Article
111 [Leadership Council]
(1)
Whenever the Leader becomes incapable
of fulfilling his constitutional
duties, or loses one of the qualifications
mentioned in Articles 5 and 109,
or it becomes known that he did
not possess some of the qualifications
initially, he will be dismissed.
The authority of determination in
this matter is vested with the experts
specified in Article 108.
(2) In the event of the death, or
resignation or dismissal of the
Leader, the experts shall take steps
within the shortest possible time
for the appointment of the new Leader.
Until the appointment of the new
Leader, a council consisting of
the President, head of the judiciary
power, and a religious men from
the Guardian Council, upon the decision
of the Nation's Exigency Council,
shall temporarily take over all
the duties of the Leader. In the
event that, during this period,
any one of them is unable to fulfil
his duties for whatsoever reason,
another person, upon the decision
of majority of religious men in
the Nation's Exigency Council shall
be elected in his place.
(3) This council shall take action
in respect of items 1, 3, 5, and
10, and sections d, e and f of item
6 of Article 110, upon the decision
of three-fourths of the members
of the Nation's Exigency Council.
(4) Whenever the leader becomes
temporarily unable to perform the
duties of leadership owing to his
illness or any other incident, then
during this period, the council
mentioned in this article shall
assume his duties.
Article
112 [Exigency Council]
(1)
Upon the order of the Leader,
the Nation's Exigency Council
shall meet at any time the Guardian
Council judges a proposed bill
of the Islamic Consultative Assembly
to be against the principles of
Sharrah or the Constitution, and
the Assembly is unable to meet
the expectations of the Guardian
Council. Also, the Council shall
meet for consideration on any
issue forwarded to it by the Leader
and shall carry out any other
responsibility as mentioned in
this Constitution.
(2) The permanent and changeable
members of the Council shall be
appointed by the Leader.
(3) The rule for the Council shall
be formulated and approved by
the Council members subject to
the confirmation by the Leader.
Chapter
IX The Executive Power
Section 1 The Presidency
Article 113 [President]
After the
office of Leadership, the President
is the highest official in the
country. His is the responsibility
for implementing the Constitution
and acting as the head of the
executive, except in matters directly
concerned with the office of the
Leadership.
Article
114 [Term]
The President
is elected for a four-year term
by the direct vote of the people.
His re-election for a successive
term is permissible only once.
Article
115 [Qualifications]
The President
must be elected from among religious
and political personalities possessing
the following qualifications:
- Iranian origin;
- Iranian nationality;
- administrative capacity and
resourcefulness;
- a good pastrecord;
- trustworthiness and piety; and
- convinced belief in the fundamental
principles of the Islamic Republic
of Iran and the official madhhab
of the country.
Article
116 [Candidacy]
Candidates
nominated for the post of President
must declare their candidature
officially. Law lays down the
manner in which the President
is to be elected.
Article
117 [Majority]
The President
is elected by an absolute majority
of votes polled by the voters.
But if none of the candidates
is able to win such a majority
in the first round, voting will
take place a second time on Friday
of the following week. In the
second round only the two candidates
who received greatest number of
votes in the first round will
participate. If, however, some
of the candidates securing greatest
votes in the first round withdraw
from the elections, the final
choice will be between the two
candidates who won greater number
of votes than all the remaining
candidates.
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