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Article 55 The President of the Republic: 1° presides over the Council of Ministers; 2° signs the ordinances taken in the Council of Ministers in the cases and the conditions specified by this Constitution; 3° signs the decrees deliberated in the Council of Ministers; 4° proceeds, in the Council of Ministers, to the appointments to the high offices of the State of which the list is established by decree taken in the Council of Ministers; 5° may, on any important issue of national character, decide in the Council of Ministers, on direct recourse to the expression of the will of the People by way of referendum; 6° determines and orders, in the Council of Ministers, the general policy of the State; 7° controls the implementation of the of the general policy so defined and the action of the government; 8° has at his disposal the organs of control of the Administration. The President of the Republic may delegate certain of his powers to the Prime Minister.