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Article 67
 

The Seimas:


1) shall consider and adopt amendments to the Constitution;


2) shall pass laws;


3) shall adopt resolutions on referendums;


4) shall call elections for the President of the Republic of Lithuania;


5) shall establish State institutions provided for by law and appoint and dismiss their heads;


6) shall or shall not give assent to the candidature of the Prime Minister submitted by the President of the Republic;


7) shall consider the programme of the Government presented by the Prime Minister and decide whether to give assent to it;


8) shall, on the proposal of the Government, establish and abolish ministries of the Republic of Lithuania;


9) shall supervise the activities of the Government, and may express no-confidence in the Prime Minister or a Minister;


10) shall appoint justices and Presidents of the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court;


11) shall appoint and dismiss the State Controller and the Chairman of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania;


12) shall call elections of municipal councils;


13) shall form the Central Electoral Commission and alter its composition;


14) shall approve the State Budget and supervise its execution;


15) shall establish State taxes and other compulsory payments;


16) shall ratify and denounce international treaties of the Republic of Lithuania and consider other issues of foreign policy;


17) shall establish administrative division of the Republic;


18) shall establish State awards of the Republic of Lithuania;


19) shall issue acts of amnesty;


20) shall impose direct rule, martial law, and a state of emergency, declare mobilisation, and adopt a decision to use the armed forces