The statement that the Czech Republic is a state ""based on respecting the rights and freedoms of man and citizen"" defines the purpose of the state, which is binding for the government. This is closely related to the provision of article 3, pronouncing the Charter a part of the constitutional order, and article 9, forbidding everyone, including those legislating constitutional acts, to change the fundamental requisites of the democratic "Rechtsstaat". There is no doubt that the Czech Republic, as a "Rechtsstaat" and a democratic state, is also a social state, although this is not explicitly mentioned anywhere in the constitution.