Constitution of Nicaragua<br><br>The Constitution of Nicaragua was reformed due to a negotiation of the executive and legislative branches in 1995. The reform of the 1987 Sandinista Constitution gave extensive new powers and independence to the National Assembly, including permitting the Assembly to override a presidential veto with a simple majority vote and eliminating the president's ability to pocket veto a bill. It was the ninth constitution in Nicaraguan history. The Sandinistas' revolutionary mythology and aspirations were glorified in the preamble, and the Nicaraguan Army was constitutionally named the Sandinista People's Army. Yet, even though drafted and approved by a Sandinista dominated assembly, the constitution was not a revolutionary document.<br><br>It established a democratic system of government with a mixed economy based on a separation of powers that could guarantee civil liberties. There was some discontent with parts of the new system. Early objections were raised that the executive branch was too strong, that property rights were not adequately protected, and that some of the language was vague and subject to widely differing interpretations. Under the constitution,canada goose online 5 Movie J, the president has broader powers than does the president of the United States. The president is commander in chief of the military, has the power to appoint all ministers and vice ministers of his or her cabinet, and proposes a national budget.<br><br>The executive shares legislative powers that allow him or her to enact executive decrees with the force of law in fiscal and administrative matters, as well as to promulgate regulations to implement the laws. The president assumes legislative powers when the National Assembly is in recess. He or she has extraordinary powers during national emergencies,moncler outlet milano Their s, including the powers to suspend basic civil liberties and to prepare and approve the national budget.<br><br>The president's term was set at six years by a decree promulgated in January 1984, during the period when the country had no constitution. Elections held under that decree resulted in Jos Daniel Ortega Saavedra's beginning a term as president on January 10, 1985. The 1987 Constitution reaffirmed a six year term for the president. Esquipulas II, the international peace accord that ended the Contra insurgency,pjs pas cher femme Degree in , however, set February 25, 1990 as the date for the next election.<br><br>Violeta Chamorro assumed the post of president on April 25, 1990, more than eight months before the constitutionally mandated date of January 10, 1991. It was understood that Chamorro would serve for the additional eight month period created by the advanced elections, as well as for the full six year term from January 10, 1991 to January 10, 1997. The makeup of the National Assembly, first established under the 1984 decree and confirmed by the 1987 constitution, consists of ninety members directly elected by a system of proportional representation plus any unelected presidential or vice presidential candidates who receive a certain percentage of the vote. In 1985 the National Assembly had ninety six members and in 1990, ninety two. Terms are for six years, to run concurrently with the president's term.<br><br>The National Assembly has significant powers, and its cooperation is essential for the smooth functioning of the government. Under the constitution, representatives to the National Assembly propose legislation, which is made law by a simple majority of the representatives present if the National Assembly has a quorum.[1] The National Assembly can override a presidential veto by quorum. The constitution also gives the National Assembly the power "to consider, discuss and approve" the budget presented by the president.<br><br>The Chamorro administration has faced a legislature that, despite its division between the Sandinista members and the members of the UNO coalition, has proved a formidable power in its own right and one with which the executive branch is often in conflict. In the 1990 elections, of the ninety two seats in the National Assembly, the UNO won fifty one and the FSLN gained thirty nine. The FSLN won thirty eight seats in assembly races, and President Ortega was given a seat under the provision granting a seat to each losing presidential candidate who earns a certain percentage of the vote.<br><br>Two other parties of the ten on the ballot gained single seats. One was won by the Christian Social Party (Partido Social Cristiano PSC) in a legislative race; another was awarded to the losing presidential candidate of the Revolutionary Unity Movement (Movimiento de Unidad Revolucionaria MUR), a breakaway faction of the FSLN. The only significant brake on UNO's power was that its majority of 55 percent fell short of the 60 percent needed to amend the Sandinista approved constitution, a goal of some members of the UNO coalition. From among those members, the president selects the head of the Supreme Court. The constitution also provides that the Supreme Court justices appoint judges to the lower courts. Supreme Court justices can only be removed constitutionally "for reasons determined by law."<br><br>In National Assembly approved 1990 reforms to the Organic Law of Tribunals, the Chamorro government enlarged the Supreme Court's membership from the constitutionally mandated seven justices to nine, as a way of breaking what was perceived as Sandinista domination of the court. Those seven members had been appointed to their six year terms in December 1987, and their terms were to expire in 1993.<br><br>In 1990 President Chamorro also dismissed the court's Sandinista appointed head and replaced him with one of her own choosing. The evaluation of this act depended on one's political point of view. 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