Word: empowerment
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...what is the solution? The people need a recognition that they will be empowered. And that empowerment is through either the humbling of this one man who has demolished the constitution - that sacred document that shared belief among the citizenry across the country - either his humbling or his willing submission to the constitution. Not the changed constitution, but the constitution before he brutalized it, the constitution of the 2nd of November - that would empower the people. And that includes the restoration of the judiciary. Pervez Musharraf has openly and vigorously held out that the PML-Q is his party...
...very important. Otherwise the ballot itself will be meaningless and will not empower the people. These elections, if they are held under a dispensation in which one man can brutalize the constitution and get away with it, will only contribute to the disempowerment of the Pakistani citizen. Democracy means empowerment, not just voters queues on polling day. That empowerment is essential, and it cannot come without an independent judiciary. Without that empowerment you cannot fight terror. The tools, the weapons to fight the war on terror are an empowered people who are assured that no man has arbitrary will upon...
This past Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of good judicial sense. In two separate, simultaneously issued rulings, the court determined that federal judges ought to have the freedom to hand down just sentences, even if they contradict federal sentencing guidelines. One of the court’s...
In much of this, one sees the legacy of Prawoto's mentor, Yusuf Bilyarta Mangunwijaya - a famed Javanese polymath who was a writer, priest and the founding figure of modern Indonesian architecture. Mangunwijaya stressed the importance of spending money on training first and materials second - a teaching adhered to by...
Prawoto built Nindityo's home as well; its high ceilings and skylights create the sort of serenity one associates with a jungle retreat. Recycled teak doors and stained-glass windows reflect local style but not excessively - and that is signature Prawoto. "A home should reflect one's culture but also...