Article 130.º
(Vacant office)
1. The office of President of the Republic shall become vacant in the following
circumstances:
a) Resignation from office, under the terms of Article 116;
b) Death;
c) Removal from office;
d) Permanent physical or mental incapacity;
e) Abandonment of duties.
2. The vacancy shall be verified and declared by the Constitutional Court, under
the terms of the Constitution and the law.
Article 131
(Vice-President)
1. The Vice-President shall be an auxiliary office of the President of the
Republic in the exercise of his executive functions.
2. The Vice-President shall substitute the President of the Republic when he is
absent from the country, unable to perform his duties and in any situations in
which he is temporarily unable to perform his functions and they shall, in
these circumstances, be responsible for the daily management of executive
functions.
3. The provisions contained in Articles 115, 116, 127 and 129 of this
Constitution shall apply to the Vice-President and the message referred to in
Article 116 shall be replaced by a letter addressed to the President of the
Republic.
Article 132
(Substitution of the President of the Republic)
1. If the office of the elected President of the Republic elect becomes vacant, the
duties shall be performed by the Vice-President, who shall complete the term
of office with full powers.
2. Should the situation referred to in the previous point arise or should the office
of Vice-President become vacant, the President of the Republic shall appoint
an individual elected to Parliament by the list of the political party or
coalition of political parties which receives the most votes to perform the
duties of the Vice-President, having consulted the political party or coalition
of parties which presented the candidate for President of the Republic, under
the terms of Articles 109 and 142 onwards of this Constitution.
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