Council, recommends candidates to become commanders of the National Armed Forces to Parliament, and asks Parliament to decide on a proclamation or launch of war (Section 8.1). The president has the right, at his request, to receive information that is at the disposal of government institutions and offices, taking into account the regulations on the use of information that are stated in the law (Section 8.2). The president is a member of the National Security Council (Section 19). The president summons meetings of the National Security Council (Section 21). Upon the proclamation of war against the state or a military invasion, the president must immediately act in accordance with the regulations of the National Defence Plan, issue instructions and orders to the National Armed Forces, as well as to state and local government institutions and the people of Latvia, summon a meeting of Parliament to take a decision on the proclamation and launching of war, and appoint the senior commander of the National Armed Forces (Section 24.1). If the president should find that Parliament could not assemble to take a decision on a proclamation of war, he must order the commander of the National Armed Forces to take full control over the functions of the senior commander (Section 24.2). 10. The competence of the president in awarding state awards is defined in the Law on State Awards (valid since 7 April 2004). The law on the provision of functioning of the president of Latvia The president is subjected to the same limitations of the conflict of interests as the law provides regarding other state authorities (Section 13), The person, who has been elected president, may not join the military or specific service of other countries after leaving the office of president (Section 14), The President's office management is executed by the Chancery of the President of Latvia, which settles the matters connected with the president. The Chancery of the President of Latvia is a legal entity, and it possesses a seal with an image of the big coat-of-arms of the state. Election of the president Eligibility Any person who enjoys full rights of citizenship and who has attained the age of forty years may be elected president. A person with dual citizenship may not be elected president. The office of the president must not be held concurrently with any other office. If the person elected as president is a Member