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It must be emphasised that the referendum text did not specify the order of the presidential and parliamentary elections. The question was solely on aligning them on five-year terms.

However, since Parliamentary elections can be called ahead of time, a new president could always dissolve the parliament and call new elections. Under the old 5-7 system, ther was no way to avoid 2 years of cohabitation at the end of a president's term if the elections coincided at the start and the voters soured towards the president at the end of his mandate.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue May 8th, 2012 at 06:02:39 AM EST
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