Word: constitutionalized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The constitution also establishes a court which will decide on the legitimacy of the various political parties. The Communist Party is forbidden. The number of deputies in the national assembly has been sharply reduced, thus weakening the existing parties, according to critics of the junta, by not allowing them to...
The new constitution is based on the old 1952 constitution and is cleverly written to conceal its authoritarian bent. One clause excludes from the Chamber of Deputies all men who don't possess a degree stating they've completed what would be a high school education in America. This will...
The position of the new deputies, when and if elections are held, will also be significantly weakened by the constitution. They may now be arrested without the consent of the Chamber. Many observers think this situation puts them directly under the control of the ruling junta.
ON THE WHOLE, the constitution rationalizes the powers which the junta seized in April, 1967. It seems to insure liberties, but there are too many loopholes which the ruling group could use at will to stop any burgconing movement toward freedom. The new document significantly centralizes the government, which has...
Although the junta originally said the revolution was necessary to save the monarchy, young King Constantine is now in exile in Italy. He fled Greece after attempting to seize power from the junta on Dec. 13, 1967. Under the 1952 document the king had a lot of influence on paper...