Article 3. This Constitutional Law shall come into force from the date of its adoption. President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov City of Ashgabat 14 September 2016 THE CONSTITUTION OF TURKMENISTAN (New edition) (As amended and supplemented by the Constitutional Law of Turkmenistan of 09.10.2017 No. 617-V and 25.09.2020 No. 297-VI) We, the people of Turkmenistan, Being based on our inviolable right to determine our destiny, Being responsible for the present and future destiny of our Motherland, Expressing loyalty to the legacy of our ancestors to live in unity, peace and harmony and commitment to universal human values, Having the aim of protecting the national values and interests, strengthening the independence, sovereignty, status of permanent neutrality of Turkmenistan recognized by the world community, Guaranteeing human and civil rights and freedoms, Seeking to ensure tranquillity and unity within the society, to consolidate the bases of people’s power and democratic, law-governed, secular State, Adopt this Constitution – the Basic Law of Turkmenistan.