05/09/2022
TATUTES OF THE SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT de PAUL NIGERIA -Electoral Guideline
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11.3Atleast three months’ notice with thename of candidates forthepostofConferenceorCouncil
Conference President.
•If there is no suitable person with the required qualifying experience within the Council, the advice
For Conference President
report to thehigher Councilnotlaterthan Januaryfollowingtheendof Vincentian year.
member of the Society for at least 5 years in the case of a Central or Particular Council or at least
For Particular Council and Central Council President
old, in which casethe election must be supervisedbythenext higher Council.
e) Sustenance
11.2Toqualify forelection asPresident,acandidatemust havebeena memberofthe Society for
Electoral Officers:
of a President is 65 years. To qualify for election as President, a candidate must have been a
c) Ability toattend Councilmeetings
ARTICLE 17.1
communicated in writing to the next higher Council within four(4) weeks or such extended time as
the next higher Council may grant.
a) Abilityof the candidatestowrite
7 years in the case of a Metropolitan Council.
Presidentwill berequired bythehigherCouncilbeforeanyelection. Itwillbe theresponsibility ofthe
at leastthreeyearsexcept in young Conferences where the Conference itself isnot up to three years
Art. 11:11.1A Conference is directed by a President, who is elected by a secret ballot of the
b) Abilityto organizeand conductmeetings
Conference for a period of fouryearsonly......The upper age limit for election of a President is 70 years.
f) Discipline
•The President shall hold office for a single term of four (4) years only. The Upper age limit for election
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•The President of a Particular, Central or Metropolitan Council is elected through secret ballot by all
the members of the Council.
higherCouncilPresident toscreen and approve the candidature t
