Sort of. It definitely substitutes for a bunch of monarchial stuff, but the major function of the Presidency was to provide Dev someplace to retire to where he

Sort of. It definitely substitutes for a bunch of monarchial stuff, but the major function of the Presidency was to provide Dev someplace to retire to where he could still influence things. Since he's gone it's been almost entirely ceremonial with the exception of the constitutionality of new laws part (and the dissolving of government, but that hasn't come up since 1994).