News from March 2017
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: Turkey is a constitutional republic with a multiparty parliamentary system and a president. A unicameral parliament (the Grand National Assembly) exercises legislative authority. Binali Yildirim succeeded Ahmet Davutoglu as prime minister in May.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, announced the members who will be serving on EPW's four subcommittees during the 115th Congress.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: (Richmond, CA) - As part of the National Park Services Urban Agenda, staff from the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park, City of Richmond and the Local Government Commission have completed a draft of the Richmond Wellness Trail Vision Plan and it is now available for public comment. The Public Comment Period will extend from Friday March 3, 2017 to Monday, March 20, 2017 at 5:00 p.m.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Afghanistan is an Islamic Republic with a directly elected president, a bicameral legislative branch, and a judicial branch. Based on the electoral calendar specified in the constitution, parliamentary elections should have taken place in 2015; however, they did not take place in either 2015 or 2016.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: The Kingdom of Tonga is a constitutional monarchy. King Tupou VI succeeded his older brother in 2012, and was formally crowned in 2015. The king, popularly elected parliamentary leaders, the nobility and their representatives, prominent commoners, and democratic reform figures dominated political life.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: PITTSBURGH - A Pittsburgh resident was sentenced in federal court to 5 years’ probation with one year of home detention on his conviction of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, Acting United States Attorney Soo C. Song announced today.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Costa Rica is a constitutional republic governed by a president and a unicameral legislative assembly directly elected in multiparty elections every four years. In April 2014 voters elected Luis Guillermo Solis of the Citizen Action Party (PAC) during a second round of elections. In simultaneous legislative...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Bhutan is a democratic, constitutional monarchy. King Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck is the head of state, with executive power vested in the cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay. In July 2013 the country held its second general elections, in which the former opposition People’s Democratic Party...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: Slovenia is a parliamentary democracy and constitutional republic. Power is shared among a directly elected president (head of state), a prime minister (head of government), and a bicameral parliament composed of the National Assembly (lower house) and the National Council (upper house). The country held presidential elections in 2012 and parliamentary elections in 2014. Observers considered the elections free and fair.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Romania is a constitutional republic with a democratic, multiparty parliamentary system. The bicameral parliament consists of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, both elected by popular vote. In 2014 the country held presidential elections in which electoral observers noted irregularities, including...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: Ireland is a multiparty parliamentary democracy with an executive branch headed by a prime minister (Taoiseach), a bicameral parliament (Oireachtas), and a directly elected president. The country held free and fair parliamentary in February and presidential elections in 2011.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Uzbekistan is an authoritarian state with a constitution that provides for a presidential system with separation of powers among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. The executive branch under former President Islam Karimov dominated political life and exercised nearly complete control...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: Macau is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and enjoys a high degree of autonomy, except in defense and foreign affairs, under the SAR’s constitution (the Basic Law). A 400-member Election Committee reelected Chief Executive, Fernando Chui Sai-On, in 2014.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: The Dominican Republic is a representative constitutional democracy. In May voters elected Danilo Medina of the Dominican Liberation Party (PLD) as president for a second four-year term. Impartial outside observers assessed the elections as generally free and orderly despite failures in the rollout of a new electronic voting system.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: The United States recognizes the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and Tibetan autonomous prefectures (TAPs) and counties in Sichuan, Qinghai, Yunnan, and Gansu Provinces to be a part of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Central Committee oversees Tibet policies. As...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Mauritania is a highly centralized Islamic Republic with a president as head of state and a constitution grounded in French civil law and sharia (Islamic law). The Senate and National Assembly exercise legislative functions but were weak relative to the executive. Voters elect municipal councilors, who,...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Brazil is a constitutional, multiparty republic. In 2014 voters re-elected Dilma Rousseff as president in elections widely considered free and fair. On Aug. 31, Rousseff was impeached, and Vice President Michel Temer assumed the presidency as required by the constitution.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Dominica is a multiparty, parliamentary democracy. In the 2014 general elections, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit’s Dominica Labor Party prevailed over the opposition United Workers Party by a margin of 15 seats to six. Organization of American States election observers noted some irregularities but found the elections generally free and fair.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: The Kingdom of Sweden is a constitutional monarchy with a freely elected multiparty parliamentary form of government. Legislative authority rests in the unicameral parliament (Riksdag). Observers considered the national elections in 2014 to be free and fair. In the same year, the king announced that ...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Israel is a multiparty parliamentary democracy. Although it has no constitution, parliament, the unicameral 120-member Knesset, has enacted a series of “Basic Laws" that enumerate fundamental rights. Certain fundamental laws, orders, and regulations legally depend on the existence of a “state of emergency,"...
