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qualifications and experience in one or more of the fields of
information technology, law, governance, social services,
journalism, science and technology or management.
(2) Subject to the provisions of section 6, the President
shall recommend the names of five persons to be appointed
as members of the Commission under subsection (1), to the
Constitutional Council for approval.
(3) The President shall, within a period of fourteen days
of receiving the approval of the Constitutional Council,
appoint the persons approved by the Constitutional Council
under subsection (2) as members of the Commission.
(4) Where the Constitutional Council refuses to approve
the name of a person referred to in subsection (2), the
President shall make a fresh nomination, and the provisions
of subsections (1), (2), and (3) shall apply to such nomination
accordingly.
(5) In the event of the President failing to make the
necessary appointments within the period of fourteen days
as specified in subsection (3), the persons approved by the
Constitutional Council shall be deemed to have been
appointed as the members of the Commission, with effct
from the date of the expiry of such period.
6. A person shall be disqualified from being appointed
or continuing as a member of the Commission, if such person(a) is elected or appointed as a Member of Parliament,
a Member of a Provincial Council or a Member of a
local authority;
Disqualification
for being
appointed as a
member