text: **PART III**
  **Executive Functions (ss 47-56)**
  
  **47. Functions of President**
  
  (1) The executive power of Botswana shall vest in the President and, subject to 
  
  the provisions of this Constitution, shall be exercised by him or her either directly or 
  through officers subordinate to him or her. 
  
  (2) In the exercise of any function conferred upon him or her by this Constitution 
  or any other law the President shall, unless it is otherwise provided, act in his or her own 
  deliberate judgment and shall not be obliged to follow the advice tendered by any other 