So Mr Aznar has sacked a few party bigwigs likely to remind voters that his party is heir to the one that voted against Spain's democratic constitution of 1978.
This is ironic: the whole point of Thailand's last democratic constitution, passed in 1997, was to free the country from the cycle of weak and unstable coalitions and frequent coups.
This in turn could pave the way for Mr Erdogan to launch his long-promised new democratic constitution, which would properly embrace the Kurds for the first time in modern Turkish history.
Brazil's democratic constitution gives the army vague tutelary powers.
At least on paper, Sudan's year-old constitution enshrines democratic practices and a separation of powers that make it look almost like a liberal western democracy.
"Hugo Chavez ruled Venezuela with an iron hand and his passing has left a political void that we hope will be filled peacefully and through a constitutional and democratic process, grounded in the Venezuelan constitution and adhering to the Inter-American Democratic Charter, " said Sen.
Mr Rodriguez stepped down as president in 1993 after piloting through a new constitution that looks impeccably democratic.
We amended our Constitution to extend the democratic principles that we hold dear.
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Last month, UN-backed reconciliation talks began aimed at drafting a new constitution and preparing for full democratic elections in February 2014.
Earlier this month, UN-backed reconciliation talks began in Yemen aimed at drafting a new constitution and preparing for full democratic elections next February.
Only then will the government be able to proceed with drafting a constitution and eventually hold Libya's first democratic elections in its modern history, our correspondent says.
Most of all, conservatives should worry about a Supreme Court that brushes aside the text of the constitution to promote an idea as alien to democratic values as sovereign immunity, even in the name of states' rights.
There he won global recognition as a leader of an acceptable hue: His National Conference Party had grass-root support and was committed to a democratic solution to the Kashmir problem, within the framework of the Indian constitution.
John Sharp, the state comptroller and the Democratic candidate for that powerful post (the lieutenant-governor, under the constitution, has most power to make or break bills), faces a formidable Republican opponent in Rick Perry.
This week a committee on state reform presented 180 assorted proposals for making Mexico's government and society more democratic, including more decentralisation, and adding a chapter on human rights to the constitution.
In 1946, Alcide De Gasperi, founder of the Christian Democratic Party, recruited the young lawyer to participate in the drafting of Italy's postwar constitution.
Mr Nagashima admits there is little chance the party would go as far as its more hawkish antagonist, the Liberal Democratic Party, which is mulling a manifesto pledge to change article nine of Japan's constitution, drafted by the American victors in 1947, which forever renounces war as a way of settling disputes.
That draft is already four months past due, and the withdrawal of opposition parties could derail Tunisia's democratic transition and delay elections, which are slated to be held in the fall after a new constitution has been approved.
Further south, Zimbabwe did not have Kenya's queues but a referendum on a new constitution passed off with overwhelming support from all parties - including President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF - a constitution that will now limit presidential rule to two five-year terms amongst other nuggets of democratic expression.
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