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Head of State
- English(1) The Governor-General must be a citizen who-
(a) is qualified to be a member of the Parliament (except for the reason that he occupies the office of Governor-General); and
(b) is a mature person of good standing who enjoys the general respect of the community.
… (Sec. 87)
Head of State
- English
The election of the President will be direct and in the terms that the electoral law provides. ... (Art. 81)
- Spanish
La elección del Presidente será directa y en los términos que disponga la ley electoral. ... (Art. 81)
Head of State
- EnglishThe President and the Vice-President shall be elected by direct vote of the people for a term of six years … (Art. VII, Sec. 4)
- FilipinoAng Pangulo at Pangalawang Pangulo ay dapat mahalal sa pamamagitan ng tuwirang boto ng sambayanan para sa taning na anim na taon ... (Art. VII, Seksyon 4)
Head of State
- English(1) The election of president shall be held in the form of a secret ballot based on the universal, equal and direct right to vote.
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(5) Each citizen of the Czech Republic who has reached the age of 18 years is entitled to nominate a candidate provided that such a nomination is supported by a petition signed by at least 50.000 citizens of the Czech Republic who are eligible to vote for the president of the republic. A candidate can [also] be nominated by at least twenty deputies or by at least ten senators.
… (1993 Constitution, Art. 56) - Czech(1) Volba prezidenta republiky se koná tajným hlasováním na základě všeobecného, rovného a přímého volebního práva.
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(5) Navrhovat kandidáta je oprávněn každý občan České republiky, který dosáhl věku 18 let, podpoří-li jeho návrh petice podepsaná nejméně 50 000 občany České republiky oprávněnými volit prezidenta republiky. Navrhovat kandidáta je oprávněno nejméně dvacet poslanců nebo nejméně deset senátorů.
… (Ústava 1993, Čl. 56)
Head of State
- English(1) A person shall be qualified to be nominated for election as President if, and shall not be so qualified unless, he is a citizen of Dominica of the age of forty years or upwards who at the date of his nomination has been resident in Dominica for five years immediately preceding his nomination.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section a person shall be deemed to reside in Dominica if he holds an office in the service of the Government, or is employed with any intergovernmental organisation or institution of the Commonwealth Caribbean or any international organisation or institution of which Dominica is a member and lives outside Dominica because he is required to do so for the proper discharge of his functions.
(3) Parliament may, by resolution supported by the votes of not less than three-fourths of all the elected members of the House waive the residence qualification laid down in subsection (1) of this section with respect to any particular person to be proposed for nomination. (Sec. 20)
Head of State
- English(1) There shall be a Governor-General of Solomon Islands who shall be appointed by the Head of State in accordance with an address from Parliament and who shall be the representative of the Head of State in Solomon Islands.
(2) A person shall not be qualified for appointment to the office of Governor-General unless he is qualified for election as a member of Parliament under Chapter VI of this Constitution.
... (Sec. 27)
Head of State
- English
Any person eligible to vote may be elected to the National Council, the Federal Council or the Federal Supreme Court. (Art. 143)6
- French
Tout citoyen ou citoyenne ayant le droit de vote est éligible au Conseil national, au Conseil fédéral et au Tribunal fédéral. (Art. 143)
- German
In den Nationalrat, in den Bundesrat und in das Bundesgericht sind alle Stimmberechtigten wählbar. (Art. 143)
- Italian
È eleggibile al Consiglio nazionale, al Consiglio federale e al Tribunale federale chiunque abbia diritto di voto. (Art. 143)
Head of State
- English
(1) The President of the Republic of Moldova is elected by freely-expressed, universal, equal, direct, and secret suffrage.
(2) Any citizen of the Republic of Moldova may run for the office of President of the Republic of Moldova, provided that he/she has the right to vote and is over 40 years of age, had lived or has been living permanently on the territory of the Republic of Moldova for no less than 10 years and speaks the Romanian language.
… (Art. 78) - Moldovian
(1) Preşedintele Republicii Moldova este ales prin vot universal, egal, direct, secret și liber exprimat.
(2) Poate fi ales Preşedinte al Republicii Moldova cetăţeanul cu drept de vot care are 40 de ani împliniţi, a locuit sau locuieşte permanent pe teritoriul Republicii Moldova nu mai puţin de 10 ani şi posedă limba română.
… (Art. 78)
Head of State
- English1. The executive authority of Mauritius is vested in the President.
… (Sec. 58)
Head of State
- EnglishThe President of the Republic is the Head of State and of the National Executive, in which latter capacity he directs the action of the government. (Art. 226)
- SpanishEl Presidente o Presidenta de la República es el Jefe o Jefa del Estado y del Ejecutivo Nacional, en cuya condición dirige la acción del Gobierno. (Art. 226)