CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE
2. For crimes committed outside the performance of his functions, the President
of the Republic shall be tried before the ordinary courts, at the end of his term of
office.
3. It shall be incumbent upon the Assembly of the Republic to request that the
Attorney General of the Republic institute criminal proceedings against the
President of the Republic, upon the recommendation of at least one third and
carried by a majority of two thirds of the deputies of the Assembly of the
Republic.
4. The President of the Republic shall be suspended from his duties as of the
date on which definitive indictment or its equivalent has been passed, and his
conviction shall result in his discharge from office.
5. The Supreme Court, sitting in plenary session, shall deliver its judgement
within a maximum period of sixty days.
6. In the event of a conviction, the President of the Republic shall not be able to
stand as a candidate for that office again, nor may he hold any position in a
sovereign public office or a local authority.
Article 154
Preventive Detention
In no circumstances whatsoever shall the President of the Republic in office be
subjected to preventive detention.
Article 155
Election in the Event of Vacancy of Office
1. The election of a new President of the Republic in the event of death,
permanent incapacitation, resignation or discharge, shall take place within the
following ninety days, and the interim President of the Republic shall be barred
from standing as a candidate.
2. An election for the office of President of the Republic shall not be held if the
vacancy occurs during the three hundred and sixty five days preceding the end of
the term of office, in which case the interim President of the Republic shall hold
office until the next general election.
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