Equatorial Guinea

Table of Contents:

• General Right to Vote
• Exclusion or Potential Exclusion Based on Disability
• Candidacy or Holding Office

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Article 2 states:

National sovereignty shall be vested in the people who shall exercise it through election by universal suffrage...

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (1991, last amended 1995)

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Article 43, section 1 states:

The President may end his functions in the event of: … -

• Permanent physical or mental invalidity…

 

Article 57 states:

The Prime Minister shall end his term of office in the event of: …

• (c) Permanent physical disability...

 

Article 58 states:

In the event of resignation, disability or death, the President of the Republic may summon new legislative elections where the majority fails to designate a candidate within seven (7) days.

 

Excerpts from the Constitution of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (1991, last amended 1995)

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Article 43, section 1 states:

The President may end his functions in the event of: … -

• Permanent physical or mental invalidity…

 

Article 57 states:

The Prime Minister shall end his term of office in the event of: …

• (c) Permanent physical disability...

 

Article 58 states:

In the event of resignation, disability or death, the President of the Republic may summon new legislative elections where the majority fails to designate a candidate within seven (7) days.

 

Excerpts from the Constitution of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (1991, last amended 1995)