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The elder Bhutto disregarded some of the provisions in the constitution that sought to limit his power.
Zardari and his close political associates have shown little respect for the constitution or the rule of law throughout his presidency.
Indeed, Pakistan’s constitution also requires that the president, once elected, must resign from the political party that supported his or her candidacy.
Evo Morales and the Populist ParadoxLA PAZ – Evo Morales succeeded in amending the Bolivia’s constitution and being re-elected President.
The country will be unable to avoid tyranny unless it is willing to respect the minimal democratic guarantees provided by the constitution, such as a supreme court, an attorney general, a comptroller, and an electoral council appointed with two-thirds of the National Assembly’s support.
The strategy was so popular that the constitution was amended to allow for Uribe’s reelection in 2006.
The first ingredient should not be a problem for Latin American countries (many of which drew from the US constitution in writing their own fundamental laws), though consistent enforcement remains a serious weakness.
Indeed, they have changed the constitution three times since 1987 to ensure that every vote for the Nationalist Party and the Labor Party is given a higher weighting than votes received by any of the country’s other political parties when it comes to translating votes into parliamentary seats.
The Muslim Brotherhood, by contrast, was systematically changing the constitution and taking control of the commanding heights of the state in order to make it impossible for its rule to be challenged.
A new constitution that protects minority rights and the basic ethos of the country should be drafted, and all political parties should operate according to rules that ensure transparency and commitment to the democratic process.
The Nobel laureate economist Robert Mundell once compared a monetary regime to a political constitution, because it establishes the rules of the game.
The government is working to overhaul the constitution, in order to thwart democratic checks and balances.
Turkey would prefer that Kirkuk, with its large Turkmen population, be given special status in the forthcoming draft Iraqi constitution.
And it needs a constitution, created through a bottom-up process, based on a shared understanding of where individual countries end and Europe begins.
Earlier this year, I visited the center for a fascinating exhibition on the first independent Norwegian constitution promulgated in 1814.
What is most interesting about Norway’s 1814 constitution is not that it contains this clause, but why.
One of the writers of the constitution, Frederik Motzfeldt, argued that Jews would never assimilate themselves with the people of any country.
Experts in Hebrew culture explained that Judaism and Norway’s constitution were irreconcilable.
Mosaic law was, so the experts said, the only constitution recognized by Jews, and so it should be feared, in the way modern critics of Islam fear Sharia law.
So rethinking democracy and its institutions must be a top priority for all to whom the constitution of liberty is dear.
That brazen assault preceded a national referendum, organized by opposition parties, to gauge support for Maduro’s plan to redraft the constitution.
Protesters are also calling on the government to release political prisoners, uphold the current constitution, and establish a government of national unity to restore economic and political stability.
Nine days after Vemula’s death, India celebrated the 66th anniversary of the adoption of its constitution, which sought to combat the country’s rigid social stratification with the world’s first and most comprehensive affirmative-action program.
Despite French voters’ rejection of a new constitution for the European Union in 2005 (in part a protest vote against Chirac), all three candidates recognize that the EU has been an important means to enhance French power in world affairs.
Now a new government must be formed and a new constitution written.
Lebanon, argues Paul Salem, may provide a guide for those Iraqis who seek a constitution that can reconcile the country’s Shi-ite, Sunni, Kurdish and Turkmen communities.
In Lebanon, the danger of one community monopolizing power over others is avoided because the Lebanese constitution imposes permanent power-sharing arrangements on all major communities.
Moreover, coexistence and cooperation among the various communities is enshrined as a basic principle in Lebanon’s constitution.
Iraq, however, still has neither a parliament nor a constitution.
In terms of drawing up a new constitution, the Lebanese principle of government by power sharing must be a central pillar.
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