Sentence examples for constitution to extend from inspiring English sources

The central government has said it will amend the Constitution to extend this nationwide.

In 1995 Syria gerrymandered Lebanon's constitution to extend Hrawi's five-year post for another three years.

Arseniy Yatsenyuk, a former Ukrainian foreign minister, said Mr. Yanukovich had no right under Ukraine's Constitution to extend the lease.

In 2004 the National Assembly again amended the constitution to extend Lahoud's six-year term of office by three years.

Voters backed a change to the constitution to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples by 62% to 38%.

Many commentators have said that Zelaya sought to re-write the constitution to extend his time in office.

That would be enough to amend the Constitution -- to extend Mr. Putin's presidency, for instance -- though no one in the Kremlin or United Russia has made any specific proposals.

Mr. Saakashvili and Parliament, which is controlled by his National Movement party, amended the Constitution last year to extend legislators' terms to the fall of 2008 and shorten the presidential term so that Mr. Saakashvili and Parliament could run for election at the same time.

Mr. Zelaya's opponents accused him of trying to undermine the Constitution in order to extend his time in office.

In other words, Mr Dos Santos changed the constitution in order to extend his mandate, and consolidate his absolute rule.

On Wednesday, Mr. Saleh made two other vitally important political concessions: he would not tamper with the Constitution in order to extend his rule beyond 2013, nor would he permit his son Ahmed to succeed him.