c) To exercise the right of veto regarding any statutes within 30 days from the date of their receipt; d) To appoint and swear in the Prime Minister designated by the party or alliance of parties with parliamentary majority after consultation with political parties sitting in the National Parliament; e) To request the Supreme Court of Justice to undertake preventive appraisal and abstract review of the constitutionality of the rules, as well as verification of unconstitutionality by omission. f) To submit relevant issues of national interest to a referendum as laid down in Section 66; g) To declare the state of siege or the state of emergency following authorisation of the National Parliament, after consultation with the Council of State, the Government and the Supreme Council of Defence and Security; h) To declare war and make peace following a Government proposal, after consultation with the Council of State and the Supreme Council of Defence and Security, under authorisation of the National Parliament; i) To grant pardons and commute sentences after consultation with the Government; j) To award honorary titles, decorations and merits in accordance with the law. Section 86 (Competencies with regard to other organs) It is incumbent upon the President of the Republic, with regard to other organs: a) To chair the Supreme Council of Defence and Security; b) To chair the Council of State; c) To set dates for presidential and legislative elections in accordance with the Law; d) To request the convening of extraordinary sessions of the National Parliament, whenever imperative reasons of national interest so justify; e) To address messages to the National Parliament and the country; f) To dissolve the National Parliament in case of a serious institutional crisis preventing the formation of a government or the approval of the State Budget and