Constitution of Thailand

Thailand's army-dominated national assembly approved amendments to the country's draft constitution at a third reading on June 18, paving the way for a referendum on the newly drafted charter next year. 

Among the proposals in the charter is a clause that allows for an unelected prime minister and for the upper house Senate to be largely appointed. 

Thailand's junta confirmed May 27 that elections will not be held until September 2016, dealing a further blow to hopes that the kingdom's generals will swiftly hand power back to a civilian government.

BELGRADE - The decree on the control of crossings along the administrative line with the autonomous province of Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) is not in line with Serbia's Constitution, the Constitutional Court of Serbia has ascertained.

President Traian Basescu says that Government Order No. 45 on elections is unconstitutional, while another order 'on mayors' transfers' has 'a profound electoral nature'; he called the government to refrain from issuing it.

President Gül tells Hürriyet columnist Taha Akyol that most members of the Constitutional Court, which has upset the government with a number of its recent verdicts, were appointed by himself. ‘Our Constitutional Court has proved that it is a court of the same caliber of those in developed countries,' he says

The Constitutional Court has served government a lesson in law, as well as in justice by ordering “Sledgehammer” retrial.

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta sent a letter to the Constitutional Court of Romania president Augustin Zegrean asking him to instruct "that the adequate measures" are taken so that the Court ruling on the insolvency law "should produce the legal effects".

Thousands of Spaniards gathered in the capital Madrid to call for a referendum on the future of the monarchy.

In total, more than 60 rallies were staged across the country, shortly after King Juan Carlos, who had ruled since 1975, announced his decision to abdicate. Demonstrators waved republican flags and shouted slogans against the monarchy.

Thailand's army has declared a state of martial law to "preserve law and order" amidst the ongoing political and social crisis in the country.

Thailand's Constitutional Court has ordered Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to step down over abuse of powers.