1.   The president is elected by the people.

2.   The president is elected popularly for a fixed seven-year term and then selects a premier, who selects a cabinet.

3.   ...article II of the constitution, which prescribes the method of electing a president.

4.   It was proposed that the president be elected for two years without the right to re-election.

5.   The central committee would elect its president from its ranks, but each time from a different republican or provincial party.

6.   The deadlock in electing a president heightened the political tension in the country.