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Constitution establishes presidential Second Republic
The 1979 Constitution replaced the Westminster model with a U.S.-style presidential system.
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1979
Constitution establishes presidential Second Republic
The 1979 Constitution replaced the Westminster model with a U.S.-style presidential system.
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The 1979 Constitution replaced the Westminster model with a U.S.-style presidential system. This institutional redesign remains crucial because the 1999 Constitution later drew heavily from the 1979 model.
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