Word: treasonable
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...Sejong Institute, a Seoul-based think tank. However, he adds, "it could lower support for Lee significantly." Assuming Lee wins at the ballot box, it's possible he could still face a criminal investigation; while the constitution prohibits the prosecution of a sitting President for any crime other than treason, it makes no mention of a President-elect. The probe into Lee's BBK ties is scheduled to finish before the inauguration...
...Musharraf's political opponents, who include former Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, say they will work to have the President impeached or even face treason charges. Bhutto said that the end of the emergency was an "important step forward" but that Pakistan was still a long way from true democracy. Officials in Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party warned that the upcoming elections are unlikely to be free and fair and said that government machinery is already "being exploited for foul play...
...which Sharif says is his party's primary goal. That reconstituted high court could then rule that Musharraf contravened the constitution by dismissing the judges in the first place and declaring emergency. And, what is most worrisome for Musharraf, working outside the constitution in Pakistani law can be considered treason...
...poor, Venezuela hardly looks poised to become a showcase for the separation of powers. The National Assembly and Supreme Court are Chávez's virtual rubber stamps; and, while free speech admittedly is still intact in Venezuela, he has increasingly defined opposition to his ideological agenda as counter-revolutionary treason. When Chávez pal and former Defense Minister General Raúl Baduel - who helped put Chávez back in power after a failed coup attempt in 2002 - complained this month that the amendment package being voted on Dec. 2, including a proposal to eliminate presidential term limits, constituted a constitutional "coup...
...argued in an editorial this summer: “Our children will not inherit our nationhood genetically. They can receive it only through learning.” If Harvard graduates haven’t learned about what it means to be an American, then this university is taking high treason to new heights...