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The State Council repealed the restrictive laws introduced by Zviad Gamsakhurdia and introduced more liberal regulations for demonstrations. On August 2, the Council of State issued a "Manifesto of Reconciliation" and pardoned all political prisoners detained from January to June 1992. The council lifted the state of emergency in Tbilisi in August.
Majority rule or parliamentary sovereignty vs. bill of rights or arbitrary rules with separation of powers and supermajority rules to prevent tyranny of the majority and protect minority rights; Rule according to higher law (unwritten ethical principles) vs. written constitutionalism; Separation of church and state or free church vs. state religion
The term plutocracy is generally used as a pejorative to describe or warn against an undesirable condition. [3] [4] Throughout history, political thinkers and philosophers have condemned plutocrats for ignoring their social responsibilities, using their power to serve their own purposes and thereby increasing poverty and nurturing class conflict and corrupting societies with greed and hedonism.
Meritocracy (merit, from Latin mereō, and -cracy, from Ancient Greek κράτος kratos 'strength, power') is the notion of a political system in which economic goods or political power are vested in individual people based on ability and talent, rather than wealth or social class. [1]
The following is a list of former members of the Georgia State Senate (1789–present) and the prior Executive Council (1777–1789). This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
"Georgia", A New Nation Votes: American Election Returns 1787-1825, Massachusetts: American Antiquarian Society and Tufts Archival Research Center; Digital Public Library of America. Assorted materials related to (U.S. state)+General+Assembly* Georgia (U.S. state) General Assembly
The Military Council repealed the revised Soviet transitional constitution and legislation, and on 21 February 1992 adopted the Declaration on the Restoration of the 1921 Constitution. In the same year, the Military Council was dissolved and the State Council of the Republic of Georgia was established. [5]
The Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia was preceded by the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic (July 1938 – November 1990), which in its turn was a successor of the Congress of Soviets of Georgia (February 1922 – July 1938).