The current constitution was drafted by Allied occupation forces in 1947 and has never been amended.
The formula is simple: social problems cannot be solved under the current constitution.
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That might let him continue beyond next year, when his two terms as Russia's president, under the current constitution, are up.
When Iran occasionally permits free elections (under its current constitution, winners usually find themselves politically toothless), the American-hating mullahs are overwhelmingly defeated.
Mr Lie is not so sure, believing that the process is also hampered by the extensive consultation that the current constitution demands.
But that might prove unacceptable to the 30, 000 Gibraltarians, whose wishes Britain pledged to respect under the colony's current constitution of 1969.
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The country's current constitution was enacted after a military coup that took place on September 12, 1980, 30 years to the day before Sunday's vote.
Under the current Constitution, you need a two-thirds majority in Parliament to see your changes through, as well as a win in a nationwide referendum.
Every single legal expert that is not paid by Peru's government has stated clearly that the current constitution does not allow a second re-election of the head of state.
Voters endorsed modifications to Turkey's current constitution, making the military more accountable to civilian courts and giving parliament - the 550-seat Gran National Assembly (Buyuk Millet Meclisi) - more power to appoint judges.
But a Maryland judge denied the couple's filing, ruling in 2010 that the divorce could not be recognized under the current state constitution.
Meanwhile EU-inspired work on drawing up a new constitution to replace the current one, drawn up by the generals after a military coup in 1980, has stalled.
The current document is supposed to serve until a full constitution can be drafted probably next year, following elections.
For instance, an entirely new constitution could be drawn up should the current Russian-Byelorussian Community become an official union.
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"The protesting parties see the current design of federal demarcation plan in the new constitution as a way to minimize their demographic power, and lessen their political bargaining capacity, " said Dipendra Jha, a lawyer at the Supreme Court and a Madhesi practicing in Kathmandu.
His current term as president lasts until 2006, but the constitution allows for a referendum in August 2003 on his progress to date.
If the big states so evidently misuse their clout under the current system, why should the Dutch vote for a constitution that will give them more?
Current President Roberto Micheletti succeeded Mr. Zelaya under the Honduran constitution's order of succession (the vice president had resigned before all of this began so that he could run for president).
Unlike under Musharraf, the current parliament is democratically elected and speaks with the authority of the constitution behind it.
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The constitution will only come into force if all the 15 current EU members plus all 10 countries joining next year ratify it.
The first scenario is to go ahead with the presidential elections in September, relying on the current constitutional arrangements going through parliament, you know changing the articles in the constitution that would allow for a more inclusive involvement.
"We should govern the country on the basis of the law and fully respect the authority of the constitution and laws, " he said, implying that this was not current practice.
If he won't follow Franklin Roosevelt's aggressive reaction to defeat by the court, the current president might feel like agreeing with FDR when he said he believed in "the constitution as I understand it, flexible enough to meet any new problem of democracy - not the kind of constitution your court has raised up as a barrier to progress and democracy".
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