Restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster is essential to remedy many thousands of issues and defects. Multidisciplinary collaboration and BIM are making that work possible
From 29 to 31 May 2023, a CPA Headquarters Secretariat delegation visited the Parliament of Ghana to discuss preparations for the 66th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC), set to be held in ...Accra, Ghana, from 30 September to 6 October 2023. The CPA delegation also had the opportunity to visit the facilities and hotels to be used for the 66th CPC later this year. During the visit, the delegation, comprising the CPA Secretary- General, Stephen Twigg, CPA Deputy Secretary-General, Jarvis Matiya, and CPA Governance Officer, Tom Marino, met with CPA President (2022-23), Rt Hon. Alban S. K. Bagbin, Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana, at Parliament House in Accra. They also met with CPA Vice-Chairperson, Hon. Osei-Kyei Mensah Bonsu, MP, Majority Leader; Hon. Cassiel Ato Forson, MP, Minority Leader; Hon. Patricia Appiagyei, MP, President of Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (2022-23); and Cyril Nsiah, Clerk of Parliament.
The Sicilian Constitution of 1812 was included in a Political System which can be defined as “monarchy restrict” because the political power was mainly in the hands of the Sovereign and the ...parliament only intervened to put some limits on the “potere regio”. The sicilian constitutional experience of 1812 wasn't a breaking off from the constitution, it remained a dualistic system in which the King had legitimate dynasty and most of the members of the Parliament belonged to the Sicilian Nobility. The Parliament didn't represent the nation because the two main governing bodies were the Sovereign and the aristocrats: the “nation”, being an abstract juridical bodies couldn't govern directly but only through delegation; consequently the Parliament could represent only a part of the Sicilian Society, that is to say only that fraction that was represented in the Parliament. The Sicilian Parliament of 1812 it cannot be considered as constituent assembly due to the way meetings were called, election and social make up of its members. And therefore canot be considered as expression of constituent power. The Constitution provider for separation of powers but the English Constitutionl model couldn't be put into practice because it was based on royal assent, (the King can do no wrong) and this interna corporis whic would be led to the impeachment as being a political responsibility not a juridical responsibility. There was the addiction of feudalism but all feudal possession were transformed in Habeas corpus. The Constitution transformed the juridical regime of large landed estates from feudal Homage to freeholder homage.
Do electoral systems matter for the outcomes of democratic politics beyond their well-known relationship to party systems? This thesis presents three studies on the consequences of electoral ...institutions, highlighting how they shape incentives and opportunities for political actors operating at the intra-party level. The first article considers how the spatial representativeness of legislatures - i.e. the extent to which MPs from different parts of the country are equally represented - varies with constituency and ballot structure. The paper proposes a novel measurement to gauge the descriptive representation of places in parliaments and develops a theoretical framework linking spatial representation to parties' incentives and voters' ability to elect local MPs. Consistently with the theory, the analysis finds that mixed-member systems and preferential voting mechanisms are associated with more geographically representative parliaments. The second paper asks whether sub-national legislators' likelihood to run for the national parliament is influenced by the electoral system through which they were elected. Leveraging within-legislature variation in electoral rules across German State parliaments, I find that list-PR MPs are more likely to attempt 'level hopping' than single-member district legislators. It is argued that this depends on the lower levels of electoral security of the former, and to the more direct accountability of the latter to local (s)electorates. The third paper develops a theoretical model of preference vote distribution in preferential-list PR system, extending the approach behind Taagepera and Shugart's Seat Product Model to intra-party competition. I show that the share of preference votes for the first-ranked and last-eligible candidates, as well as the effective number of candidates in a list, can be accurately predicted in expectation as functions of institutional variables. Overall, the thesis makes contributions in terms of measurement, data and theory towards a broader and richer understanding of the intra-party effects of electoral institutions.
The article is devoted to the insufficiently studied episode of the “Glorious revolution” of 1688-1689, the political fight on Green Island. On the basis of historical sources, the author shows the ...main directions of Irish policy of last catholic king James II, who tried to fight for his lost British throne, because the majority of population of this catholic country remained loyal to his patron. The author pays special attention to investigating the policy of different ethnic groups represented in Patriot Parliament by their elites. There were two elite groups who supported king James II and tried to influence him: “Old English” aristocracy and “Old Irish” nobility. King’s own elite group also consisted of “New English” and “New Scots”, but during the “Glorious revolution” the majority of them supported the counterpart of king James II – William Orange. Basing the study on historical sources the author proves that eventually king James II had two groups of supporters: “Old English” and “native Irish”. The article is concerned with non-investigated problem of negotiations between king James II and Irish elites and analyses the demands of the last. The author proves that acts and decisions of patriot parliament were the Irish population’s answers to the program and suggestions of king James II and that the main concessions were given to “Old English” aristocracy. The demands of “Old Irish” in agrarian issue were mainly ignored. The Patriot Parliament based the foundations of Jacobite political regime in Ireland during the restoration rebellion of 1689-1691.
This thesis investigates the development of regional integration parliaments around the world. It analyses and compares the expansion and current stage of institutional development of three regional ...assemblies, which are in Europe (European Parliament), Africa (Pan-African Parliament), and Latin America (MERCOSUR Parliament). The key research question this PhD project seeks to answer is: why, and to what extent, have these three regional parliaments developed differently in terms of their functions and legislative competences? In order to answer these questions, particular attention is paid to the notion of parliamentary agency. To this end, this research proposes four types of parliamentary agency, considering both its external (restricted/stimulated agents) and internal (timid/proactive agents) dimensions. A historical institutionalist lens guides the analysis, focusing on the 'critical junctures' in the history of the three assemblies. This thesis draws on new and original empirical data (élite interviews with officials and delegates from the three regional parliaments), official documents, and the academic literature. Thus, this thesis aims to make both an empirical and a conceptual contribution to the emerging literatures on comparative legislative studies and comparative regionalism. The main argument of this thesis is that parliamentary agency has impacted the institutional development of the European Union, MERCOSUR and the African Union, leading the three cases to diverse paths of regional parliamentarisation.
Twigg discusses the 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) held in August 2022 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The mood of the Conference was very positive and characterized by a ...determination that the CPA will move forward in a spirit of unity and harmony. This mood was a common thread through their proceedings including the 65th CPA General Assembly, the CWP Conference, the CPA Small Branches Conference, the CPwD Regional Champions meeting, the Conference Workshops and the CPA Executive Committee.
Twigg offers insights about bringing the Commonwealth through the 65th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) in Halifax, Nova Scotia, hosted by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) ...Canada Region. CPA will hold the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians (CWP) Conference, the CPA Small Branches Conference and a meeting of the Regional Champions for the Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities (CPwD) network. An important agenda item in Halifax will be the question of the CPA's legal status. Mutual learning lies at the heart of CPA's work and the CPA Parliamentary Academy is an exciting and innovative way of promoting learning and development.
The rapid social transformations make even the words used to describe reality outdated. Because of its responsibilities in the social system, pedagogy before other sceinces should question itself ...about what is happening. Given the national educational results especially in Southern Italy, the educational institutions rather than being a solution. The essay, proposes to start again from the knowledge of words on the part of school and university teachers. This could be the indispensable renewal of the pedagogical sector that uses outdated cultural categories and words, within a university system identified as one of the national symbols of the absence of merit. Therefore, it concludes with a call for parliaments to deal with education first and the economy second. Therefore, it concludes with an invitation to Parliaments to deal firstwith education and then with economy.
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