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Article 109 (1979 Edition): The qualifications and attributes of the leader or members of the Leader- ship Council are as follows: 1. scholarly qualification and piety for issuing religious ruling ( fatwa) and serving as the marja‘; 2. political and social insight, courage, power and sufficient administrative abilities for leadership. 23 3. sound political and social perspective, prudence, courage, sufficient administrative capability, and power for leadership. In case there are a number of candidates who meet these qualifications, the person with a more efficacious political and jurisprudential insight has priority.