1. Without resigning from duty, the following may not run as candidates or be elected deputies:

a. judges and prosecutors;

b. military servicemen on active duty;

c. staff of the police and of the national security;ç.  

ç. diplomatic representatives;

d. mayors of municipalities and communes as well as prefects in the places where they carry out their duties;

dh. chairmen and members of the electoral commissions;

e. the President of the Republic and the high officials of the state administration contemplated by law.

2. A mandate won in violation of paragraph 1 of this article is invalid.