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  Caretaker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A caretaker government is often set up following a war until stable democratic rule can be restored, in which case it is often referred to as a provisional government.
This type of caretaker government is adopted in Bangladesh where an advisor council led by the former chief judge rules the country for 3 months before an elected government takes over.
In systems where coalition governments are frequent a caretaker government may be installed temporarily while negotiations to form a new coalition take place.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Caretaker   (572 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Caretaker government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A caretaker government is often set-up following a war until stable democratic rule can be restored in which case it is often a provisional government.
Caretaker governments may also be put in place when a government is a parliamentary system is defeated in a motion of no confidence or the house the government comes from is dissolved to rule the country for an interim period until an election is held and a new government is formed.
In systems where coalition governments are frequent a caretaker government may be installed temporarily while negotiations to form a new coaltion take place.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Caretaker-government   (335 words)

  
 What is a Caretaker Government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
From 12 November, the government becomes a caretaker government with caretaker functions.
A caretaker government in a Parliamentary democracy merely performs the rudimentary duties of the state.
For the party that acts as the caretaker government is also a participant in the election.
www.aliran.com /high9910b.htm   (419 words)

  
 Caretaker government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Acaretaker government is often set-up following a war until stable democratic rule can be restored in which case it is often a provisional government.
Caretaker governments may also be put in place when a government is a parliamentary system is defeated in a motion of no confidence to rule the country for an interim period until an election is held and anew government is formed.
In systems where coalitiongovernments are frequent a caretaker government may be installed temporarily while negotiations to form a new coaltion takeplace.
www.therfcc.org /caretaker-government-93834.html   (142 words)

  
 OP-ED   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A court or government official is guided by specific methods of interpretation within a juridical tradition; constitutional discourse liberally draws on a variety of scholarly disciplines and public experience to construct the meaning of constitution: the latter provides the substantive contents of a constitution.
Caretaker government is cited as the example in the dictionaries commonly in use, particularly as the example of temporary control and exercise of office.
The principal of the Caretaker Government is the people to whom all powers of the Republic belong; the object of the temporary care is the election and the limited governance as specified in the 13th Amendment of the Constitution.
independent-bangladesh.com /news/jan/19/19012005op.htm   (4493 words)

  
 Caretaker government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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US Gets Bangladesh Backing Bangladesh's caretaker government agrees to a request by the US for logistical support in the event of an attack on Afghanistan.
Bangladesh Agrees to US Facilities Request The caretaker government of Bangladesh agrees to a request by the United States to use the nation's airspace, airfields and port facilities.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Caretaker_government.html   (202 words)

  
 Iraqi Interim Government -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The government's (additional info and facts about head of government) head of government was (The person who holds the position of head of state in England) Prime Minister (additional info and facts about Iyad Allawi) Iyad Allawi and his deputy was the influencial and charismatic Baram Salih.
Absent a permanent constitution, the new government operated under the (additional info and facts about Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period) Law of Administration for the State of Iraq for the Transitional Period.
After his interim government assumed legal custody of Saddam Hussein and re-introduced (Putting a condemned person to death) capital punishment, Allawi gave assurances that he would not interfere with the trial and would accept any court decisions.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/i/ir/iraqi_interim_government.htm   (911 words)

  
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CARETAKER CABINET SWORN IN Sofia, February 12 (BTA) - Prime Minister Stefan Sofiyanski and the caretaker ministers, appointed Wednesday by decree of President Peter Stoyanov, took oath before the President to serve Bulgaria.
As he was handing the decree to the caretaker government, President Stoyanov said that he is appointing the Cabinet quickly, so as to put an end to the agony of the outgoing Socialist cabinet.
He said a working caretaker government will provide a flying start for the government to be appointed after early general elections around mid-April.
www.online.bg /politics/elect97/12_2CAB.HTM   (723 words)

  
 Free For All   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In his opinion, an interim government headed by the President and comprising the experienced politicians of the political parties having representation in Parliament will be better than the caretaker government composed of persons who are not elected representatives of the people.
During the tenure of the fifth parliament, it was the AL which demanded that the non-party caretaker government should be headed by the Chief Justice.
The immediate past AL government was formed on the results of the elections held on June 12, 1996 under the caretaker government system that exists in the Constitution.
independent-bangladesh.com /news/mar/11/11032005fr.htm   (4129 words)

  
 Reform of the Caretaker Government   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Finally, after the voterless one party election of February 1996 Begum Zia's government was forced to accept the proposal for a caretaker government and enact the necessary change in the Constitution.
The concept of a caretaker government during the interim period, when the term of an elected government ends and elections are held for installing a new government, is not new.
The Bangladesh practice of a caretaker government is the result of deep distrust of the outgoing elected government.
www.dhakacourier.net /issue28/other/DOC2.HTM   (2866 words)

  
 Pakistan: Appeal to the caretaker government
President Leghari further stated that the government had been guilty of a "sustained assault" on the country's judiciary and had permitted "corruption, nepotism and violation of rules" to become "extensive and widespread" preventing the "orderly functioning of Government in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and the law".
If a government or its members continually or repeatedly violate those very laws which are the basis of their right to govern, it will not only be considered guilty of violating the constitution, but will also be declared unacceptable in terms of democratic values...".
Amnesty International urges the caretaker government to consider expanding the scope of the accountability commission so as to enable it to receive and investigate complaints of human rights violations or to establish another independent and impartial forum authorized to do so with a view to bringing those responsible for such abuses to justice.
www.amnestyusa.org /countries/pakistan/document.do?id=6A6EE16D3EB5DC868025690000693369   (1793 words)

  
 Brahimi Says Iraqi Caretaker Government Can be Formed by May
Outlining the political process by which a caretaker government will be formed and govern until elections are held in early 2005, Brahimi said that the process is no panacea for Iraq's problems but will be a powerful contributing factor to security in the country.
The sooner a credible Iraqi government is in place to lead the way, the better, especially because the absence of such a sovereign government is part of the problem in the first place," he said.
He said there was "near unanimity" that the government be led by a prime minister and suggestions that a president should serve as head of state with two vice presidents.
usinfo.state.gov /xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2004&m=April&x=20040427182713ESnamfuaK2.485293e-02&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html   (844 words)

  
 Majority of Iraqis Want New Caretaker Government Led by Prime Minister, Special Adviser Says in Briefing to Security ...
On 17 March, the Iraqi Governing Council and the Coalition Provisional Authority had requested the assistance of the United Nations in forming an interim Iraqi Government, to which sovereignty would be transferred on 30 June.
The caretaker government, by definition, must be short-lived, as its sole purpose would be to attend to the country’s day-to-day administration until a democratically elected government could be put in place, he said.
The caretaker government needed to be mindful of the fact that it had not been democratically elected, and should, therefore, refrain from entering into long-term commitments.
www.unis.unvienna.org /unis/pressrels/2004/sc8072.html   (1615 words)

  
 Top Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Suranjit excoriated the government for politicising the judiciary and administration of the country.
"The government has extended the retirement age of the Supreme Court judges for appointing their desired man as the chief advisor of the next caretaker government so that they can return to power," he said.
So reforms of the Caretaker Government system and the EC has become an imperative for the betterment of democracy and the country, he said.
independent-bangladesh.com /news/mar/05/05032005ts.htm   (523 words)

  
 Myanmar - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Myanmar
The post-1962 government adopted a foreign policy of neutralist isolationism while at home it pursued its unique, self-reliant, Buddhist-influenced ‘Burmese Way towards Socialism’, founded on state ownership in the commercial-industrial sector, strict agricultural price controls, and Burmese as the official language in government.
Her appointment as leader of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD) in October 1995 was declared illegal by the government (from 1991 changes of political party leadership required government approval).
She was involved in a nine-day roadside protest after which she was put under house arrest for two weeks, as she had been held from 1989 to 1995.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Myanmar   (2309 words)

  
 On neutral ground
The leaders of the caretaker government were also criticised for not visiting, soon after their swearing-in, the national mausoleum in Savar to pay respects to the martyrs of the nation's War of Liberation.
Despite her initial criticism, Sheikh Hasina felt that the caretaker government - she had insisted that the concept be included in the Constitution - should not be embarrassed.
She, however, said that the caretaker authority should not consider the elected government of the immediate past as "an opponent".
www.thehindu.com /fline/fl1816/18160570.htm   (1891 words)

  
 Caretaker, heater core - The Caretakers' Website   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Cemetery caretaker Listen to this storyFrom the Marketplace Job Files, in honor of the holiday weekend: the cemetery caretaker, produced by Amy Scott.
A PRIMARY school caretaker is facing jail for downloading child porn and posting some of the indecent pictures on a website open to millions.
In order to be assured that the caretaker will be present to hand over the key, you have to make an appointment with him.
heater-core.siteslinks.com /sil/heater-core-caretaker.htm   (253 words)

  
 matamat.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
But, we will..we obviously will question why the caretaker government took away the permanent representative of Bangladesh from the United Nation…instead putting their a person who is a close relative of the chief advisor.
The Caretaker government also passed a law that along with the president, the passed prime minister, and the leader of the opposition, he (the chief advisor) will also get the same security protocol by the state for the same period.
The immediate elected government must monitor and review of all the steps taken by the previous care taker government side by side launch a new amendment in the constitution about the range of work and procedure very clearly and specifically of the caretaker government.
www.matamat.com /comments.php?sid=17&tid=11&mode=&order=&thold=   (719 words)

  
 More about our parliamentary democracy : Parliament & government formation
While the formation of a government is negotiated and finalised, the previous administration continues to govern in a caretaker role.
Decisions taken and specific policy determined before the start of the caretaker period may be implemented by a caretaker government.
The State Services Commission describes the requirements of government agencies during: periods of caretaker government, coalition negotiations, and the briefing of incoming ministers in its election year guidance to public servants.
www.elections.org.nz /democracy/new-parlt-_-govt-formation.html   (563 words)

  
 Iraqi Caretaker Government Takes Temporary Authority (washingtonpost.com)
Ghazi Yawar, a U.S. educated tribal sheik and council member, was chosen as the president of the interim government after the U.S. favorite, Adnan Pachachi, turned down the job because he lacked support from council members.
Analysts universally believe that the caretaker government's success will be determined in part by the extent to which the Iraqi people believe it to be legitimate rather than a U.S. tool.
Ghazi Yawar, a U.S. educated tribal sheik, was picked to be president of the Iraqi interim government.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A5421-2004Jun1.html   (679 words)

  
 UN fleshes out plans for Iraq's transition | csmonitor.com
In a briefing to the UN Security Council last week on his plans for Iraq's transitional government, Brahimi said the new government should have a month before the June 30 turnover of authority to define its duties and those that are to remain in the hands of American officials - primarily in the security arena.
Brahimi envisions a caretaker government limited to administrative and election-preparation duties, a plan broadly endorsed by the US.
Still, he says, that fact, coupled with the limited capacities of the envisioned caretaker government, will be fodder for the insurgents.
www.csmonitor.com /2004/0503/p02s02-woiq.htm   (826 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / World / Envoy proposes caretaker government through 2005
The United Nations envoy to Iraq, Lakhdar Brahimi, laid out a blueprint for Iraq's transition to sovereignty yesterday, proposing a caretaker government to shepherd the country to free elections by the end of January 2005.
Under the proposal, the US-appointed Governing Council would be dissolved when the United States hands over power June 30, rather than expanded to form an assembly as called for in an earlier proposal US administrators promoted.
Brahimi said the caretaker government would include ''respected" Iraqis who would serve as prime minister, president, and two vice presidents to run the country in the short term.
www.boston.com /news/world/articles/2004/04/15/envoy_proposes_caretaker_government_through_2005   (1091 words)

  
 Rediff On The NeT:Musharraf offers a caretaker government with a difference
Caretaker cabinets are nothing strange to Pakistan, but the one promised by the new military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf, has a difference -- a political and economic manifesto.
The most celebrated of all of Pakistan's caretaker prime ministers was Moeen Qureshi, a former World Bank vice-president, who was named for the office in July 1993 after Sharif and Ishaq Khan both resigned under an army-brokered deal to end the power struggle between them.
But most decrees issued by his government for those reforms were allowed to lapse as Benazir Bhutto's second government formed after the elections had its own agenda.
in.rediff.com /news/1999/oct/18care.htm   (542 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Iraq interim government Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Iraq Interim Government of 2004 was created by the United States and its coalition allies as a caretaker government to govern Iraq until elections can be conducted, presumably in or around January...
The Iraq Interim Government of 2004 was created by the United States and its coalition allies as a caretaker government to govern Iraq until elections can be conducted, presumably in or around January, 2005.
The new government's political leader is Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and his deputy is Baram Salih.
www.ipedia.com /iraq_interim_government.html   (219 words)

  
 The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 177   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
As a result, although the main concept of a caretaker government was accepted, the law remained defective and incomplete.
The main defect of the existing law on the subject is that the government holding office can, by careful calculation and manipulation, put a chief adviser in office who is known to be favourable to it and is not neutral.
Without the trust of the governing party and the principal opposition party in the parliament, the caretaker government cannot be installed through a loophole of the law.
www.thedailystar.net /2004/11/23/d41123020329.htm   (1844 words)

  
 Malaysia: What Is A Caretaker Government?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
A caretaker government cannot initiate new programmes or launch new projects in the name of the government.
From 5 March, the government becomes a caretaker government with caretaker functions.
It was said of Muhammad Bello (the son of Uthman and Fodio) that he maintained two lamps: one which was his own that he used for reading materials of private nature and the other which was paid for by the state treasury which he used for reading state documents.
www.aliran.com /monthly/2004a/2f.html   (506 words)

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