Sentence examples for under the present constitution from inspiring English sources

But Mr Mugabe firmly controls the Senate and under the present constitution can rule by decree.

In. the first election under the present constitution the candidates received 98% of the vote cast.

"The present constitution was drawn up in 1948," he says.

The present constitution defines a citizen as a "Turk".

Under the first three constitutions, the governor's salary could not be increased or reduced while he was in office; this provision was extended to all public officials in the present constitution.

The present constitution provided no means for amendment, however.

That is as much as most state schools do, since the Swiss, after 152 years under their present constitution of peaceful coexistence among peoples speaking four native languages, are less polyglottal than outsiders think.

The community's present constitution dates from 1924 and is guaranteed by the Greek constitution of 1975.

The present cantonal constitution dates from 1869.

The present flag, which omits those features, was established under the new constitution of December 16, 1962.

At present the constitution does not even mention indigenous people.