Appoint the prime minister, Serve as Commander-in-Chief of the Somali Armed Forces; Declare a state of emergency and war in accordance with the law, Appoint and dismiss the commanders of the forces at the federal government level on the recommendation by the Council of Ministers; Dismiss ministers, state ministers and deputy ministers on the recommendation of the prime minister; Sign draft laws passed by the federal Parliament in order to bring them into law; Open the House of the People of the Federal Parliament; Hold an annual session with the House of the People of the Federal Parliament; Appoint the chairman of the Constitutional Court, the High Court, and other judges at the federal government level in accordance with the recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission; Appoint senior federal government officials and the heads of the federal government institutions on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers; Appoint ambassadors and high commissions on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers; Receive foreign diplomats and consuls; Confer state honours on the recommendation of the Council of Ministers; Dissolve the House of the People of the Federal Parliament when its term expires, thereby prompting new elections; Pardon offenders and commute sentences on the recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission; and Sign international treaties proposed by the Council of Ministers and approved by the House of the People of the Federal Parliament.