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That's a nonsensical fabrication
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The claim that it is "illogical" for government legal advisers to assert the President's term is limited to two terms is itself profoundly flawed and a blatant strawman designed to fuel misguided and dangerous propaganda.
No credible voice has argued that a single "term" is capped at two terms - that's a nonsensical fabrication.
The core issue is presidential TENURE, which is unequivocally LIMITED by the Constitution to two terms under Section 91(2): "A person is disqualified for election as President... if he or she has already held office as President under this Constitution for two terms, whether continuous or not..."
In sharp contrast, section 95(2)(b) merely defines the duration or length of a single presidential term as five years, coterminous with the single term of Parliament. This provision addresses the length or election cycle of one term of office of President - not the overall tenure of the individual occupying the office.
Just as Parliament exists beyond its five-year terms (election cycles) and thus beyond the service of any MP, the Office of President is a perpetual institution, divided into five-year terms of office or election cycles without a numerical limit on their number. But the President's personal tenure is firmly capped or limited at two terms under section 91(2), not 95(2(b). This is constitutional clarity, not propaganda - any conflation of the two is technically flawed. But, worse, it is disinformation or propaganda which undermines the rule of law and misinforms the public!
No credible voice has argued that a single "term" is capped at two terms - that's a nonsensical fabrication.
In sharp contrast, section 95(2)(b) merely defines the duration or length of a single presidential term as five years, coterminous with the single term of Parliament. This provision addresses the length or election cycle of one term of office of President - not the overall tenure of the individual occupying the office.
Just as Parliament exists beyond its five-year terms (election cycles) and thus beyond the service of any MP, the Office of President is a perpetual institution, divided into five-year terms of office or election cycles without a numerical limit on their number. But the President's personal tenure is firmly capped or limited at two terms under section 91(2), not 95(2(b). This is constitutional clarity, not propaganda - any conflation of the two is technically flawed. But, worse, it is disinformation or propaganda which undermines the rule of law and misinforms the public!
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