Article 57
The President shall have the power to conduct the foreign affairs of the Republic
and in that connection he is empowered to conclude treaties, conventions and
similar international agreements with the concurrence of a majority of each House
of the Legislature.
Article 58
The President shall, on the fourth working Monday in January of each year, present
the administration’s legislative program for the ensuing session, and shall once a
year report to the Legislature on the state of the Republic. In presenting the
economic condition of the Republic the report shall cover expenditure as well as
income.
Article 59
The President may remit any public forfeitures and penalties suspend and fines and
sentences, grant reprieves and pardons, and restore civil rights after conviction for
all public offenses, except impeachment.
Article 60
The President and the Vice-President shall receive salaries which shall be
determined by the Legislature and be paid by the Republic. Such salaries shall be
subject to taxes as defined by law and shall neither be increased nor diminished
during the period for which the President and the Vice-President shall have
elected.
Article 61
The President shall be immune from any suits, actions or proceedings, judicial or
otherwise, and from arrest, detention or other actions on account of any act done
by him while President of Liberia pursuant to any provision of this Constitution or
any other laws of the Republic. The President shall not, however, be immune form
prosecution upon removal from office for the commission of any criminal act done
while President.
Article 62
The President and the Vice-President may be removed from office by impeachment
for treason, bribery and other felonies, violation of the Constitution or gross
misconduct.
Article 63
a. Whenever a person elected to the office of President dies or is otherwise
incapacitated before being inaugurated into office, the Vice-President elected shall
succeed to the office of President, and this accession shall commence a term.