States in many parts of the world regularly amend constitutions, and in some cases draft completely new constitutions. This may be due to various political, economic, social or other reasons. The national constitution of a country is the framing legal document, which captures the basis of the social contract between the state and the people…
The voting process by Conservative MPs to produce the two candidates to become the next UK Prime Minister has been completed. Ballot papers for ex-Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss will be sent to Conservative party members in early August, and it is their verdict which will determine the winner. By early September…
Today Uzbekistan is implementing large-scale reforms in all directions. Special attention is paid to the guarantees of individual rights and freedoms in the course of the ongoing constitutional reform in Uzbekistan. In particular, the Constitution of the country proposes to consolidate the right of everyone to access and free use of the Internet. Doctor of…
Global news continues to be filled with increasing horror stories following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, coupled with increasing admiration at the country’s resistance led by their inspirational President Zelenskyy. “Cometh the hour, cometh the man”, writes Philip Bushill-Matthews. I suggest we should also pay tribute to another country, also blessed with an inspirational President…
In recent years, civil society institutions in Uzbekistan, including non-governmental non-profit organizations (NGO), are involved in various spheres of public life, as well as actively participating in the new stage of reforms in the country, writes Muzraf Ikramov. In particular, the third sector is exercising effective public control and social partnership between public and non-governmental organizations….
Recent by-elections have inflicted massive defeats on the UK Government. Although the people have spoken, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has not listened: he maintains the fiction that he is the solution not the problem, writes Philp Bushill-Matthews. The country is facing a massive cost of living crisis, amplified by a weakening pound and contracting…
Last week, in an unusual move, Chinese Prime Minister LI Keqiang who has been recently in the news for his reported opposition to strict anti-Covid lockdown, held video talks with thousands of officials holding different ranks in the government. This was an emergency meeting and the Chinese Prime Minister talked about the health of the country’s economy, writes Jianli Yang….
It is six years since the Brexit referendum, heralded by the winners as a new dawn of opportunity for the United Kingdom – freed from the shackles of Brussels. Vox Populi, Vox Dei: the voice of the people was the voice of God, so of course the outcome had to be obeyed. The people would…
“Politician, Kazakh entrepreneur and former owner of BTA Bank, the organiser of the DVK and the candidate for the post of Prime Minister of Kazakhstan” – such a description is flaunted on the YouTube channel of the world’s richest fugitive – fraudster Mukhtar Ablyazov, who is wanted in Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine on charges of…
Richard Corbett, former leader of the European parliamentary Labour party, says a “clearer” Remain position could have resulted in the UK not voting to leave the EU. The former long serving MEP and close aide to ex European council president Herman Van Rompuy also admitted it was “very painful” to see the UK leave the…
