48 CHAPTER 4—THE EXECUTIVE Part A—THE PRESIDENT The President of Fiji 81.—(1) This section establishes the office of the President. (2) The President is the Head of State, and the executive authority of the State is vested in the President. (3) The President shall perform the ceremonial functions and responsibilities as the Commander-in-Chief of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces. (4) The President shall open each annual session of Parliament with an address outlining the policies and programmes of the Government. President acts on advice 82. In the exercise of his or her powers and executive authority, the President acts only on the advice of Cabinet or a Minister or of some other body or authority prescribed by this Constitution for a particular purpose as the body or authority on whose advice the President acts in that case. Qualification for appointment 83.—(1) A person shall not be qualified to be nominated for the office of the President unless he or she— (a) has had a distinguished career in any aspect of national or international life, whether in the public or private sector; (b) holds only a Fijian citizenship; (c) is not a member of, or holds any office in, any political party; (d) is not a candidate for election to any other office in the State; and (e) has not, at any time during the 6 years immediately before being nominated, been convicted of any offence under any law. (2) A person holding a public office is not required to resign from that office before accepting nomination for President, but the appointment of the person as the President has the effect of terminating his or her service in that office. (3) Nothing in this section prevents the President from holding a public office, by virtue of his or her appointment as the President, under any written law.