, human rights and solidarity, based on
equality and mutual respect, generated by such struggle will serve as
an unshakable foundation for our commitment to create a society in which
women and men shall interact on the bases of mutual respect, solidarity
and equality;
Desirous that the Constitution we are adopting will be a covenant
between us and the government, which we will be forming by our free-will,
to serve as a means of governing in harmony this and future generations
and for bringing about justice and peace, founded on democracy, national
unity and the rule of law;
Today, 23 May 1997, on this historic date, after active popular participation,
approve and solemnly ratify, through the Constituent Assembly, this Constitution
as the fundamental law of our Sovereign and Independent State of Eritrea.
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