Sentence examples for fully federal system from inspiring English sources

A fully federal system might simply displace the seat of corruption and mafia influence to the provinces, but elected, empowered provincial and local assemblies would be better placed to negotiate and broker local power relations.

In response to Azikiwe and other nationalists, the Lyttelton constitution of 1954 created a fully federal system, comprising the three geographic regions of Nigeria, the Southern Cameroons, and the Federal Territory of Lagos.

If, however, something close to a fully federal system has emerged, with real power and legitimacy devolved to regional assemblies and mayors, and with a more proportional electoral system for the Commons, then a powerful upper house may come to seem not only unnecessary but dangerous, for it would risk gridlock.

Allies of President Mwai Kibaki, who has called for a yes vote, are at pains to emphasise that the new arrangement does not mean a fully fledged federal system: the counties will implement policies put forward by the central government.Yet the fiercest debates have been over issues that, in the eyes of the yes camp, are secondary.

Not all states fully participate in the federal system yet, according to the system's Web site.

Still others imagine that it is useful to have states serve as fully integrated administrative units within the federal system.

By the time Obamacare fully plays out, and all its problems are discovered, a federal system of health care regulation will be so ingrained that it will be possible only to amend it, not to pull it back.

Over 700 aborted attempts over the last 200 years to undermine our federal system have failed abysmally once the disastrous consequences have been fully explained and appreciated.

It needs to be a federal system".

There is a case for a fully federal Europe.

Enlargement creates fully federal union of 30-plus countries.