The process of direct elections endows the State President with an important integrative role in the state. The President is the official representative of the state; he is the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces and calls for elections of the National Assembly. After consultation with representatives of deputy groups in the National Assembly, he proposes to the National Assembly a Prime Minister, who will form a Government for the term of mandate (the appointment of the ministers is the exclusive competence of the Prime Minister). In addition to Constitutional Court judges, members of the Audit Court, the Ombudsman and members of the Council of the National Bank, he appoints and recalls ambassadors. He may also dissolve the National Assembly in cases where a vote of confidence for the Government is requested and the Government is not supported by a majority of all deputies and the National Assembly fails to name a new Prime Minister. In addition to these powers, the President promulgates laws, issues instruments of ratification, decide upon amnesties, confers decorations and is required to advance an opinion on various issues when requested by the National Assembly. The President has special powers in a state of emergency.
In cases of violations of the Constitution or severe violations of the law, the National Assembly can, in response to a demand by at least 30 deputies, prosecute the President at the Constitutional Court. The court needs a two-thirds majority to either relieve him of his duties or to acquit him.