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  1. The opinion of the House of Representatives that the President and/or Vice-President has violated the law or no longer meets the qualifications as President and/or Vice-President is undertaken in implementing the supervision function of the House of Representatives.
  2. The request of the House of Representatives to the Constitutional Court can only be submitted with the support of at least 2/3 of the total members of the House of Representatives who are present in a plenary session attended by at least 2/3 of the total members of the House of Representatives.
  3. The Constitutional Court has the obligation to examine, bring to trial, and reach the most just decision on the opinion of the House of Representatives not later than ninety days after the request of the House of Representatives was received by the Constitutional Court.
  4. If the Constitutional Court decides that the President and/or Vice-President is proved to have committed violation of law through an act of treason, corruption, bribery, or other act of a grave criminal nature, or through moral turpitude; and/or the President and/or Vice-President is proved no longer to meet the qualifications as President and/or Vice-President, the House of Representatives holds a plenary session to submit the proposal to discharge the President and/or Vice-President to the People’s Consultative Assembly.
  5. The People’s Consultative Assembly has the obligation to hold a session to decide on the proposal of the House of Representatives not later than thirty days after its receipt of the proposal.
  6. The decision of the People’s Consultative Assembly over the proposal to discharge the President and/or Vice-President must be taken during a plenary session of the People’s Consultative Assembly which is attended by at least 3/4 of the total members and requires the approval of at least 2/3 of the total members who are present, after the President and/or Vice-President have been given the opportunity to present his/her explanation to the plenary session of the People’s Consultative Assembly.
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