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1. The President shall be responsible for the observance of the provisions of this Constitution by the executive and shall, as Head of State, defend and uphold the Constitution as the supreme law of the Republic.
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2. The President shall be elected by a majority of more than fifty percent of the valid votes cast through direct, universal and equal suffrage and, where such majority is not obtained by any candidate in the first poll, a second poll shall be held within thirty days after the declaration of the result in which the candidates who obtained the highest and second highest number of valid votes cast in the first poll shall be the only candidates.
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6. Notwithstanding any provision of this Constitution to the contrary, a person shall only be qualified for nomination for election as President or First Vice-President or for appointment as First Vice-President or Second Vice-President if that person—
a. is a citizen of Malawi by birth or descent; and
b. has attained the age of thirty-five years.
… (Sec. 80)

There shall be a President of the Republic who shall be Head of State and Government and the Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Force of Malawi. (Sec. 78)

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3. Every presidential candidate shall declare who shall be his or her First Vice-President if he or she is elected at the time of his or her nomination.
4. The First Vice-President shall be elected concurrently with the President and the name of a candidate for the First Vice-President shall appear on the same ballot paper as the name of the Presidential candidate who nominated him.
5. Where the President considers it desirable in the national interest so to do, he or she may appoint a person to the office of Second Vice-President and may do so upon taking his or her oath of office or at any time thereafter or upon a vacancy in the office of Second Vice-President; …
6. Notwithstanding any provision of this Constitution to the contrary, a person shall only be qualified for nomination for election as President or First Vice-President or for appointment as First Vice-President or Second Vice-President if that person—
a. is a citizen of Malawi by birth or descent; and
b. has attained the age of thirty-five years.
… (Sec. 80)

There shall be a First Vice-President and, subject to section 80 (5), a Second Vice-President both of whom shall assist the President and who shall exercise the powers and functions conferred on the First Vice-President or the Second Vice-President, as the case may be, by this Constitution or by any Act of Parliament and by the President. (Sec. 79)

1. The President shall have the power to appoint Ministers or Deputy Ministers and to fill vacancies in the Cabinet.
2. A person shall not be qualified to be appointed as a Minister or Deputy Minister unless that person—
a. is a citizen of the Republic who upon taking office, has attained the age of twenty-one years;
b. is able to speak and to read the English language; and
c. is registered as a voter in a constituency.
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1. There shall be a Cabinet consisting of the President, the First Vice-President, the Second Vice-President and such Ministers and Deputy Ministers as may, from time to time, be appointed by the President.
2. The Cabinet shall exercise the powers and functions assigned to it by this Constitution or an Act of Parliament and shall be responsible for advising the President with respect to the policies of the Government and with respect to such other matters as may be referred to it by the President.
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1. A person shall not be qualified to be nominated or elected as a member of the Parliament unless that person—
a. is a citizen of the Republic who at the time of nomination has attained the age of twenty-one years;
b. is able to speak and to read the English language well enough to take an active part in the proceedings of Parliament; and
c. is registered as a voter in a constituency.
… (Sec. 51)

1. All legislative powers of the Republic shall be vested in Parliament which shall have the powers and responsibilities set out in this Constitution.
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2. Each constituency shall freely elect any person, subject to this Constitution and an Act of Parliament, to represent it as a member of the National Assembly in such manner as may be prescribed by this Constitution or an Act of Parliament. (Sec. 62)