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National Democratic Rally

Constitutional Guidelines for a Democratic South Africa

112. Abdallah Ben Ibrahim Ben Ali KALLEL, former President and Member of the Chamber of Councillors of Tunisia and former Treasurer of the Rassemblement Constitutionel Démocratique (RCD)

The rights to protest and participate in lawful assemblies are fundamental aspects of our constitutional and democratic rights.

C. whereas on 17 August 2005 President Lukashenko signed Decree 460 on the regulations for accepting foreign aid, which extends the list of objectives for which external aid cannot be accepted; whereas this prohibits acceptance and use of international aid for 'unconstitutional purposes', and for the purpose of overthrowing authorities, interfering in the internal affairs of Belarus, preparing elections or referendums, organising meetings, rallies, pickets or strikes, or preparing and distributing propaganda materials; whereas the aim of these measures is to prevent dialogue and contacts between the citizens of Belarus and ...[+++]democratic forces of other countries; and whereas they are being used with a view to further self-isolation of the country and in order to prevent a return to democratic principles, deliberately violating OSCE principles and commitments in respect of freedom of expression and free media,

· the Constitutional Treaty makes good the democratic deficit that characterises the decision-making process in matters of judicial and police cooperation in criminal matters, and that the merger of the Community into the Union, the extension of the legislative procedure to former third-pillar areas and the introduction of qualified majority voting mean that a genuine 'Union of the rule of law' can at last be achieved;