Constitution

Ecuador: Draft Charter Favors Correa

time.com     2 hrs ago   16 related          

— A proposed new constitution grants Ecuador's leftist President Rafael Correa broad powers including the ability to dissolve Congress and set monetary policy, and would let him stay in office through 2017. The charter, up for...                

IGG is Not Answerable to the Parliament

allafrica.com     1 hr ago   6 related          

The Inspectorate is clearly a public office (Section 4(2) of the Inspectorate of Government Act, 2002) and was not envisaged by the Constitution or the Act as personal to holder. If media reports are correct, there is no place...                

South Africa: Rasool Should Take ANC to Court

allafrica.com     2 hrs ago   10 related          

Posted to the web 24 July 2008 John Kane-Berman Johannesburg IT IS a pity that Ebrahim Rasool does not intend to challenge his removal from the premiership of Western Cape in court. If Rasool refused to go quietly, the ANC is...                

Mengo, Govt Conflicts Not New

allafrica.com     48 mins ago          

Posted to the web 24 July 2008 Milton Olupot Kampala THE arrest of three officials of the Buganda Kingdom last week has provoked fresh controversy and tension between the kingdom and the central Government. President Yoweri...                

The IGG Has No Power to Investigate a Minister

allafrica.com     31 mins ago          

Posted to the web 24 July 2008 Peter Mulira Kampala The ongoing stand-off between the local government minister and the Inspector General of Government (IGG) which has spilled in the open is a clear demonstration of the need to...                

CE Secretary General Terry Davis called on to follow Ukraine`s example

unian.net     2 hrs ago   1 related          

Council of Europe Secretary General Terry Davis has written to the President of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine to congratulate him because the Court has now cleared all its outstanding cases from 2006 and 2007. According...                

Nigeria: President's Numerous Aides

allafrica.com     1 hr ago          

Men of the old met the star boasting that even on ordinary days, it supplied light to other people, talk less of the very day that the mother worked late into the night, preparing yam pudding. That mind-set explains why we were...                

Nigeria: Teachers' Strike - We Can't Negotiate for States -FG

allafrica.com     1 hr ago          

Posted to the web 24 July 2008 Onwuka Nzeshi And Damilola Oyedele Abuja The Federal Government has appealed to striking teachers to negotiate with the various state governments , saying it was not in a constitutional position...                

Same-sex marriages bound for the ballot

examiner.com     1 hr ago   11 related          

A petition filed last month by groups supporting same-sex marriage that would have prevented a November ballot initiative defining marriage as between a man and woman from going to the voters will not be heard by the California...                

Flagship reforms

independent-bangladesh.com     20 mins ago   1 related          

By Lizzy DaviesNicolas Sarkozy narrowly avoided a critical political defeat Monday night when his flagship proposals to give the French constitution its biggest overhaul in half a century were passed by a margin of just one...                

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