g) appoint the President and Deputy President of the Supreme Court, the President of the Constitutional Council, and
the President of the Administrative Court;
h) appoint, exonerate and dismiss the Attorney-General and Deputy Attorney-General of the Republic;
i) grant pardons and commute sentences;
j) confer, within the terms of the law, titles, awards and distinctions.
Article 121
In the function of directing government activity, the President of the Republic shall have power to:
a) convene and preside at sessions of the Council of Ministers;
b) appoint, exonerate, and dismiss the Prime Minister;
c) establish ministries and ministerial commissions;
d) appoint, exonerate and dismiss:
- Ministers and Deputy Ministers;
- Provincial Governors;
- Rectors and Deputy Rectors of State universities;
- the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of Mozambique;
- Secretaries of State.
Article 122
In matters of national defense and public order, the President of the Republic shall have power to:
a) declare a state of war and its termination, a state of siege or a state of emergency;
b) make treaties;
c) decree general or partial mobilization;
d) appoint, exonerate and dismiss the Chief of the General Staff, the General Commander of the Police, the
commanders of the various wings of the Armed Forces of Mozambique, and other officers of the defense and
security forces in the terms established by law.
Article 123
In matters of international relations; the President of the Republic shall have power to:
a) guide foreign policy;
b) make international treaties;
c) appoint, exonerate and dismiss the ambassadors and diplomatic envoys of the Republic of Mozambique;
d) receive the credentials of ambassadors and diplomatic envoys of other countries.
Article 124
1. The President of the Republic shall have the power to promulgate laws and order their publication in the Boletim
da Republica.
2. Laws shall be promulgated within 30 days of being received.
3. The President of the Republic may return a bill to the Assembly of the Republic for reexamination, giving reasons
in a message to the Assembly.
4. Should the bill, under reexamination, be approved by a two-thirds majority, the President of the Republic shall
promulgate it as law and order its publication.
Article 125
1. The President of the Republic shall be sworn into office by the President of the Supreme Court in a public
ceremony before the members of the Assembly of the Republic and representatives of the organs of sovereign
authority.
2. On assuming office, the President of the Republic shall take the following oath: "I do swear on my honor that I will
faithfully carry out the task of President of the Republic of Mozambique, that I will dedicate all my efforts to the
defense, promotion and consolidation of national unity, and to the well-being of the Mozambican people, and that I
will ensure respect for the Constitution, and that justice is done for all citizens."
Article 126
1. The President of the Republic shall decide who will be his substitute in case of short-term disability or absence and
who will represent him in carrying out specific activities.
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