Thursday, January 16, 2014

The powers and responsibilities of the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia are

The powers and responsibilities of the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia are to:

(a) Declare a state of emergency and war in accordance with the law;

(b) Serve as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces;

(c) Appoint and dismiss the Commanders of the Forces at the Federal Government Level on the
recommendation by the Council of Ministers;

(d) Appoint the Prime Minister, and to dissolve the Federal Government if it does not get the
required vote of confidence from the House of the People of the Federal Parliament by a
simple majority (50% +1);

(e) Dismiss ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers on the recommendation of the Prime
Minister;

(f) Sign draft laws passed by the Federal Parliament in order to bring them into law;

(g) Open the House of the People of the Federal Parliament;

(h) Hold an annual session with the House of the People of the Federal Parliament;

(i) Address the House of the People of the Federal Parliament at any other time;

(j) Appoint the chairman of the Constitutional Court, the High Court, and other judges at the
Federal Government Level in accordance with the recommendation of the Judicial Service
Commission;

(k) Appoint senior Federal Government officials and the heads of the Federal Government
Institutions on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers;

(l) Appoint ambassadors and high commissions on the recommendation of the Council of
Ministers;

(m) Receive foreign diplomats and consuls;

(n) Confer State Honors on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers;

(o) Dissolve the House of the People of the Federal Parliament when its term expires, thereby
prompting new elections;

(p) Pardon offenders and commute sentences on the recommendation of the Judicial Service
Commission; and

(q) Sign international treaties proposed by the Council of Ministers and approved by the House
of the People of the Federal Parliament.



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