CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE
d) call a general election;
e) dissolve the Assembly of the Republic in terms of article 188;
f) dismiss all other members of Government when its programme has been
rejected by the Assembly of the Republic for the second time;
g) appoint the President of the Supreme Court, the President of the
Constitutional Council, the President of the Administrative Court and the
Vice President of the Supreme Court;
h) appoint, exonerate and dismiss the Attorney General of the Republic and
the Deputy Attorney General of the Republic;
i) grant pardons and commute sentences;
j) confer, within the terms of the law, honorary titles, decorations and
distinctions.
Article 160
In Matters of Government
1. In matters of 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) create ministries and ministerial commissions.
2. In addition, he shall have power to appoint, exonerate and dismiss:
a) the Ministers and Deputy-Ministers;
b) the Provincial Governors;
c) the Principals and Vice-Principals of State universities, on the
recommendation of the respective management boards, in accordance
with the law;
d) the Governor and Vice-Governor of the Bank of Mozambique;
e) the Secretaries of State.
Article 161
In Matters of Defence and Public Order
In matters of national defence and of public order, the President of the Republic
shall have power to:
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