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Tunisia adopted its new constitution on January 27, thus clearing the way for what will be the most secular and fairest elections in any of the region’s countries.
The new constitution is the most modern in the Arab world, the fruit of a non-violent transition.
Fighting the French ExceptionEurope's attention nowadays is rightly focused on enlargement and on the constitution that is currently being worked out between the EU's member states.
Of course, the junta hopes to lay the groundwork for the future political order now, on its own terms, by adopting a new constitution.
This effort – which has so far entailed the creation of the 36-member Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) and the 250-member National Reform Council to help write the new constitution – marks the third key factor influencing domestic politics over the past year.
The draft constitution completed last month has raised serious concerns, as it places excessive checks on political parties and politicians, while giving appointed bureaucrats and judges the power to overrule policy decisions by elected officials.
Elections conducted according to such a constitution are unlikely to produce legitimate results.
The Paradox of Xi’s PowerCLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA – At the end of the six-day 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), the roughly 2,200 delegates decided to add “Xi Jinping Thought on the new era of socialism with Chinese characteristics” to the CPC’s constitution.
In fact, Li’s leadership of the NPC may turn out to be the key to dismantling one of the last barriers to Xi’s political ambitions: the two-term limit for presidents, established in the constitution.
While nothing prevents Xi from retaining a party title, such as general secretary, he will need to amend the constitution if he wants to remain China’s head of state.
Poland, as its stance over the EU constitution demonstrated, pursues its own specific interests in a united Europe, which may be difficult to harmonize with the interests of smaller Central European states.
Germany’s constitution – first adopted in West Germany in 1949 – lays out a striking vision, stating the country’s “resolve to preserve its national and political unity and to serve the peace of the World as an equal partner in a united Europe.”
The pro-democracy leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was released from house arrest; her party won seats in parliament; and millions of Burmese are now studying their country’s constitution and have petitioned for amendments.
Rather, they are being imposed on Russian society by the state, whose leader enjoys far-reaching power under the 1993 constitution.
But it could also become the first, essential step on the road to the drafting of a European constitution.
In this sense, the Charter is reactionary: if it is included in the constitution, it will impede the development of rights and responsibilities appropriate to the future.
Europe's new constitution will be accepted as a guarantee of freedom and lawful government only if it results from a broad public dialogue reflecting the common cultural and moral assumptions that bind Europeans together.
In short, though China’s political system functions in a manner that is far more centralized than outlined in the country’s constitution, it provides an increasingly meaningful set of avenues through which citizens can exercise influence over political life.
Japan’s Self-Defense DefenseCAMBRIDGE – Since the end of World War II, Japan has been ruled by an American-written “peace constitution,” Article 9 of which prohibits war and limits Japanese forces to self-defense.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is now seeking legislation to enable Japan to reinterpret the constitution to include “collective self-defense,” whereby the country would enhance its security cooperation with other countries, particularly its closest ally, the United States.
Bendjedid, whose memoirs were recently published (he died in October), gave Algeria its first relatively democratic constitution, lifting the ban on political parties and guaranteeing a minimum of basic rights, including freedom of speech, assembly, and conscience.
The US constitution assigns senators the responsibility to confirm, by majority vote, the president’s cabinet nominees.
In exercising their constitutional duty, senators should consider carefully their criteria for providing what the constitution calls “advice and consent.”
And besides, the constitution gives the president wide latitude in foreign policy.
But the problem with “ruling couples” – in Argentina and, perhaps, throughout the world – is that no law or democratic constitution could envisage them.
Yet, as long as such leaders respect the democratic constitution, they are not likely to get very far; the next election will dislodge them.
France and Germany, along with the other EU states, must bear in mind that the Lisbon Treaty is, in effect, a European constitution, framed to lead the Union into the twenty-first century, and that its success requires broader leadership.
Valle had asked the court to halt his execution, on the grounds that to spend so long on death row is “cruel and unusual punishment” and therefore prohibited by the US constitution.
But this balance devolved into paralysis, as the parties consistently failed to overcome their differences to make progress toward a constitution.
The new government made a public commitment to deliver a new constitution by January 22, 2015.
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