constituteproject.org • Emergency provisions PDF generated: 28 Mar 2017, 17:22 Article 12.3 Where the constitutional institutions, the independence of the nation, the integrity of its territory or the fulfillment of its international commitments are under serious and immediate threat, and where the proper functioning of the constitutional authorities is interrupted, the President of the Union shall take the emergency measures required by these circumstances, after formally consulting the Council of Ministers, the President of the Assembly of the Union and the Constitutional Court. These measures shall be inspired by the will to provide the constitutional authorities as swiftly as possible with the means to carry out their duties. The President of the Union shall address the nation and inform it of such measures. The Assembly of the Union shall sit as of right. It shall not be dissolved during the exercise of the emergency powers. It may terminate the emergency powers by vote of a two-thirds majority of its members. • Head of government decree power Article 12.4 The President of the Union may, upon authorization by the Assembly of the Union, enact legislation by ordinance on matters which fall normally within its jurisdiction. The ordinances shall be tabled before the bureau of the Assembly in the session following the end of the authorization period fixed by the Enabling Act. Article 12.5 In order to discuss issues concerning the political, social or economic life of the nation the President of the Union may, subject to the terms of the Constitution of the Union, convene and chair a conference in which the Vice Presidents, the President of the Assembly of the Union, the Governors and the Presidents of the Island Councils take part. • Deputy executive • Deputy executive • Name/structure of executive(s) A Vice President or the President of the Assembly of the Union may chair the conference upon delegation by the President of the Union. Article 13 • Minimum age of head of government • Head of government selection • Head of government term length • Head of government term limits The presidency shall rotate among the islands. The President and the Vice Presidents shall be elected by direct universal suffrage under a system of majority voting in two rounds for a term of five years, subject to the rotation. A primary shall be held in the island concerned and only the three candidates which have received the highest numbers of votes cast may stand in the presidential election. In no case may the presidential primary be held on two successive occasions on the same island. • God or other deities • Oaths to abide by constitution Before taking office the President of the Union and the Vice Presidents take an oath before the Constitutional Court with these words spoken in the Comorian language: • God or other deities • Oaths to abide by constitution “I swear before Allah, the Merciful and the most Compassionate, to loyally and honestly fulfill the duties of my office, to act only in the general interest and in conformity with the Constitution.” • Eligibility for head of government • Supermajority required for legislation The conditions of eligibility and the modalities of application of the present Article shall be fixed by Institutional Act. Comoros 2001 (rev. 2009) Page 10