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The constitution of the Republic of Nauru was adopted following national independence on 31 January 1968. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In 2007 there were political debates in progress with a view to amend aspects of the Constitution, owing to the challenge of widely acknowledged political instability.
Nauru's independence enjoyed bipartisan support in Australia, [9] although Senate backbencher Magnus Cormack was skeptical that Nauru would succeed as an independent country, predicting that it would become "the greatest slum in the oceans of the world" when phosphate reserves ran out. [10] The act consists of four sections. [11]
The day after Easter Sunday: Easter Monday [4] 17 May Constitution Day: Celebrates when the Constitution of Nauru was created [5] 1 July RONPhos Handover Day Celebrates the taking over of phosphate mining in Nauru from the British Phosphate Commission by the Nauru Phosphate Corporation. Established in 2017. [6] [7] 19 August Ibumin Earoeni
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This was accepted by the Australian administration, who passed the Nauru Local Government Council Ordinance on 20 August 1951, which formed a new Local Government Council with certain powers. [4] The new Council was to be elected for four-year terms.
A constitutional referendum was held in Nauru on 27 February 2010. [1] Voters were asked to vote on amendments to the constitution, most notably a change to a directly elected president (instead of one chosen by parliament) and a strengthening of human rights legislation (but also a clarification of the distribution of powers and other, less notable amendments). [2]
Map of Yaren Nauru International Airport. Yaren (in earlier times Makwa/Moqua) is a district of the Pacific island country of Nauru. It is the de facto capital of Nauru and is coextensive with Yaren Constituency. It is also the fourth-least-populated capital in the world. [2] [3]
Nauru, [c] officially the Republic of Nauru [d], formerly known as Pleasant Island, is an island country and microstate in Micronesia, part of the Oceania region in the Central Pacific. Its nearest neighbour is Banaba of Kiribati about 300 kilometres (190 mi) to the east.