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Judge attacks Attorney General

Monday, 8th September, 2008  By Anne Mugisa and Hillary Nsambu CONSTITUTIONAL Court Judge Amos Twinomujuni has attacked the Attorney General, saying he has let the country down. Twinomujuni said the Attorney General had failed to restrain government officials…read more

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Controversial amendments get the rightful boot.

South Florida Sun-Sentinel September 7, 2008 0-for-3. That was the count last week for the state s Taxation and Budget Reform Commission after the state Supreme Court struck a trio of proposed constitutional amendments off the November ballot.…read more

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Angola ruling party set for big win in disputed poll

Sun 7 Sep 2008, 22:35 GMT By Paul Simao LUANDA (Reuters) - The leader of Angola s largest opposition party said on Sunday he was contesting the results of the country s parliamentary election, which showed the ruling party headed…read more

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Appellate court asks that conscientious objector code be made unconstitutional

Defense Ministry s rejection of military service law revision allowing for conscientious objectors led court to ask for ruling An appellate court has asked the Constitutional Court to rule on whether Article 88, Section 1, of the conscription law, which…read more

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Constitutional Court Rules In Favour Of Newspaper For Details Of Bonds Purchase By China

The Sala Constitucional (Constitutional Court) has ordered the ministro de Hacienda (Finance minister), Guillermo Zúñiga, to hand over to the Spanish language daily, La Nación, all the information related to the purchase of Costa Rican bonds by China. The bond…read more

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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. HIGHER PARLIAMENT WOULD MAKE A TEAM.

Jakarta, Kompas – Higher Parliament planned to build a team to study totally on the amendment of Constitution 1945. The decision made in Gathering Meeting between leaders of the Parliament and leaders of Fractions as well as Team of House…read more

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CONSTITUTION AS BUREAUCRATIC GROUND

By Siti Nurbaya * Now is not the time for a bureaucrat to finish their job because of the fright of the supervisor. The development of situation also the change in political format and system give impact to the…read more

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FOREIGN AIDS ELIMINATES SOVEREIGNTY OF LEGISLATION PROCESS

Former Constitution Justice Harjono considered that not all Acts funded by foreign parties violated the 1945 Constitution. A number of activists from different generation gathered in a café in South Jakarta. Their faces seemed gloomy thinking about this country.…read more

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NATIONAL LAW WITH ISLAMIC COLOUR

Until recently, there are many Islamic people in Indonesia fighting for the implementation of Islamic law as a formal law, which put into act by the State declaration as a legislative regulation with certain form. They argued that in…read more

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GROUNDS FOR INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATE WEAK

The Constitutional Court was considered not to have strong legal ground to grant the judicial review of Act No.23/2003 on Presidential and Vice Presidential election related to the candidacy from individual elements. "There is no single article in the…read more