Word: constitutionalized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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This development and progress, De Gaulle continued, "could not have been possible if we had returned to the crises and impotence of the former regime. But the functioning of the public powers-government and Parliament-as it is governed by our constitution, as it is applied, as it was confirmed...
Greece and Turkey still could find no common ground for agreement. Britain, as the third guarantor of the constitution, and the former colonial owner of Cyprus, was the only power with freedom of action. London exercised it wisely. Commonwealth Relations Secretary Duncan Sandys flew to Nicosia for a series of...
It seems likely that Makarios will get some revisions of the constitution, which even the British concede is unwieldy and perhaps unfairly weighted with veto powers for the Turkish minority. But even a more workable constitution may not guarantee peace. Zekia Bey, a Turkish Cypriot on the Supreme Court, said...
For the present, white-dominated Southern Rhodesia has decided against a unilateral declaration of independence, though a noisy section of the population is strongly in favor of it. Prime Minister Winston Field urges that "on no account must we put ourselves in the wrong" by breaching the Constitution, under which...
However, an end of the absolute minority veto is only the first step towards a workable government. The door must be opened for further advances. Cyprus has no way amend its constitution. It needs a method of amendment that will enable the Turks to protect their present status, and allow...