(c) he or she has been ordinarily resident in
The Gambia for the five years
immediately preceding the election;
(d) he or she has completed senior
secondary school education; and
(e) he or she is qualified to be elected as a
member of the National Assembly.
(2)
A person who holds the citizenship
or nationality of a country other than
The Gambia, shall not be qualified
for election as President .
(3)
A person who, while holding public
office in The Gambia has been-
(a)
compulsorily retired, terminated or
dismissed from such office, or
has been found guilty of any criminal
offence by any court or tribunal
established by law; or
has
been
found
liable
for
misconduct, negligence, corruption
or improper behaviour by any
commission or committee of inquiry
established by law shall not be
qualified for election as President.
(b)
(c)
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(2)
(3)
(4)
The term of office of an elected President
shall, subject to subsection (3) and (6), be
for a term of five years; and the person
elected President shall before assuming
office take the prescribed oaths.
The person elected President shall assume
office sixty days following the day of his or
her election, and in any case where the
candidature of a person contesting the
election is unopposed, such candidate shall
be declared unopposed and elected to the
office of the President on the day following
the making of such declaration.
A person elected as President may at any
time during his term of office be removed
from office if a no confidence motion is
passed in the National Assembly supported
by two thirds of the members of the National
Assembly.
where a no confidence motion is passed in
accordance with subsection (3), the speaker
shall request the Independent Electoral