Angola

Constitution of the Republic of Angola (1975, last amended 2010)

Updated: June 2015

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Article 23, clause 2 states:

No one may be discriminated against, privileged, deprived of any right or exempted from any duty on the basis of…disability…

 

Article 54, clause 1 states:

Every citizen who has attained the age of eighteen years shall have the right to vote and stand for election for any state or local authority body and to serve their terms of office or mandates, under the terms of the Constitution and the law.

 

Article 83, clause 1 states:

Disabled citizens shall fully enjoy the rights and be subject to the duties enshrined in the Constitution, without prejudice to any restrictions on the exercise or fulfillment of rights and duties they are unable, or not fully able, to enjoy or carry out.

  • (2) The state shall adopt a national policy for the prevention of disability, the treatment, rehabilitation and integration of disabled citizens, the provision of support for their families and the removal of obstacles to mobility.
  • (3) The state shall adopt policies aimed at raising the awareness of society with regard to the duties of inclusion, respect and solidarity towards disabled citizens.
  • (4) The state shall foster and support special education and technical and vocational training for disabled citizens.

 

Article 84, clause 1 states:

…those disabled during the course of military or paramilitary service…shall enjoy a special status and the protection of the state and society, under the terms of the Constitution and the law.

 

Article 143, clause 1 states:

Members shall be elected by universal, free, equal, direct, secret and periodic suffrage by national citizens aged over eighteen who are resident in national territory,  including  Angolan  citizens  resident  abroad  for  the  purposes  of  work, study, illness or similar reasons.

 

Excerpts from the Constitution of the Republic of Angola (1975, last amended 2010)

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Article 110, clause 1 states:

Citizens of Angolan origin aged at least thirty-five who…are in full possession of their civil and political rights and physical and mental capacities shall be eligible for election as President of the Republic.

 

Article 129, clause 1 states:

The President of the Republic may be removed from office in the following circumstances…

  • (c) Due to permanent physical and mental incapacity…

 

Article 130, clause 1 states:

The office of the President of the Republic shall become vacant in the following circumstances:…

  • (c) Removal from office;
  • (d) Permanent physical or mental incapacity…

 

Article 131, clause 2 states:

The Vice-President shall substitute the President of the Republic when he is absent from the country, unable to perform his duties and in any situations in which  he  is  temporarily  unable  to  perform  his  functions  and  they  shall, in these  circumstances,  be  responsible  for  the  daily  management  of executive functions.

 

Article 132 states:

(1)  If the office of the elected President of the Republic elect becomes vacant, the duties shall be performed by the Vice-President, who shall complete the term of office with full powers.

(2)  Should the situation referred to in the previous point arise or should the office of Vice-President become vacant, the President of the Republic shall appoint an  individual  elected  to  Parliament  by  the  list  of  the  political  party  or coalition  of  political  parties  which  receives  the  most  votes  to  perform the duties of the Vice-President, having consulted the political party or coalition of parties which presented the candidate for President of the Republic, under the terms of Articles 109 and 142 onwards of this Constitution.

(3)  Should  both  the  President  of  the  Republic  and  the  Vice-President  become permanently and simultaneously unable to perform their duties, the President of  the  National  Assembly  shall  assume  the  duties  of  the  President  of  the Republic until new general elections are held, which must happen within one hundred and twenty days of verification of their inability to serve.

(4)  Should  the  President  of  the  Republic  elect  become  permanently  unable  to perform his duties before his inauguration, he shall be replaced by the Vice-President elect, and a substitute Vice-President shall be appointed under the terms of point 2 of this Article.

(5)  Should both the President of the Republic elect and the Vice-President elect become permanently and simultaneously unable to perform their duties prior to taking up office, the political party or coalition of political parties whose list elected the President and Vice-President so impeded shall be responsible for  appointing  their  substitutes  from  among  Members  elected  by  the  same list, to take up office 

(6)  The  Constitutional  Court  shall  be  responsible  for  verifying  the  cases  of permanent inability to serve, as prescribed in this Constitution.

 

Article 145, clause 1 states:

The following shall be ineligible for election as Members:…

  • (d) Individuals legally defined as incapacitated…

 

Article 151, clause 1 states:

Members shall be suspended from office in the following cases:…

  • (b) Due to illness lasting more than ninety days…

 

Article 153 states:

(1) Members shall be permanently replaced in the following circumstances:…

  • (d) Permanent incapacity…

(2) When a Member needs to be substituted, their seat shall be filled in order of  precedence  by  the  next  Member  on  the  party  or  coalition  party  list  from  which the former Member had been elected.  

 

Excerpts from the Constitution of the Republic of Angola (1975, last amended 2010)

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Article 110, clause 1 states:

Citizens of Angolan origin aged at least thirty-five who…are in full possession of their civil and political rights and physical and mental capacities shall be eligible for election as President of the Republic.

 

Article 129, clause 1 states:

The President of the Republic may be removed from office in the following circumstances…

  • (c) Due to permanent physical and mental incapacity…

 

Article 130, clause 1 states:

The office of the President of the Republic shall become vacant in the following circumstances:…

  • (c) Removal from office;
  • (d) Permanent physical or mental incapacity…

 

Article 131, clause 2 states:

The Vice-President shall substitute the President of the Republic when he is absent from the country, unable to perform his duties and in any situations in which  he  is  temporarily  unable  to  perform  his  functions  and  they  shall, in these  circumstances,  be  responsible  for  the  daily  management  of executive functions.

 

Article 132 states:

(1)  If the office of the elected President of the Republic elect becomes vacant, the duties shall be performed by the Vice-President, who shall complete the term of office with full powers. 

(2)  Should the situation referred to in the previous point arise or should the office of Vice-President become vacant, the President of the Republic shall appoint an  individual  elected  to  Parliament  by  the  list  of  the  political  party  or coalition  of  political  parties  which  receives  the  most  votes  to  perform the duties of the Vice-President, having consulted the political party or coalition of parties which presented the candidate for President of the Republic, under the terms of Articles 109 and 142 onwards of this Constitution. 

(3)  Should  both  the  President  of  the  Republic  and  the  Vice-President  become permanently and simultaneously unable to perform their duties, the President of  the  National  Assembly  shall  assume  the  duties  of  the  President  of  the Republic until new general elections are held, which must happen within one hundred and twenty days of verification of their inability to serve. 

(4)  Should  the  President  of  the  Republic  elect  become  permanently  unable  to perform his duties before his inauguration, he shall be replaced by the Vice-President elect, and a substitute Vice-President shall be appointed under the terms of point 2 of this Article. 

(5)  Should both the President of the Republic elect and the Vice-President elect become permanently and simultaneously unable to perform their duties prior to taking up office, the political party or coalition of political parties whose list elected the President and Vice-President so impeded shall be responsible for  appointing  their  substitutes  from  among  Members  elected  by  the  same list, to take up office  

(6)  The  Constitutional  Court  shall  be  responsible  for  verifying  the  cases  of permanent inability to serve, as prescribed in this Constitution.

 

Article 145, clause 1 states:

The following shall be ineligible for election as Members:…

  • (d) Individuals legally defined as incapacitated…

 

Article 151, clause 1 states:

Members shall be suspended from office in the following cases:…

  • (b) Due to illness lasting more than ninety days…

 

Article 153 states:

(1) Members shall be permanently replaced in the following circumstances:…

  • (d) Permanent incapacity…

(2) When a Member needs to be substituted, their seat shall be filled in order of  precedence  by  the  next  Member  on  the  party  or  coalition  party  list  from  which the former Member had been elected.  

 

Excerpts from the Constitution of the Republic of Angola (1975, last amended 2010)