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1. OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC
• Name/structure of executive(s)
Article 95
The President of the Republic, Head of the State, incarnates the national unity, sees
to the respect for the Constitution and assures by his arbitration the continuity of
the State and the regular functioning of the institutions.
He is the guarantor of the national independence, of the integrity of the territory and
of the respect for the international treaties and agreements.
• Head of state selection
• Head of state term length
• Head of state term limits
Article 96
The President of the Republic is elected by universal direct suffrage for a mandate of
five years renewable one time.
• Minimum age of head of state
• Eligibility for head of state
Article 97
The candidate for the functions of President of the Republic must:
1. have the quality of elector within the conditions specified by the electoral
law;
2. be of Burundian nationality by birth;
3. be already [révolus] thirty-five years old at the moment of the election;
4. reside in the territory of Burundi at the moment of the presentation of the
candidature;
5. enjoy all his civil and political rights;
6. subscribe to the Constitution and to the Charter of the National Unity.
In addition, the candidate to the presidential elections must not have been
condemned for crimes or misdemeanors of common law [droit commun] to a penalty
determined by the electoral law.
The electoral law specifies equally the time period after which a condemned person
in the sense of the preceding paragraph may recover his eligibility since the
execution of his penalty.
Article 98
The candidates may be presented by the political parties or may present themselves
as [en qualité de] independents.
The candidate who, at the moment of the presentation of the candidatures is not
presented by any political party, is considered as an independent.
Burundi 2005
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