During the loya jirga that considered the Constitution, ethnic factions argued so vehemently that some Westerners feared the nation would splinter.
The first targets are likely to be ethnic republics whose constitutions assert local sovereignty: Dagestan, Ingushetia, North Ossetia, Bashkortostan, Komi, Kabardin-Balkaria, Tatarstan, Tuva and Yakutia.
An America where allegiance to the Constitution trumps ethnic differences, language barriers and religious divides.
The 1997 constitution gave ethnic Indians the same political rights as Fijians.
He gave health reasons but an official report had criticised him for accepting unreported gifts.Trouble in FijiFiji's military chief, Frank Bainimarama, proclaimed martial law and scrapped the constitution that ethnic Fijians claim favours Fijians of Indian descent.
Its leader, Madhav Kumar Nepal, claims that Prachanda, who insists the monarchy is already "suspended", agrees with this.Also troubling is the Maoist insistence that the interim constitution reflect "ethnic federalism"—ie, a division into autonomous regions.
The new constitution will protect ethnic, cultural and religious diversity in full accordance with the European Union's Charter of Fundamental Rights.A fresh round of domestic debate began after the election in April last year.
But their attitude and engagement with Pristina is crucial to Kosovo's aim of building the multi-ethnic state that its constitution defines.
Then, in 2010, the new Constitution established ethnic-based country governments.
