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The Constitutional Council controls the regularity of these operations, decides on
the complaints, and proclaims the results of the ballot.
Article 28
When the President of the Republic is prevented in a temporary fashion from
fulfilling his functions, his interim is assured by the Prime Minister.
• Head of state replacement
Article 29
In case of vacancy of the Presidency of the Republic, for any cause that may be, or of
definitive incapacity determined by the Constitutional Council, referred to the
matter by the Prime Minister or by the President of the National Assembly, the
interim is assured by the President of the Supreme Court, who may not be a
candidate for the Presidency during the interim.
During this interim, the Government may not be dissolved or adjusted. Equally, it
may not proceed to any modification or dissolution of the republican institutions.
The election of the new President takes place thirty days at least and forty-five days
at most after the official determination of the vacancy or the definitive character of
the incapacity.
• Head of state powers
Article 30
The President of the Republic determines and conducts the policy of the Nation.
He exercises regulatory power.
Article 31
The President of the Republic can address messages to the Nation.
Article 32
• Designation of commander in chief
• Selection of active-duty commanders
The President of the Republic is the supreme head of the armies. He appoints the
titular officers of the grand commands and the heads of the corps.
He confers the decorations of the Republic.
• Power to pardon
He exercises the right of pardon.
• Referenda
Article 33
The President of the Republic can, after consultation of the President of the National
Assembly and of the President of the Constitutional Council, submit any Bill of law to
referendum.
Article 34
The President of the Republic promulgates the laws adopted by the National
Assembly in a time of fifteen days counting from their transmission, if he does not
formulate any demand for a second reading by the said Assembly. He is responsible
for their execution.
Djibouti 1992 (rev. 2010)
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