<Li> other military command matters with wide - ranging importance to the military activity or the military establishment </Li> <Li> any other military command issue that he wishes to decide upon </Li> <P> Since the constitutional reform of 2000, the Minister of Defence has the right to be present when the president uses his command powers, unless the matter is of immediate concern . In questions of strategic importance, the Prime Minister has the same right . </P> <P> The president commissions and promotes officers and decides on activating reservists for extraordinary service and on the mobilisation of the Defence Forces . If Parliament is not in session when a decision to mobilise is taken, it must be immediately convened . Declarations of a state of emergency (Finnish: valmiustila, literally, "state of preparedness") and state of war (Finnish: puolustustila, lit . "state of defence") are declared by a presidential decree, given after a motion by the government, which is then submitted to the Parliament for ratification . </P>

In the nations history presidents have used military force