The Presidency Clause Samples

The Presidency. The Federal Council of Ministers.

The Presidency. 1.9.6.1.1. Decision making in the Presidency shall be in a spirit of collegial collaboration. 1.9.6.1.2. The President, the First Vice President, and the Vice Presidents shall seek to reach agreement on matters of Executive Administration and failure of which by agreement of at least four (04) of them. 1.9.6.1.3. The President, the First Vice President, and the Four Vice Presidents shall consult regularly in the exercise of their functions. Consultations may be made through different means but all shall be officially recorded in writing, to preclude misunderstanding and any conflict. 1.9.6.1.4. In the event of a deadlock or a tie in the exercise of joint Executive powers listed below, the matter shall be decided by the Council of Ministers, which shall require the agreement of two- thirds of all the members of the Council of Ministers (67%). The decision of the Council of Ministers shall be final: 1.9.6.1.4.1. In the appointment of Constitutional and Judicial office holders, including State Governors; 1.9.6.1.4.2. In the appointment and establishment of independent Commissions, interim and ad hoc Commissions and committees; and 1.9.6.1.4.3. The initiation of legislation necessary to implement this Agreement. 1.9.6.1.4.4. The President, the First Vice President, and the Vice Presidents shall seek to reach agreement on matters of supervision of the implementation of this agreement, failure of which, decision shall be reached with an agreement of at least four (04) of them, where one must be either the President or the First Vice President.

The Presidency. Keeping the Peace. Vol. XVIII, (Baltimore and London: The John Hopkins University Press, 2001), xxviii. 155 “Nixon and Kennedy Clash in TV Debate on Spending, Farms and Social Issues”, The New York Times, September 26, 1960. 156 Mohamed Heikal, Nasser, The Cairo Documents: The private papers of Nasser, (London: New English Library, 1973), 170, 171. Nasser also confessed that he was very impressed with the phrase in Kennedy’s inaugural address “ask not what your country can give to you but what you can give to your country”, as he felt it represented a whole new philosophy, more adapted to the new era. He also liked Walt Rostow’s book ‘Stages of Economic Growth’, to the point that he ordered it to be translated and distributed to every member of the Egyptian cabinet. Ibidem, 173. 157 “Face-to-Face, Nixon-Kennedy" Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Senator John F. Kennedy Fourth Joint Television-Radio Broadcast, October 21, 1960. JFKL, Ready References, JFK speeches. and that of the Communists at an all-time low.”158 Kennedy stated that in all these areas the communist influence was rising because of the lack of US interest or a mistaken approach: “I have seen Cuba go to the Communists. I have seen communist influence and Castro influence rise in Latin America. I have seen us ignore Africa.”159 With regards to the Middle East, Kennedy summed up his long-standing opinions on Eisenhower’s foreign policy with one, sharp, comment: “We relied in the Middle East on the Baghdad Pact, and yet when the Iraqi Government was changed, the Baghdad Pact broke down. We relied on the Eisenhower Doctrine for the Middle East which passed the Senate. There isn't one country in the Middle East that now endorses the Eisenhower Doctrine.”160 Eventually Kennedy won the elections, entering the White House in January 1961, as the 35th President of the United States. Although he was not particularly pleased with the results of the elections161, he had no time to dwell on them, or to show weakness or second thoughts. The vigour with which he faced the entire presidential campaign had to be proved now from the Oval Office. He had to show that the strength with which he pursued the White House would now be used to pursue America’s interests, and that this new generation of politicians was far more capable than the previous one. It was the time for the New Frontiersman to fulfil the promises made during his campaign. With such intellectual background and personal fascination with the re...

The Presidency. 1.1. During the Transitional Period: a. H.E. ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall continue as President of the Republic of South Sudan. b. The Chairman of SPLM/A-IO Dr ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Teny shall assume the position of the First Vice President of the Republic of South Sudan. 1.2. During the Transitional Period there shall be four Vice Presidents of the Republic of South Sudan who shall be nominated as follows: a. Vice President to be nominated by Incumbent TGoNU. b. Vice President to be nominated by SSOA. c. Vice President to be nominated by Incumbent TGoNU. d. Vice President to be nominated by FDs, who shall be a woman. 1.3. Apart from the First Vice President, there shall be no hierarchy among the Vice Presidents. The ranking in 1.2 above is for protocol purposes only. 1.4. Decision making in the Presidency shall be in a spirit of collegial collaboration. However, the powers and functions of the President, First Vice President, and Vice Presidents shall be delineated along the provisions of the ARCSS 2015. 1.5. The First Vice President and Vice Presidents shall oversee respectively the following Cabinet Clusters: (a) First Vice President: Governance Cluster. (b) Vice President: Economic Cluster. (c) Vice President: Services Delivery Cluster. (d) Vice President: Infrastructure Cluster. (e) Vice President: Gender and Youth Cluster.

The Presidency d. The Presidency shall comprise the President and four Vice-Presidents. e. The President and the Vice-Presidents shall provide the necessary and exemplary leadership in the interests of national unity in the DRC. f. The President of the Republic, together with the Vice-Presidents, shall deal with all matters relating to the running of the government as well as the matters mentioned under points A/b/b4 (i) and (v). g. The meetings between the President and the Vice-Presidents shall be held regularly, at least once a fortnight, and in all cases before each Cabinet meeting. The meetings between the President of the Republi c and the Vice-Presidents can also be convened by the President at the request of a Vice-President. In the absence of the President of the Republic, the latter shall appoint, in rotation, the Vice-President who is to chair the meetings.

The Presidency and the Commission shall regularly inform the European Parliament of discussions in the areas covered by this Title. The Presidency shall consult the European Parliament on the principal aspects of activities in the areas referred to in this Title and shall ensure that the views of the European Parliament are duly taken into consideration. The European Parliament may ask questions of the Council or make recommendations to it. Each year, it shall hold a debate on the progress made in implementation of the areas referred to in this Title.