the public welfare.

Article 13. All of the people shall be respected as
individuals. Their right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness shall, to the extent that it does not interfere with
the public welfare, be the supreme consideration in legislation
and in other governmental affairs.

Article 14. All of the people are equal under the law and
there shall be no discrimination in political, economic or social
relations because of race, creed, sex, social status or family
origin.

(2) Peers and peerage shall not be recognized.

(3) No privilege shall accompany any award of honor,
decoration or any distinction, nor shall any such award be valid
beyond the lifetime of the individual who now holds or hereafter
may receive it.

Article 15. The people have the inalienable right to choose
their public officials and to dismiss them.

(2) All public officials are servants of the whole community
and not of any group thereof.

(3) Universal adult suffrage is guaranteed with regard to
the election of public officials.

(4) In all elections, secrecy of the ballot shall not be