(Competencies with regard to other organs)
It is incumbent upon the President of the Republic, with regard to other
organs:
a) To chair the Supreme Council of Defence and Security;
b) To chair the Council of State;
c) To set dates for presidential and legislative elections in accordance
with the Law;
d) To request the convening of extraordinary sessions of the National
Parliament, whenever imperative reasons of national interest so justify;
e) To address messages to the National Parliament and the country;
f) To dissolve the National Parliament in case of a serious institutional
crisis preventing the formation of a government or the approval of the State
Budget and lasting more than sixty days, after consultation with political
parties sitting in the Parliament and with the Council of State, on pain of rendering the dissolution null and void, taking into consideration provisions
of Section 100;
g) To dismiss the Government and remove the Prime Minister from office after
the National Parliament has rejected his or her programme for two consecutive
times.
h) To appoint, swear in and remove Government Members from office,
following a proposal by the Prime-Minister, in accordance with item 2, Section
106;
i) To appoint two members for the Supreme Council of Defence and Security;
j) To appoint the President of the Supreme Court of Justice and swear in the
President of the High Administrative, Tax and Audit Court;
k) To appoint the Prosecutor-General for a term of four years;
l) To appoint and dismiss the Deputy Prosecutor-General s in accordance with
item 6, Section 133;
m) To appoint and dismiss, following proposal by the Government, the General
Chief of Staff of the Defence Force, the Deputy General Chief of Staff of the
Defence Force, and the Chiefs of Staff of the Defence Force, after consultation
with the General Chief of Staff regarding the latter two cases;
n) To appoint five Members for the Council of State;
o) To appoint one member for the Superior Council for the Judiciary and for
the Superior Council for the Public Prosecution.
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