Section 80: Vice-Presidents.

(1) There shall be two Vice-Presidents of the Republic of Sierra Leone (who shall be styled the First Vice- President and the Second Vice-President respectively), the first of whom shall be the Principal Assistant of the President in the discharge of his executive functions and shall act as President during the President’s absence from Sierra Leone or whenever the President is by reason of illness or other cause unable to perform the functions conferred on him, and the second shall be the other Principal Assistant of the President. Each Vice-President shall, before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe the Oath of Vice-President as set out in the Third Schedule to this Constitution. (2) The President shall within four days of the occurrence of a vacancy in either of the offices of the Vice-Presidents or following a general election appoint as Vice-Presidents two of the elected members of Parliament. (3) Whenever the First Vice-President is absent from Sierra Leone or is by reason of illness or other cause unable to perform the functions conferred upon him by this Constitution, the President may authorise the Second Vice- President or some other Member of the Cabinet to perform those functions until his authority is revoked by the President. (4) The powers of the President under this Section shall be exercised by him in his absolute discretion. Ministers of