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Can an elected president declare a revolutionary government?

To answer the foregoing question, one has to dissect the impersonality of an elected president. An elected president was enthroned to power, by the majority of the constituency, under the rules and laws governing the electoral process. The powers bestowed upon an elected president, by the majority of the voting population is subject to the fulfillment of certain duties and obligations defined in the related laws, and by the constitution itself. The latter is the document, that manifest the agreement between the electorate and the elect. Upon being sworn into office, the elected president commits himself to fulfill the mandate, enshrined in the constitution and the appropriate laws and binds himself to uphold and enforce the same. It is under the foregoing conditions that his authority achieves validity. Such authority is in effect ministerial, and incumbent upon his position. It is an authority delegated by the people, limited by the terms and conditions inherent within the charter. A