<Li> decree the state of defense and the state of siege, in accordance with the constitutional procedures that precede and authorize those emergency decrees; </Li> <Li> decree and enforce federal intervention, in accordance with the constitutional procedures that precede and authorize such exceptional action; </Li> <Li> upon the opening of the legislative session, send a government message and plan to the National Congress, describing the state of the nation and requesting the actions he deems necessary; </Li> <Li> grant pardons and reduce sentences, after hearing the entities instituted by law, if necessary; </Li>

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