Unionist Charter

It was only two days ago that President Abdullah Gül regretted that Parliament's effort to write a brand-new, democratic Constitution had come to an end with no result. Perhaps his words came like a cold shower to the opposition parties which ...

Yingluck says Thailand still 'anti-democratic' Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has lashed out at the current constitution, saying it contains mechanisms which "restrict democracy". In a rare departure from her usual conciliatory tone, Ms Yingluck ...

We take for granted now that any democracy would embrace such basics as secret ballots and universal suffrage. But these had been denied in the 1832 Electoral Reform Act and so the Chartist movement emerged. Seventy-seven MPs from a wide range of ...

The sub-region Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) central governments have been enjoined to fast track the domestication of the African Union Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (AU Charter) in the interest of development ...

(KHARTOUM) Sudan's national assembly has ratified the African Charter on Democracy, Elections, and Governance (ACDEG) despite opposition from some lawmakers who argued that the country might not be in a position to fully comply with its terms. ...

IN THE new Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka is a faded and fragile sheet of paper inscribed with some of the most important words in Australia's history. The only surviving copy of the Ballarat Reform League Charter will spend the next year ...

President Robert Mugabe calls for a peaceful election while his police round up more of Tsvangirai's aides, and journalists are arrested for reporting that the MDC is in talks with the country's security chiefs. Zimbabwe, which at one point admitted ...

ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News The Constitution Conciliation Commission will carry on its work until July 1. Even though there is no precise data for what will happen after that, there are some tactical expectations. The commission could keep working ...

. UNB, Dhaka BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Tuesday alleged that the government has violated the constitution by banning rallies and public meetings. "The government has imposed a restriction on holding public rallies ...