The Exectutive

The constitution provides for a strong executive branch, although the legislative and judicial branches retain significant powers of their own. Under the constitution, the president has broader powers than does the president of the United States. The president is commander in chief of the military, has the power to appoint all ministers and vice ministers of his or her cabinet, and proposes a national budget. The executive shares legislative powers that allow him or her to enact executive decrees with the force of law in fiscal and administrative matters, as well as to promulgate regulations to implement the laws. The president assumes legislative pwers when the National Assembly is in recess. He or she has extraordinary pwers during national emergencies, including the pwers to suspend basic civil liberties and to prepare and approve the national budget. The president's term was set a six years.