It could get worse President v judges ReprintsEven if Egypt's Islamists refrain from scrapping the peace treaty, Israel fears they will seek to amend the clauses that provide for Sinai's demilitarisation.
He might not have gained the two-thirds parliamentary majority needed to change the constitution, but if he sets his heart on it and wins over a few independents during the five years in power that lie ahead, he can amend the clauses relating to secularism in the Turkish constitution that restrict political Islam and the role of religion in society.
They include government negotiations with the imprisoned PKK leader, Abdullah Ocalan; amending the constitutional clause that calls all citizens of Turkey "Turks"; a loosening of Turkey's centralised government; and allowing Kurdish-language education in state-run schools.Can such demands be met?
But Mr. Krikorian does not favor an immediate effort to amend the Constitution's citizenship clause.
ReprintsFor example, next week, the government will announce plans to amend the constitution to incorporate new clauses on human rights.
One faint cause for hope is that the clauses on how to amend the constitution have yet to be written.
The issue is now one Canada's federal Liberal government and its leader, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, must address: it's time to amend the Canadian constitution and revoke the notwithstanding clause, for the sake of Canada's democracy.
In 2002 the then socialist government felt it necessary to amend the law and allow for the suspension of (clauses in) the collective agreement in case of financial hardship.
The principles motivating the Framers of the Reconstruction Amendments, of which the Citizenship Clause is a part, suggest that we amend the Constitution to reject automatic citizenship at the peril of our core constitutional values.
