The Kurds have proposed a constitution that would divide the country into Kurdish and Arab sub-states, with power at the centre apportioned on ethnic lines.
But when Prime Minister Ehud Barak returned empty-handed from his latest frustrations with the peace effort, he switched to an agenda of civic reform and proposed a constitution, just like that.
"They proposed a constitution which would have given them absolute power in the party in the city … Their visibility and impact in the council chamber has been virtually nonexistent.
The conventioneers will battle it out over an actual text; some time around next May, they expect to propose a constitution for Europe.The control of foreign and economic policy is central to the debate.
The Islamist Ennahda party, which took over the reins of power in October 2011, pledged tolerance but put pressure on the state-run media and proposed a constitution that would curtail women's rights.
But the king outmaneuvered any potential opposition by proposing a new constitution.
The governing party has recently sought a political resolution to the decades-old conflict, proposing a draft constitution that would grant greater rights to ethnic minorities.
Banners in Tahrir Square proclaimed "Checkmate to the king," while jubilant tweets declared "Happy second revolution" as hundreds of thousands turned out to protest current president Mohamed Morsi – a member of the Muslim Brotherhood – broadly expanding his own powers and proposing a new constitution that opponents claim would help to impose Islamist law on the country. .
After several years of comparatively weak government under the Articles of Confederation, a Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia proposed a new constitution on September 17, 1787, featuring among other changes a stronger chief executive.
After several years of comparatively weak government under the Articles of Confederation, a Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia proposed a new constitution on September 17, 1787, featuring a stronger chief executive and other changes.
