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governorates, with a minimum of 1,000 endorsements from each governorate.
In all cases, no one can endorse more than one candidate. This is organized by law.
• Secret ballot
• Head of state selection
Article 143: Election
The President of the Republic is elected by direct secret ballot, with an absolute
majority of valid votes. The procedures for electing the President of the Republic are
regulated by law.
• Oaths to abide by constitution
• God or other deities
Article 144: Oath
Before assuming the functions of the presidential office, the President of the
Republic takes the following oath before the House of Representatives: “I swear by
Almighty God to loyally uphold the republican system, to respect the Constitution
and the law, to fully uphold the interests of the people and to safeguard the
independence and territorial integrity of the nation.”
In case of the absence of the House of Representatives, the oath is to be taken
before the General Assembly of the Supreme Constitutional Court.
Article 145: Remuneration
The salary of the President of the Republic is stipulated by law. The President cannot
receive any other salary or remuneration. No modification to the salary may come
into effect during the presidential term during which it is approved. The president
may not engage throughout the presidential term, whether in person or through an
intermediary, in an independent profession or commercial, financial or industrial
activity, nor is the President allowed to buy or rent any piece of state property,
public-law legal persons or public sector companies, nor lease, sell or barter with the
state any part of his own property, nor conclude a contract with the state as vendor,
supplier, contractor or other as set out by law. Any such actions shall be considered
null and void.
The President must submit a financial disclosure upon taking office, upon leaving it,
and at the end of each year. The disclosure is to be published in the Official Gazette.
Throughout the presidential term, the President of the Republic may not award
himself any orders, badges or medals.
If because of or in relation to the presidential post, the President receives, in person
or through an intermediary, cash or in-kind gifts, ownership thereof reverts to the
state treasury.
• Cabinet selection
• Head of government selection
• Dismissal of the legislature
Article 146: Government formation
The President of the Republic assigns a Prime Minister to form the government and
present his program to the House of Representatives. If his government does not
obtain the confidence of the majority of the members of the House of
Representatives within no more 30 days, the President appoints a Prime Minister
based on the nomination of the party or the coalition that holds a plurality of seats in
the House of Representatives. If his government fails to win the confidence of the
majority of the members of the House of Representatives within 30 days, the House
is deemed dissolved, and the President of the Republic calls for the elections of a
new House of Representatives within 60 days from the date the dissolution is
announced.
In all cases, the sum of the periods set forth in this Article shall not exceed 60 days.
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