Presidential transition

(1) The incumbent President of the Republic remains in office until the President-elect assumes office. (2) However, when the President-elect has not yet assumed office, the incumbent President cannot: (a) declare war; (b) declare a state of emergency; (c) call a referendum; (d) grant mercy to persons definitively sentenced by Courts of law. (3) During the Presidential transition, the Constitution cannot be revised. (4) In case the President-elect dies, is permanently unable to assume office or chooses not to take office, new elections are organised.