CAIRO -- As Egyptians look to form a new government with next month's parliamentary elections, the fallout from "Bloody Sunday" still reverberates here. Soldiers and street thugs attacked marchers a week ago, killing 26 and wounding more than 300. Most were Christians, who make up 10 to 15 percent of Egypt's populace.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On November 16, 2011, President Nursultan Nazarbayev dissolved Kazakhstan's national legislature and established January 15, 2012 as the date for pre-term parliamentary elections. The decision to hold the elections early reflects a desire to renew the government's authority to adopt decisive measures to overcome the economic challenges facing Kazakhstan, but they also provide an opportunity for the government to reaffirm its rejection of stagnation, authoritarianism, and other negative scenarios for the future. As a major oil and gas producer and regional economic leader, Kazakhstan's stability, economic development, and democratic progress are essential for Western interests in Central Asia. Sustained comprehensive political, economic...
the background Egyptians are seething over the near-total control of the government by President Hosni Mubarak's party, cemented by parliamentary elections last fall when his party won 97 percent of seats, and reports that Mubarak wants to bequeath the presidency to his son. Protests over the past two weeks calling for Mubarak's ouster threaten to destabilize the leadership of the most important U.S. ally in the Arab world. the leadership
Many a democracy has been upended by excessive government spending - and, unfortunately, America, despite the latest budget agreement, is well on its way to fiscal and, perhaps, democratic collapse. The American Founding Fathers well understood that democracy could destroy liberty through both excessive spending and oppressive actions by democratic majorities. This is why the U.S. Constitution creates a federal republic and not a parliamentary democracy. The Founding Fathers set about to create a government that first of all would ensure liberty and then protect person and property. To ensure against the momentary passions of a democratic majority, including spending others' money, they deliberately designed a governmental system in which most things cannot be done in a hurry and there ...
Classic definition provides that in parliamentary government, the executive must be supported by a parliamentary majority while presidents should be selected via national election. A simple contrast between parliamentary and presidential system suggests substantial homogeneity within each type of system. Results reveal that policy making structures and processes in the parliamentary systems vary across countries and over time.
While development may have been aided by greater financial resources, political encouragement and technical advice in its infancy, many believe that Somaliland benefited from a lack of international interference during this delicate transitional process. Over the years it has acquired most of the common symbols of statehood - a constitution, flag, currency, functioning parliamentary system complete with government ministries, security sector, judiciary and even comprehensive bureaucracy, in the form of license plates and passports. Since taking office in September 2007, the NEC has displayed a serious lack of experience, raising questions of its ability to organize an election.
ATHENS, Greece - Demanding that the prime minister resign, the main Greek opposition leader led his party in a dramatic walkout Thursday during a parliamentary debate about the viability of the government. Antonis Samaras' statements came amid an intense political crisis in Greece, after Prime Minister George Papandreou shocked the country, European leaders and financial markets earlier this week by saying he wanted to put a hard-fought new European debt deal to a popular vote.
MANAMA, Bahrain, July 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Convening in the third official session of the comprehensive National Dialogue, delegates from all factions considered a variety of proposals in its four official working groups. Participants discussing political reform largely debated the need to change the composition of the cabinet. Some delegates supported reform to have the cabinet better reflect the composition of the elected parliament while others expressed support for limiting the terms of ministerial appointment to a maximum of eight years. In addition, participants discussed the possibility of establishing a parliamentary right of veto over the government's four-year work plan.
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