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The majority of the people agree that our Constitution, which is 40 years old, does not fit our times and needs to be amended. If the Constitution is actually amended, it would be desirable for the specific contents to be determined by the National Assembly through agreement between the ruling and opposition parties, but my position on the contents of the amendment remains unchanged. The spirit of May 18 and the Buma Uprising are specified in the preamble to the Constitution, Some of the presi…

In an official press release published this Thursday, August 13, the Office of the Lower House announces that it will include a new deliberation of this text in its work schedule. This decision follows a request from the President of the Republic, Félix Tshisekedi, addressed to the presidents of the National Assembly and the Senate by a letter dated August 10, 2026. The Head of State requests, in accordance with article 137 of the Constitution, a new deliberation of the law on the organization …

The Constitutional Council has rendered several important decisions today and in recent days. The emergency law for the protection and agricultural sovereignty and the so-called “RIPOST” law, aimed at providing immediate responses to phenomena disturbing public order, security and tranquility of our fellow citizens, have been largely validated. They respond to strong priorities set by the Government and the expectations of the French. The military programming law for the years 2024 to 2030, the …

Speech by Senior Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the launch of Professor Jayakumar’s book “Creating Three Unique Singapore Laws” on 12 August 2026. Professor JayakumarColleagues and former colleaguesLadies and Gentlemen I am very happy to be here today to launch Professor Jayakumar’s latest book – “Creating Three Unique Singapore Laws”. General approach towards Constitutional changes This book is about how our Constitution was amended to establish three very important institutions …

The National Assembly elected a President of the Republic Jurist András Baka was elected President of the Republic by the Parliament. The new head of state took the oath and then said in his speech: the recent changes have shown that a society can regain its self-determination, but the question of the coming years will be what we do with this opportunity. The 73-year-old András Baka is the eighth president of the Republic of Hungary after the regime change. During his career so far, he has gai…

They made this known this Monday, August 10, 2026 in Kinshasa, through a memorandum read to the press, in which they also call for the abandonment of the referendum project and the opening of an inclusive national dialogue. “We ask the President of the Republic to uphold the best interests of the Nation by refusing to promulgate this law, by abandoning any initiative for constitutional change in the current context and by immediately initiating an inclusive national dialogue devoted to the true…