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Article: Maldivian president ratifies new constitution
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 7, 2008
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Maldivian president ratifies new constitution
COLOMBO, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- Maldivian President Maumoon Abdul
Gayoom ratified the new constitution on Thursday to continue the
island country's political reform, the Maldivian Presidential Office
said on its official website.
Gayoom also dissolved the People's Special Majlis (the
Constitutional Assembly) established on July 19, 2004 to revise the
current constitution which came into force on January 1, 1998.
In his speech before the ratification, Gayoom said the new
constitution would usher in a new era of governance that was based
on the principles of modern liberal democracy and the principles of
Islam.
"The successful completion of the new ...