(e)
subject to this Constitution, to appoint, accredit, receive and recognize ambassadors,
high commissioners, plenipotentiaries, diplomatic representatives and other diplomatic officers, consuls
and consular officers;
(f)
to negotiate, sign, enter into and accede to international agreements or to delegate
such power to ministers, ambassadors and high commissioners;
(g)
to appoint commissions of inquiry;
(h)
to refer disputes of a constitutional nature to the High Court; and
(i)
Parliament.
to proclaim referenda and plebiscites in accordance with this Constitution or an Act of
(2) The President may pardon convicted offenders, grant stays of execution of sentence, reduce
sentences, or remit sentences:
Provided that—
(a)
decisions under this subsection shall be taken in consultation with an Advisory
Committee on the Granting of Pardon, the composition and formation of which shall be determined by
an Act of Parliament; and
(b)
judgments in cases of impeachment of the President or Vice-President shall not be liable
to pardon by the President.
31 of 1994(3) The President shall each year, immediately before the consideration of the official
budget, attend Parliament and shall—
(a)
address Parliament on the state of the nation and on the future policies of the
Government at that time;
(b)
report on the policies of the previous year; and
(c)
respond to questions.
4 of 2001(4) The President shall be called to Parliament to answer questions at such times as
may be prescribed by the Standing Orders of Parliament or on a motion of the National Assembly.
(5) Subject to this Constitution and any Act of Parliament, the President shall exercise all other
powers reasonably necessary and incidental to the functions of his or her office in accordance with this
Constitution.
(6) The powers and functions of the President shall be exercised by him or her personally or by a
member of the Cabinet or by a government official to whom the President has delegated such power in
writing.