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After all, Iranian officials have thus far not demonstrated their commitment to accepting stringent and verifiable
checks.
Instead, the architects of post-war European democracy opted for as many
checks
and balances as possible – and, paradoxically, for empowering unelected institutions to strengthen liberal democracy as a whole.
According to Pan Gongsheng, a deputy governor of the PBOC, the relationship between the central bank and the financial sector entails both a division of labor and a system of
checks
and balances.
It isn’t much better if you and a friend write each other checks, or sell each other houses.
The system of
checks
and balances established by the US Constitution has an unmatched capacity to prevent any single branch of government from going haywire.
To insure against the worst human and economic catastrophes, limits to political power must be introduced and a system of
checks
and balances maintained.
Unlike United States Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke, most emerging-market central bankers are in no position to extend blank
checks
across their economies without a boomerang effect on interest rates and exchange rates.
The previous regime, including its system of
checks
and balances and its tradition of political tolerance, did disappear, but its vices – particularly graft and demagoguery – became worse than ever.
In fact, one can find similar achievements in Chile and Brazil, which have not given up on democratic
checks
and balances, political pluralism, or freedom of the press, and have not enjoyed the luxury of $300 billion in oil revenue in the space of one decade.
Foreign goods are subject to national safety and product-information standards; capital flows are managed by controls on bank lending; and migration is limited by an array of
checks
and conditions.
He emphasized that a democratic system cannot be based only on institutions and mechanisms, such as the
checks
and balances between the executive, the legislature, and the judiciary; democracy needs more than political parties and free elections.
True, he has systematically concentrated power in his own hands and has undermined governmental
checks
and balances.
The Constitution’s institutional
checks
and balances, together with an impartial legal system, are likely to constrain even a reality-TV showman.
The
checks
and balances that unions provide are essential in the workplace, but they are even more important in sustaining fledgling democratic regimes.
Still,
checks
are being reinstituted at an increasing number of internal borders – most recently, on Denmark’s border with Germany.
All legislators – whether pro- or anti-Trump, Republican or Democrat – must participate fully in the effort to reduce tensions, improve cooperation, and protect the US political system’s
checks
and balances.
When Florida’s workers become unemployed, they get unemployment
checks
from Washington, DC.
The United States and Europe's mature democracies may function well enough with the
"checks
and balances" of divided government (though the Republicans' bid to impeach President Clinton a few years ago might suggest otherwise), but in Asia the failure to bestow executive and legislative powers on a single institution is usually a terrible drawback.
People must go beyond writing
checks
to charities and contribute actively to building schools, funding scholarships, and training teachers.
This is not a new problem for the US, whose constitution is based on the eighteenth-century liberal view that power is best controlled by fragmentation and countervailing
checks
and balances, with the president and Congress forced to compete for control in areas like foreign policy.
Some suggest that the US constitution provided fewer constraints on the president in the conduct of foreign policy, because the requisite
checks
and balances were to be provided by the powers of the time - Britain and France.
More effective
checks
and balances will not come easily; but they will not come at all without champions.
As Patrick Gaspard, the former United States ambassador to South Africa, recently noted, the country has a strong system of
checks
and balances that, if steered properly, can trump corruption and deliver needed reforms.
But the most important factor supporting America’s currency dominance is the institutionalized system of
checks
and balances that operates among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of its government.
You can write
checks
on a money-market account, and your monthly statement shows it to have a stable value – just like your bank account.
Among many issues, the referendum she put forward proposes three measures: end automatic tax withholding; end judicial power to reinstate dismissed workers; end automatic withholding of union dues from pay
checks.
Recently, the Board—seemingly lacking both any understanding of basic economics and democratic accountability to provide
checks
against its incompetence – published its demands for the next fiscal year.
Since returning to democratic rule in the 1980s and 1990s, many Latin American countries have been quietly working to strengthen their political systems’
checks
and balances, from enhancing the legislature’s authority to analyze budgets and monitor spending to reinforcing the judiciary’s capacity to prosecute complex financial crimes.
The government is working to overhaul the constitution, in order to thwart democratic
checks
and balances.
Across developed and developing countries, violation of the public trust and failure to protect democratic institutions are straining systems of
checks
and balances that, in some cases, have been in place for centuries.
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