'Without a written constitution, everything would be shaky and uncertain; all our institutions would depend upon the goodwill and self-restraint of those in power' Dr_W_E_Bulmer takes us through the steps to a constitution
LAST Tuesday the Scottish Parliament, voting by 64 to 47, endorsed the Scottish Government’s paper, “Building a New Scotland: The Constitution of an Independent Country”.
Without a written constitution, everything would be shaky and uncertain; all our institutions would depend upon the goodwill and self-restraint of those in power.Key points you need to know about new independence paperGetting the constitution right, therefore, is crucial to building a stable, viable and well-functioning Scottish state.
We can rest assured that the principles guiding the development of the interim constitution are sound. Now that those principles have secured parliamentary backing, we must now proceed to translate them into the text of a draft interim constitution.The first is that a constitution provides the common ground and the overall structure of a political process.
It must be sufficiently complete and robust to enable the state to function and for democracy to be maintained during a transitional period that could last several years. Attention must be paid to the boring but important undergirding of Scottish state, like setting up an Electoral Commission and Civil Service Commission.The third is that it is not forever
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