Constitution of Seychelles
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| date_ratified = 18 June 1993
| date_effective = 23 June 1993
| system = Presidential republic
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| executive = President of Seychelles
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| supersedes = Constitution of Seychelles (1979)
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{{Politics of Seychelles}}
The Constitution of Seychelles is the governing document of the Republic of Seychelles.
18 June, the anniversary of its ratification, is celebrated in Seychelles as "Constitution Day".{{cite web |title=Africa :: Seychelles |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/seychelles/ |work=The World Factbook |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency |access-date=29 May 2020 |language=en |date=20 May 2020}}{{cite web |last1=G. |first1=G. |title=Seychelles' Constitution is 25 years old |url=http://www.nation.sc/archive/259293/seychelles-constitution-is-25-years-old |website=Seychelles Nation |publisher=National Information Services Agency |access-date=29 May 2020 |language=en |date=16 June 2018}}
History
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Following a successful referendum on 26 March 1979, a new constitution for the country went into effect.{{cite web |title=60. Seychelles (1976-present) |url=https://uca.edu/politicalscience/dadm-project/sub-saharan-africa-region/seychelles-1976-present/ |website=University of Central Arkansas |access-date=29 May 2020 |language=en}} This constitution made Seychelles a one-party state with the sole candidate for president nominated by the ruling party.{{cite web |title=Seychelles: Constitution and politics |url=https://thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries/seychelles/constitution-politics |website=The Commonwealth |publisher=Commonwealth Secretariat |access-date=29 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=19 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619084030/https://thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries/seychelles/constitution-politics |url-status=dead }}
Towards the end of 1991, Seychelles began a process to become a multi-party democracy. Discussions and public debates between the major political parties (namely the Seychelles People's Progressive Front and Seychelles Democratic Party) began to take place in January 1993. Following a referendum which took place on 18 June 1993, the current constitution of Seychelles was approved.
References
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Further reading
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- {{cite journal |title=The 1979 constitution for Seychelles |journal=Commonwealth Law Bulletin |date=13 August 2010 |volume=5 |issue=4 |pages=1329–1332 |doi=10.1080/03050718.1979.9985562 |language=en}}
- {{cite web |title=A brief history of Seychelles |url=http://nationalassembly.sc/index.php/about-us-2/about-us/ |website=The National Assembly of Seychelles |access-date=29 May 2020 |language=en |archive-date=31 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231160936/http://nationalassembly.sc/index.php/about-us-2/about-us/ |url-status=dead }}
- {{cite encyclopedia |last=Sparks |first=Donald Lee |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |title=Seychelles (Government And Society) |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Seychelles/Government-and-society |access-date=29 May 2020 |edition= |date=4 October 2019 |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. |language=en-GB }}
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External links
- {{cite web |title=The Constitution of the Third Republic of Seychelles |url=https://www.nationalassembly.sc/publications/others/constitution-third-republic-seychelles |website=The National Assembly of Seychelles |language=en |date=30 October 2020}}
- {{CIA World Factbook|article=Seychelles}}
- [https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Seychelles_2011.pdf Constitution of Seychelles] (with 2011 amendments)
- [https://wipolex.wipo.int/fr/legislation/details/9115 Constitution de la République des Seychelles] {{in lang|fr}}
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{{Constitutions of Africa}}