Some lawmakers had threatened to impeach the justices or amend the constitution.

It will appoint a government and amend the constitution agreed in a flawed referendum last October.

To amend the constitution was to sanction revolt.

Macedonia's parliament has voted to amend the constitution to allow the Balkan nation to change its name.

The bill to amend the constitution will be published towards the end of this week, he added.

The military's significant presence in parliament gives it veto power over any attempt to amend the constitution.

He also scrapped an unpopular plan to amend the constitution to allow him to seek election next year.

Malema: The first thing is to amend the constitution in order to allocate the land to the voters.

And her campaign promise to amend the constitution could put her on a collision course with the army.

President Jacob Zuma has even alluded to the need to amend the constitution to enable accelerated radical land reform.

Colombia's Congress has approved a referendum on whether to amend the constitution to allow Uribe a third consecutive term.

He is now pushing ideas to amend the constitution to provide a framework for 'decentralisation' to the eastern territories.

This would arm him with powers to amend the constitution that currently limits the president's tenure to two terms.

After postponing the elections from May, the government would have had to amend the constitution to postpone them again.

However, we are also concerned that the current proposal to amend the constitution may not have the desired impact.on crime.

Last week, the Minister for Justice published a Bill to amend the constitution to establish a new Court of Appeal.