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<br>(2) To comply with and enforce the Constitution and the treaties, laws, and other legal provisions;
<br>(2) To comply with and enforce the Constitution and the treaties, laws, and other legal provisions;
<br>(3) To maintain internal order and the external security of the Republic, without contravening the Constitution or the laws;
<br>(3) To maintain internal order and the external security of the Republic, without contravening the Constitution or the laws;
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<br>(4) To convoke Congress to ordinary and extraordinary sessions;
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<br>(4) To convoke, according to the Constitution, a general election for President of the Republic and for members of Congress;
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<br>(5) To attend the opening of Congress in ordinary session;
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<br>(5) To convoke Congress to ordinary and extraordinary sessions;
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<br>(6) To concur in the making of the laws, in conformity with the Constitution;
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<br>(6) To attend the opening of Congress in ordinary session;
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<br>(7) To appoint and remove freely the Ministers of State;
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<br>(7) To concur in the making of the laws, in conformity with the Constitution;
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<br>(8) To regulate the laws in whole or in part, without altering their spirit, purpose or reasoning and, with this same restriction, to issue decrees and resolutions;
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<br>(8) To appoint and remove freely the Ministers of State;
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<br>(9) To provide for the collection of the revenues of the Republic, decree the expenditures, and render accounts of them, in accordance with the General Budget of Revenues and Expenditures of the Republic and the laws;
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<br>(9) To regulate the laws in whole or in part, without altering their spirit, purpose or reasoning and, with this same restriction, to issue decrees and resolutions;
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<br>(10) To declare war and reestablish peace, with authorization from Congress;
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<br>(10) To provide for the collection of the revenues of the Republic, decree the expenditures, and render accounts of them, in accordance with the General Budget of Revenues and Expenditures of the Republic and the laws;
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<br>(11) To command all branches of the armed forces, organize them, distribute them, and utilize them in conformity with the law;
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<br>(11) To declare war and reestablish peace, with authorization from Congress;
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<br>(12) To direct wartime operations as commander-in-chief;
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<br>(12) To command all branches of the armed forces, organize them, distribute them, and utilize them in conformity with the law;
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<br>(13) To command in person the armed forces with the approval of the Senate. In this case the President of the Republic may reside at any place occupied by Higueran arms;
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<br>(13) To direct wartime operations as commander-in-chief;
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<br>(14) To commission officers of all branches of the armed forces up to and including the rank of lieutenant colonel or its equivalent and, with the approval of the Senate, the higher ranks. On the field of battle he may confer these superior military offices at his own instance;
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<br>(14) To command in person the armed forces with the approval of the Senate. In this case the President of the Republic may reside at any place occupied by Higueran arms;
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<br>(15) To appoint, remove, and grant leave of absence, in conformity with the law, to public officials and employees whose appointment or removal does not devolve on other officials or agencies;
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<br>(15) To commission officers of all branches of the armed forces up to and including the rank of lieutenant colonel or its equivalent and, with the approval of the Senate, the higher ranks. On the field of battle he may confer these superior military offices at his own instance;
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<br>(16) To grant, in conformity with the law, severance and retirement pensions and annuities;
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<br>(16) To appoint, remove, and grant leave of absence, in conformity with the law, to public officials and employees whose appointment or removal does not devolve on other officials or agencies;
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<br>(17) To enforce the observance of the decisions of the judicial power;
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<br>(17) To grant, in conformity with the law, severance and retirement pensions and annuities;
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<br>(18) To give to the judicial power whatever assistance it may need for the expeditious exercise of its functions;
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<br>(18) To enforce the observance of the decisions of the judicial power;
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<br>(19) To direct the foreign relations of the Republic;
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<br>(19) To give to the judicial power whatever assistance it may need for the expeditious exercise of its functions;
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<br>(20) To negotiate and sign treaties of peace, friendship, commerce, navigation, alliance, boundaries, and neutrality, and concordats and other international agreements, and to ratify them after approval by Congress;
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<br>(20) To direct the foreign relations of the Republic;
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<br>(21) To appoint ambassadors and ministers plenipotentiary of the foreign service of the Republic with the approval of the Senate;
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<br>(21) To negotiate and sign treaties of peace, friendship, commerce, navigation, alliance, boundaries, and neutrality, and concordats and other international agreements, and to ratify them after approval by Congress;
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<br>(22) To receive chiefs of diplomatic missions of foreign countries and admit their consuls;
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<br>(22) To appoint ambassadors and ministers plenipotentiary of the foreign service of the Republic with the approval of the Senate;
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<br>(23) To exercise the rights of National Patronage of the Republic in the presentation of archbishops and bishops, in agreement with the Ecclesiastical Senate or the national clergy assembled, and to acknowledge or withhold the decrees of the Councils, and the bulls, apostolic briefs, and rescripts of the Supreme Pontiff, in agreement with Congress;
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<br>(23) To receive chiefs of diplomatic missions of foreign countries and admit their consuls;
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<br>(24) To grant, for outstanding merit, the decorations, medals, diplomas, and prizes that are established by law;
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<br>(24) To exercise the rights of National Patronage of the Republic in the presentation of archbishops and bishops, in agreement with the Ecclesiastical Senate or the national clergy assembled, and to acknowledge or withhold the decrees of the Councils, and the bulls, apostolic briefs, and rescripts of the Supreme Pontiff, in agreement with Congress;
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<br>(25) To exercise the other functions of government and administration which the Constitution and the laws entrust to him.
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<br>(25) To grant, for outstanding merit, the decorations, medals, diplomas, and prizes that are established by law;
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<br>(26) To exercise the other functions of government and administration which the Constitution and the laws entrust to him.
<center>Chapter II<br><u>Ministers of State</u></center>
<center>Chapter II<br><u>Ministers of State</u></center>

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