6735 August 4‚ 1989 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A SYSTEM OF INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:: I. — General Provisions Section 1. Title. — This Act shall be known as "The Initiative and Referendum Act." Section 2. Statement of Policy. — The power of the people under a system of initiative and referendum to directly propose‚ enact‚ approve or reject‚ in whole or in part‚ the
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comes in various different forms. One form is when power is in the hands of the population as a whole and political decisions are made themselves‚ this is known as direct democracy. An example of a direct democracy currently present in the UK is a referendum. Another form is representative democracy; in this case citizens will vote for representatives to create decisions for them and the responsibility is handed over to the representative to make decisions for the country. The representatives are also
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G.R. No. 127325 March 19‚ 1997 MIRIAM DEFENSOR SANTIAGO‚ ALEXANDER PADILLA‚ and MARIA ISABEL ONGPIN‚ petitioners‚ vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS‚ JESUS DELFIN‚ ALBERTO PEDROSA & CARMEN PEDROSA‚ in their capacities as founding members of the People’s Initiative for Reforms‚ Modernization and Action (PIRMA)‚ respondents. SENATOR RAUL S. ROCO‚ DEMOKRASYA-IPAGTANGGOL ANG KONSTITUSYON (DIK)‚ MOVEMENT OF ATTORNEYS FOR BROTHERHOOD INTEGRITY AND NATIONALISM‚ INC. (MABINI)‚ INTEGRATED BAR OF THE PHILIPPINES
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without a referendum. You’ll need a petition with 100‚000 signatures. We’d better start on it at once.’ And we did. Jessie’s role in our movement was absolutely vital. And she never wanted honour and glory. She’d give ideas away and the credit along with them.” - Faith Bandler‚ campaigner for the rights of Aboriginal Torres Strait islander and South Pacific Islander peoples and National living Treasure talking about the prevail role played by Jessie Street in the campaign for the 1967 referendum which
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ATS1259 The 1967 Referendum The 1967 referendum was the repeal of section 127 and section 51 in the Commonwealth Constitution. With the repeal of these two sections the “Federal Government were allowed to make laws for Aborigines and Aborigines were now counted in the national census”(About the 1967 Referendum). The 1967 referendum can be commonly considered the turning point in Australian history and culture for finally addressing discrimination towards the Indigenous people and taking responsibility
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The Homeless Billionaire Nicholas Berggruen is a businessman who chooses to live simple life‚ and he started out with a trust fund of $250‚000.00. According to his privately held holding company’s annual revenue of $5 billion throws off $250 million in earning each year. He has a personal worth of $2.5 billion. Not too simple in my opinion. Nicholas Berggruen spends his life turning companies around‚ donating and offering help to worthy projects. He travels the world in his private jet
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o Create a system which makes the government directly responsible to the people o Decentralise the system of governance in such a way that people can influence the policies that affect their local area The Legislature: o To give two rights of REFERENDUM and INITIATIVE to the people of India. The Judiciary: o Implement long overdue judicial reforms in order to create a judicial system easily accessible and affordable for all Indians • Right to Reject in elections • Right to Recall before term
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be achieved through referendums. One argument for the greater use of direct democracy is that is can increase legitimacy as the government is getting direct consent from the people through such methods such as referendums. Another reason is that if the government is spit on an issue it can hold a referendum for the people to choose‚ so the people have a direct influence on government and such examples of this include the AV referendum‚ and the 1975 EU membership referendum. Direct democracy
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Examine and assess how political order is made and repaired. In this TMA I will examine and assess how political order is made mainly through the state. In order to create‚ maintain and repair political order‚ the state needs authority from its citizens to do so and this authority needs to be legitimate. ‘Legitimacy refers to a belief in the states rightness‚ its right to rule or the idea that its authority is proper.’ I will then explain how today‚ legitimacy is closely linked to democracy
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Constitutional Law - Major Research Essay PART A: Introduction The Australian Federal Government introduced the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Recognition Bill 2012 (Cth) (the Bill) to Parliament on 28 November 2012. It was given Royal Assent on 27 March 2013 and became known as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Recognition Act 2013 (Cth) (the Act). Who the legislation is for The purpose of the Act may be found in its long title‚ which is to provide for the
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