Cameroon
(a) The President of the Senate shall as of fight. act as interim President of the Republic until the new
President of the Republic is elected. Where the President of the Senate is unable to exercise these
powers, the shall be exercised by his Vice, following the order of precedence.
(b) The interim President of the Republic - the President of the senate or his Vice - may neither amend
the Constitution nor the composition of the Government. He may not organize a referendum or run for
the office of President of the Republic.
(5) Candidates for the office of President of the Republic must be Cameroonian by birth, enjoy their
civic and political rights and must have attained the age of 35 (thirty-five) by the date of the election.
(6) the conditions for electing the President of the Republic shall be laid down by law.
Article 7
(1) The president-elect shall assume office once he has been sworn in.
(2) He shall take the oath of office before the Cameroonian people, in the presence of the members of
Parliament, the Constitutional Council and the Supreme Court meeting in solemn session.
He shall be sworn in by the President of the National Assembly.
(3) The wording of the oath and the procedure for implementing the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2)
above shall be laid down by law.
(4) The office of President of the Republic shall be incompatible with any other elective public office or
professional activity.
Article 8
(1) The President of the Republic shall represent the State in all acts of public life.
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