amendment
adopted 5 May 1993; note - amendment proposed by President Askar AKAYEV and passed in a national referendum on 2 February 2003 significantly expanded the powers of the president at the expense of ...
www.exxun.com/Kyrgyzstan/d_gv.html
amendment
... election last held 11 May 2007 (next to be held May 2011); note - a proposed constitutional amendment to establish popular elections for president and vice president failed election results: Emanuel MORI elected ...
www.exxun.com/Micronesia_FederatedStatesof/d_gv.html
amendment
... by creating the Panamanian Public Forces; in October 1994, Panama's Legislative Assembly approved a constitutional amendment prohibiting the creation of a standing military force but allowing the temporary establishment of special ...
www.exxun.com/Panama/h_ml.html
Amendment
... terms; Atafu has seven seats, Fakaofo has seven seats, Nukunonu has six seats); note - the Tokelau Amendment Act of 1996 confers limited legislative power on the General Fono elections: last held 17-19 ...
www.exxun.com/Tokelau/d_gv.html
amendment
... year term (eligible for a second term; previously was a five-year term, extended by constitutional amendment in 2002); election last held 23 December 2007 (next to be held in 2014); prime ...
www.exxun.com/Uzbekistan/d_gv.html
amendments
adopted by nationwide referendum 5 July 1995; amendments adopted through a nationwide referendum 27 November 2005
www.exxun.com/Armenia/d_gv.html
amendments
... Tensions between the Dutch-speaking Flemings of the north and the French-speaking Walloons of the south have led in recent years to constitutional amendments granting these regions formal recognition and autonomy
www.exxun.com/Belgium/a_fg.html
amendments
... 2004 for first time in 20 years with 21 members appointed by the Sultan; passed constitutional amendments calling for a 45-seat council with 15 elected members; Sultan dissolved council on 1 ...
www.exxun.com/Brunei/d_gv.html
amendments
... Act of 17 April 1982, which transferred formal control over the constitution from Britain to Canada, and added a Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as well as procedures for constitutional amendments
www.exxun.com/Canada/d_gv.html
amendments
... year terms); Constitutional Court (guards integrity and supremacy of the constitution; rules on constitutionality of laws, amendments to the constitution, and international treaties); Superior Judicial Council (administers and disciplines the civilian judiciary ...
www.exxun.com/Colombia/d_gv.html
amendments
... Council or Majlis al-Shura that traditionally functions only in a consultative role but 2007 constitutional amendments could grant the Council new powers (264 seats; 176 elected by popular vote, 88 appointed ...
www.exxun.com/Egypt/d_gv.html
amendments
August 1945; abrogated by Federal Constitution of 1949 and Provisional Constitution of 1950, restored 5 July 1959; series of amendments concluded in 2002
www.exxun.com/Indonesia/d_gv.html
amendments
... that extended his term of office and expanded his presidential powers: only he can initiate constitutional amendments, appoint and dismiss the government, dissolve Parliament, call referenda at his discretion, and appoint administrative ...
www.exxun.com/Kazakhstan/d_gv.html
amendments
12 December 1963; amended as a republic 1964; reissued with amendments 1979, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1997, 2001; note - a new draft constitution was defeated by popular referendum in 2005
www.exxun.com/Kenya/d_gv.html
amendments
... powers to parliament and the government. In December 2006, the Kyrgyz parliament voted to adopt new amendments, restoring some of the presidential powers lost in the November 2006 constitutional change. By late ...
www.exxun.com/Kyrgyzstan/a_fg.html
amendments
... and the opposition negotiated a new constitution granting greater powers to the parliament and the government; amendments added on 30 December 2006 redistributed some power back to the president, but both November ...
www.exxun.com/Kyrgyzstan/d_gv.html
amendments
15 February 1922; restored to force by the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Latvia adopted by the Supreme Council on 21 August 1991; multiple amendments since
www.exxun.com/Latvia/d_gv.html
amendments
adopted 17 November 1991, effective 20 November 1991; amended November 2001 by a series of new constitutional amendments strengthening minority rights and in 2005 with amendments related to the judiciary
www.exxun.com/Macedonia/d_gv.html
amendments
... in building the rule of law, the bedrock of a modern market economy. The government has promised additional legislative amendments to make its intellectual property protection WTO-consistent, but enforcement remains problematic
www.exxun.com/Russia/e_ec.html
America
... opiates, hashish, and cannabis transiting the Balkan route and - to a lesser extent - cocaine from South America destined for Western Europe; limited opium and growing cannabis production; ethnic Albanian narcotrafficking organizations active ...
www.exxun.com/Albania/i_ti.html
America
Central America and the Caribbean
www.exxun.com/Anguilla/b_mp.html
America
... sq km ice-free, 13.72 million sq km ice-covered) (est.) note: fifth-largest continent, following Asia, Africa, North America, and South America, but larger than Australia and the subcontinent of Europe
www.exxun.com/Antarctica/b_mp.html
America
Central America and the Caribbean
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