prerogative

People might not like it, but it’s his prerogative who he puts in the car.

However, that assumes that members of political parties respect the norms of constitutional government and display greater loyalty to the prerogatives of the branches of government in which they serve than their political party.

But the National Congress, using a prerogative backed by law, overruled my veto.

She said that the nomination of key posts, such as that of foreign minister, were a "presidential prerogative", adding that "always the presidents represented their candidates".

“That was the prerogative of the chair,” he told reporters afterward.