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com So"ereignty of t#e People $eyond t#e %elief &'(( years later t#e people rise again) #owe"er sanely t#is time setting precedence *utiny Piracy as you will Per#aps ta+e a legitimate un$iased poll to see if t#e e,pense of a referendum is "ia$le *edia puppets of www.DamageControl !.com -Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated wit# true "irtue. /f e"idence of criminality file t#e c#arges T#e 0ttorney 1eneral does not) #owe"er) direct or cause c#arges to $e laid.
W#ile t#e 0ttorney 1eneral and t#e 0ttorney 1eneral2s agents may pro"ide legal ad"ice to t#e police)

the ultimate decision


w#et#er or not to lay c#arges is for t#e police. 3nce t#e c#arge is laid t#e decision as to w#et#er t#e prosecution s#ould proceed) and in w#at manner) is for t#e 0ttorney 1eneral and t#e Crown 0ttorney.

www.Reform.Ups !.com T#e people empowered Ford a Referendum to oust? Time to set legal democratic precedence power of t#e people
Democracy is a form of go"ernment in w#ic# all citi4ens #a"e an e5ual say in t#e decisions t#at affect t#eir li"es. /deally) t#is includes e5ual 6and more or less direct7 participation in t#e proposal) de"elopment and passage of legislation into law. /t can also encompass social) economic and cultural conditions t#at ena$le t#e free and e5ual practice of political self8determination. T#e term comes from t#e 1ree+9 :;<=>?@AB@ C 6dDmo+ratEa7 "rule of the people")F G w#ic# was coined from :<=H 6dImos7 "people" and >?JA=H 6Kratos7 "power") in t#e middle of t#e 't#8Lt# century %C to denote t#e political systems t#en e,isting in some 1ree+ city8states) nota$ly 0t#ens following a popular uprising in '(M %C.F&G 0ccording to some t#eories of democracy) popular so"ereignty is t#e founding principle of suc# a system.F!G Nowe"er) t#e democratic principle #as also $een e,pressed as Ot#e freedom to call somet#ing into $eing w#ic# did

not e,ist $efore) w#ic# was not gi"enP and w#ic# t#erefore) strictly spea+ing) could not $e +nown.OFLG T#is type of freedom) w#ic# is connected to #uman Onatality)O or t#e capacity to $egin anew) sees democracy as Onot only a political systemP F$utG an ideal) an aspiration) really) intimately connected to and dependent upon a picture of w#at it is to $e #umanQof w#at it is a #uman s#ould $e to $e fully #uman.OF'G

0ccording to some t#eories of democracy) popular so"ereignty is t#e founding principle of suc# a system. F!G Nowe"er) t#e democratic principle #as also $een e,pressed as Ot#e freedom to call somet#ing into $eing w#ic# did not e,ist $efore) w#ic# was not gi"en P and w#ic# t#erefore) strictly spea+ing) could not $e +nown.OFLG T#is type of freedom) w#ic# is connected to #uman Onatality)O or t#e capacity to $egin anew) sees democracy as Onot only a political systemP F$utG an ideal) an aspiration) really) intimately connected to and dependent upon a picture of w#at it is to $e #umanQof w#at it is a #uman s#ould $e to $e fully #uman.OF'G

Reform Beyond the Belief Popular so"ereignty or t#e so"ereignty of t#e people is

the belief
t#at t#e legitimacy of t#e state is created $y t#e will or consent of its people) w#o are t#e source of all political power. /t is closely associated to t#e social contract p#ilosop#ers) among w#om are T#omas No$$es) Ro#n Loc+e and Rean8Rac5ues Rousseau. &

Popular so"ereignty e,presses a concept and does not necessarily reflect or descri$e a political reality.F G /t is often contrasted wit# t#e concept of parliamentary so"ereignty) and wit# indi"idual so"ereignty. %enSamin Fran+lin e,pressed t#e concept w#en #e wrote) O/n free go"ernments) t#e rulers are t#e ser"ants and t#e people t#eir superiors and so"ereigns.OF&G

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