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Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- English1. Every Jordanian shall be entitled to hold public offices under the conditions prescribed in law or regulations.
2. Appointment to public offices, whether permanent or temporary, in the State and the departments attached thereto and the municipalities shall be on the basis of merits and qualifications. (Art. 22) - Arabic1. لكل أردني حق في تولي المناصب العامة بالشروط المعيّنة. بالقوانين أو الأنظمة.
2. التّعيين للوظائف العامة من دائمة ومؤقتة في الدولة والإدارات الملحقة بها والبلديات يكون على أساس الكفاءات والمؤهلات. (المادّة 22)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
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Having always fought for liberty and democracy, and attached to their [national] sovereignty and to their national independence, the people intend, by this Constitution, to endow themselves with institutions based on the participation of citizens and of civil society including the Algerian community abroad in the administration of public affairs and [institutions] which realize social justice, equality and liberty to each and to all, within the framework of a democratic and republican State and [the people] want to make of the Constitution the ideal framework for strengthening the national bond and of the guarantee of the democratic liberties of the citizen.
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Recognizing the enormous potential the Algerian youth constitutes, taking note of its aptitude and its determination to meet the political, economic, social and cultural challenges of the country, and determined to effectively associate it with [the country’s] construction and in the safeguarding of the interests of the future generations, by guaranteeing to [youth] quality training assured by the institutions of the State and of the society.
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إنّ الشعب الجزائري ناضل ويناضل دوما في سبيل الحرية والديمقراطية، وهو متمسك بسيادته واستقلاله الوطنيين، ويعتزم أن يبني بهذا الدستور مؤسسات، أساسها مشاركة كل المواطنين والمجتمع المدني، بما فيه الجالية الجزائيرة في الخارج، في تسيير الشؤون العمومية، والقدرة على تحقيق العدالة الاجتماعية والمساواة وضمان الحرية لكل فرد، في إطار دولة قانون جمهورية وديمقراطية ويتطلع أن يجعل من الدستور الإطار الأمثل لتعزيز الروابط الوطنية وضمان الحريات الديمقراطية للمواطن.
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واعترافا بــالــطــاقــة الــهــائــلــة الـتي يشكـلـهـا الشبـاب الجزائـري، وبـتـطـلـعـاتـه وإصراره على رفـع التحديات السياسية والاقتصادية والاجتماعية والثقافية للبلاد، أصبح من الضروري إشراكه الفعلي في عملية البناء والمحافظة على مصالح الأجيال القادمة، بضمان تكوين نوعي له تتولاه مؤسسات الدولة والمجتمع
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Ayant toujours milité pour la liberté et la démocratie, et attaché à sa souveraineté et à son indépendance nationales, le peuple entend, par cette Constitution, se doter d'institutions fondées sur la participation des citoyens et de la société civile incluant la communauté algérienne à l’étranger à la gestion des affaires publiques et qui réalisent la justice sociale, l'égalité et la liberté de chacun et de tous, dans le cadre d'un Etat de droit républicain et démocratique et se veut de faire de la Constitution le cadre idéal au renforcement du lien national et de la garantie des libertés démocratiques du citoyen.
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Reconnaissant l’énorme potentiel que constitue la jeunesse algérienne, prenant acte de son aptitude et sa détermination à relever les défis politiques, économiques, sociaux et culturels du pays, et déterminé à l’associer effectivement à la construction de celui-ci et à la sauvegarde des intérêts des générations futures, en lui garantissant une formation de qualité assurée par les institutions de l’Etat et de la société.
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Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishWE, THE GUYANESE PEOPLE,
… proclaim this Constitution in order to:
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Forge a system of governance that promotes concerted effort and broad-based participation in national decision-making in order to develop a viable economy and a harmonious community based on democratic values, social justice, fundamental human rights, and the rule of law;
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Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- English(1) For the purposes of this Constitution, the public services are—
(a) the armed forces;
(b) the judicial and legal service;
(c) the general public service of the Federation;
(d) the police force;
(e) (Repealed);
(f) the joint public services mentioned in Article 133;
(g) the public service of each State; and
(h) the education service.
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(2A) Except as expressly provided by this Constitution, every person who is a member of any of the services mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (f) and (h) of Clause (1) holds office during the pleasure of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, and, except as expressly provided by the Constitution of the State, every person who is a member of the public service of a State holds office during the pleasure of the Ruler or Yang di-Pertua Negeri.
… (Art. 132) - Malay(1) Bagi maksud Perlembagaan ini, perkhidmatan-perkhidmatan awam ialah—
(a) angkatan tentera;
(b) perkhidmatan kehakiman dan perundangan;
(c) perkhidmatan awam am Persekutuan;
(d) pasukan polis;
(e) (Dimansuhkan);
(f) perkhidmatan awam bersama yang disebut dalam Perkara 133;
(g) perkhidmatan awam setiap Negeri; dan
(h) perkhidmatan pendidikan.
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(2A) Kecuali sebagaimana yang diperuntukkan dengan nyata oleh Perlembagaan ini, tiap-tiap orang yang menjadi anggota mana-mana perkhidmatan yang disebut dalam perenggan (a), (b), (c), (d), (f) dan (h) Fasal (1) memegang jawatan selama diperkenankan oleh Yang di-Pertuan Agong, dan, kecuali sebagaimana yang diperuntukkan dengan nyata oleh Perlembagaan Negeri itu, tiap-tiap orang yang menjadi anggota perkhidmatan awam sesuatu Negeri memegang jawatan selama diperkenankan oleh Raja atau Yang di-Pertua Negeri.
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Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishThe Superior Council of the Magistrature is equilibrated on the ethnic [and] regional plane and between genders.
… (Art. 222) - KirundiMu bagize Inama nkuru y’abacamanza hategerezwa gucungerwa ko ata bwoko, ata ntara, ata gitsina vyakumiriwe kandi hakaba ukunganisha.
… (Ingingo ya 222) - FrenchLe Conseil Supérieur de la Magistrature est équilibré sur le plan ethnique, régional et entre les genres.
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Participation in Public Life and Institutions
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National sovereignty resides in the People who exercise it through democratic instruments[,] deciding and participating freely in the construction and perfecting of the economic, political, cultural and social system of the nation. The people exercise the sovereign power through their representatives freely elected by universal, equal, direct and secret suffrage, barring any other individual or group of persons from arrogating this representation. It may be also exercised directly by means of the referendum and of the plebiscite. In the same way, it will be able to [podrd] exercise it through other direct mechanisms, such as the participative budgets, the citizen initiatives, the territorial Councils, the territorial and communal assemblies of the indigenous and Afro-descendant Peoples, the sectoral Councils, and other procedures [procedimientos] that this Constitution and the laws establish. (Art. 2)
- Spanish
La soberanía nacional reside en el pueblo y la ejerce a través de instrumentos democráticos decidiendo y participando libremente en la construcción y perfeccionamiento del sistema económico, político, cultural y social de la nación. El poder soberano lo ejerce el pueblo por medio de sus representantes libremente elegidos por sufragio universal, igual, directo y secreto, sin que ninguna otra persona o reunión de personas pueda arrogarse esta representación. También lo puede ejercer de forma directa a través del referéndum y el plebiscito. Asimismo, podrá ejercerlo a través de otros mecanismos directos, como los presupuestos participativos, las iniciativas ciudadanas, los Consejos territoriales, las asambleas territoriales y comunales de los pueblos originarios y afrodescendientes, los Consejos sectoriales, y otros procedimientos que se establezcan en la presente Constitución y las leyes. (Art. 2)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishThe right of the people and their organizations to effective and reasonable participation at all levels of social, political, and economic decision-making shall not be abridged. The State shall, by law, facilitate the establishment of adequate consultation mechanisms. (Art. XIII, Sec. 16)
- FilipinoHindi dapat bawalan ang karapatan ng sambayanan at ng kanilang mga organisasyon sa mabisa at makatwirang pakikilahok sa lahat ng mga antas ng pagpapasiyang panlipunan, pampulitika, at pangkabuhayan. Dapat padaliin ng Estado, sa pamamagitan ng batas, ang pagtatatag ng sapat na mga pamamaraan sa pakikipagsanggunian. (Art. XIII, Seksyon 16)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
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The State encourages the promotion of women to responsibilities within the public institutions and administrations as well as at the level of the enterprises. (Art. 37) - French
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L’Etat encourage la promotion de la femme aux responsabilités dans les institutions et administrations publiques ainsi qu’au niveau des entreprises. (Art. 37)
Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- English(1) Subject to the provisions of subsections (4), (5) and (7) of this section, no law shall make any provision that is discriminatory either of itself or in its effect.
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(3) In this section, the expression “discriminatory” means affording different treatment to different persons attributable wholly or mainly to their respective descriptions by sex, race, place of origin, political opinions, color or creed whereby persons of one such description are subjected to disabilities or restrictions to which persons of another such descriptions are not made subject or are recorded privileges of advantages which are not accorded to persons of another such description.
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(5) Nothing contained in any law shall be held to be inconsistent with or in contravention of subsection (1) of this section to the extent that it makes provision with respect to standards or qualifications (not being standards or qualifications specifically relating to sex, race, place or origin, political opinions, color or creed) to be required of any person who is appointed to or to act in any office or employment.
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Participation in Public Life and Institutions
- EnglishWomen and men shall have the same rights and duties in all areas of family, political, economic, social and cultural life. (Sec. 17)
- TetumFeto no mane iha direitu no obrigasaun hanesan iha moris família, kulturál, sosiál, ekonómiku no polítiku nia laran. (Art. 17)
- PortugueseA mulher e o homem têm os mesmos direitos e obrigações em todos os domínios da vida familiar, cultural, social, económica e política. (Art. 17)