Examples of Transition Charter in a sentence
It should not be forgotten, however, that these conditions had been negotiated with the military committee by the organised forces of the society, led by the Catholic Bishop of Bissau, resulting in a Transition Charter and the appointment of an interim parlia- ment (the National Transition Council) and a Transition Government that later pre- pared a detailed transition roadmap.
These same actors negotiated a Transition Charter, signed by all concerned parties.
Economic, social and cultural rights are recognized in the Constitution of 11 June 1991, as well as in the Transition Charter, which was adopted on 16 November 2014 in the aftermath of the popular uprising that sought to prevent an amendment to the Constitution that would have allowed the former President to stand for another term.
The National Transition Council, established under the Transition Charter, exercises legislative authority until the transition phase ends and pending legislative elections that will permit the establishment of a new National Assembly.
The revision of the Transition Charter was rejected by the Cadre d’échange des partis et regroupements politiques pour une transition réussie, which demanded the opening of a frank and sincere dialogue with political actors before 25 March.
In separate statements, those groups rejected the proposed electoral calendar, argued that it violated the Transition Charter and had not been discussed with relevant stakeholders, and urged the authorities to allow for a return to constitutional order through the release of a realistic electoral calendar.
On 21 February, the National Transition Council unanimously adopted the draft law tabled by the Government to amend the Transition Charter.
The presidential elections of 19 June 2005 marked the end of the period of transition, meaning the definitive extinction of the Transition Presidency and the Military Committee, the almost complete derogation of the Political Transition Charter and the total re-enactment of the Constitution.
Consequently, Yalá considered the five-year term of ineligibility after a presidential resignation, regulated under article 66 of the Constitution, non applicable to his case, and even less the “ad hominem” clause of ineligibility of Article 23 of the Transition Charter, which barred him from running in the next presidential election.
The Political Transition Charter (i) partially suspended the Constitution, (ii) created a set of interim institutions: President of the Transition Republic, Transition Government, National Transition Council and Military Committee, (iii) established a transition road-map, to take the country back to the constitutional order, (iv) granted immunity to the Junta for the military coup, and (v) barred Koumba Yalá from running as a presidential candidate for five years after his resignation/deposition.