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Article 22
The President of the Republic is the Head of State. He incarnates the national unity
and assures the continuity of the State.
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He is the guarantor of the national security, of the national independence, of the
territorial integrity and of the respect for the Constitution, and for the international
treaties and agreements.
Article 23
Any candidate to the functions of President of the Republic must be of Djiboutian
nationality, to the exclusion of any other, enjoy their civil and political rights and be
forty years of age at least, and of seventy-five years at most on the date of the
deposit of his candidature.
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Article 24
The President of the Republic is elected for five years by direct universal suffrage
and by majority ballot in two rounds. He is re-eligible under the conditions specified
in Article 23.
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Article 25
The presidential elections take place thirty days at least and forty days at most
before the expiration of the mandate of the President in office.
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Article 26
The law establishes the conditions of eligibility and of presentation of the
candidatures, of the procedures of conducting of the ballot and of proclamation of
the results. It also specifies all the provisions required so that the elections shall be
free and regular.
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Article 27
The President of the Republic is elected with the absolute majority of the suffrage
expressed. If this is not obtained at the first round, it proceeds in a time of fifteen
days to a second round. This second round is open solely to the two candidates who
have received the greatest number of votes.
If one of the two candidates desists, the ballot remains open to the candidate ranking
next in the order of suffrage expressed.
If, in the seven days preceding the deadline of deposit of the candidatures, one of the
persons having, less than thirty days before this date, publicly announced their
decision to be a candidate, dies or is found to be incapacitated, the Constitutional
Council can decide to postpone the election.
If, before the first round, one of the candidates dies or is found to be incapacitated,
the Constitutional Council orders the postponement of the election.
In the case of death or of incapacity of one of the two candidates most favored in the
first round, before any eventual withdrawals, or that of one of the two candidates
remaining following any such withdrawals, the Constitutional Council can decide on
the repetition of the whole of the electoral operations.
The convocation of the electors is made by decree taken in the Council of Ministers.
Djibouti 1992 (rev. 2010)
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