Barbara Crossette (NYT) THE AMERICAS VENEZUELA: BROAD POWERS FOR CHAVEZ -- The National Assembly approved sweeping powers for President Hugo Chavez that will allow him to pass legislation by decree in areas from economic and financial affairs to government reform.
On Wednesday, he enacted 29 constitutional amendments that grant him sweeping powers for five years.
Its "new politics", consisting of a partly appointed parliament, sweeping powers for military intervention and, of course, a strong crown, is "Premocracy" redux.The army is a big part of the country's predicament.
In February, a code of practice for GCHQ which gives "spy agencies sweeping powers to hack targets, including those who are not a threat to national security nor suspected of any crime", was released, a charity spokesman claimed.
Egypt's ruling military council has blamed the Muslim Brotherhood for raising tensions by releasing presidential election results early and insisted its recent decisions that granted the generals sweeping powers were necessary for running the country.
Mr. Milosevic has already been elected to two terms as Serbian president, and when he could not run again under the constitution, he became federal president, taking on sweeping powers not foreseen for this putatively figurehead office.
Kenya's Constitution goes back to its independence in 1963, and it has been criticized for creating an imperial-like presidency with dangerously sweeping powers.
The ruling was a major victory for the opposition a fully elected Senate would have given her party sweeping powers through control of both houses of parliament.
It vests the minister for economic development who in this case is the president's youngest brother, Basil with sweeping powers.
