Although the 1988 constitution preserves the external and internal roles of the armed forces, it places the military under presidential authority.

Although the system established by the Sitges agreement was phased out by 1974, the 1886 Colombian constitution — in effect until 1991 — required that the losing political party be given adequate and equitable participation in the government which, according to many observers and later analysis, eventually resulted in some increase in corruption and legal relaxation.

Although its constitution and government policy preclude an offensive military role for Japan in international affairs, Japanese cooperation with the United States through the 1960 U. S .– Japan Security Treaty has been important to the peace and stability of East Asia.

Although a new constitution appeared to end the war-time political system, it did not completely terminate the transitional military rule.

Although the government gained in status under the new constitution, this does not affect the guiding role of the party over the government.

Although a constitution was granted, its provisions fell far short of the demands of the revolutionaries.

Although the struggle between executive and legislative branches was partially resolved by the new constitution, the two branches continued to represent fundamentally opposing visions of Russia's future.

Although the doctrine of separation of power plays a role in the United Kingdom's constitutional doctrine, the UK constitution is often described as having " a weak separation of powers " A. V. Dicey, despite its constitution being the one to which Montesquieu originally referred.

Although the King has little direct power under the constitution and Thailand categorizes itself as a constitutional monarchy, the King is more than a symbol of national identity and unity.

Although the constitution prescribed a new form of legislature, the PDPU-dominated Supreme Soviet remained in office for nearly two years until the first election to the new parliament, the Supreme Assembly of Uzbekistan ( Oliy Majlis ), which took place in December 1994 and January 1995.

Although the language of the new constitution includes many democratic features, it can be superseded by executive decrees and legislation, and often constitutional law simply is ignored.

Although initially restricted by its constitution to render aid only to nationals from the United Nations ( the Allies ), this was changed late in 1944, in response to pleas from Jewish organizations who were concerned with the fate of surviving Jews of German nationality, to also include " other persons who have been obliged to leave their country or place of origin or former residence or who have been deported therefrom by action of the enemy because of race, religion or activities ' in favor of the United Nations.

Although the constitution of Canada states that the " Command-in-Chief of the Land and Naval Militia, and of all Naval and Military Forces, of and in Canada, is hereby declared to continue and be vested in the Queen ," the governor general acts in her place as Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces and is permitted through the 1947 Letters Patent to use the title Commander-in-Chief in and over Canada.

Although U. S. President Woodrow Wilson had insisted that the région was self-ruling by legal status, as its constitution had stated it was bound to the sole authority of the Kaiser and not to the German state, France tolerated no plebiscite, as granted by the League of Nations to some eastern German territories at this time, because Alsatians were considered by the French public as fellow Frenchmen liberated from German rule.

Although the constitution was amended repeatedly ( in 1855, 1864, 1871, 1872, 1880, 1883, and 1886 ), several elements remained constant throughout.

Although not mentioned in the constitution, political parties and the social partners organised in the Social Economic Council are important political institutions as well.

Although the government argued that the tax was not a tax increase, but a tax shift, the highly visible nature of the tax was extremely unpopular, and many resented Mulroney's use of an " emergency " clause in the constitution.

Although Alexander II made some reforms and established an independent judicial system, Russia did not have a representative assembly or a constitution until the 1905 Revolution.

Although many commentators were surprised at the time, and considered it to be an institutional crisis, some claiming the Fifth Republic could not accommodate itself of such rivalry at the head of the state, cohabitation repeated itself after the 1993 elections, when the RPR again won the elections, and then after the 1997 elections, when the Socialist Party won, leading to the constitution of Lionel Jospin's Plural Left government while Chirac was only at the beginning of his first presidential term.

Although its constitution guaranteed its members the right to refuse to work alongside Communists, or a member of a Communist front organization, Actors ' Equity never banned any members.

Although Article 16 of the 1996 amended constitution, see the above referendum, reaffirms the equality of religions and denominations before the law, it also contains restrictive language that stipulated that cooperation between the state and religious organizations " is regulated with regard for their influence on the formation of spiritual, cultural, and country traditions of the Belarusian people.

Although the constitution itself is the primary body of constitutional law in The Netherlands, it is not the only law that contains constitutional codification.

Although the theory of special relativity forbids objects to have a relative velocity greater than light speed, and general relativity reduces to special relativity in a local sense ( in small regions of spacetime where curvature is negligible ), general relativity does allow the space between distant objects to expand in such a way that they have a " recession velocity " which exceeds the speed of light, and it is thought that galaxies which are at a distance of more than about 14 billion light-years from us today have a recession velocity which is faster than light.

Although Israel was one of the first countries that recognized Bangladesh ( 4 February 1972 ) upon its independence ; Bangladesh does not recognise Israel as legitimate and officially forbids its citizens to travel to Israel by putting " Valid for travel to all countries except Israel " on Bangladeshi passports.

# The role of women in the church: Although both the LCMS and WELS agree that Scripture reserves the pastoral office for men, the WELS also believes that Scripture forbids women's suffrage in the congregation.

Although the DAR now forbids discrimination in membership based on race or creed, some members earlier reflected historic views on racial segregation and discrimination.

Although at the time the possibility remained that he may have continued to run a limited schedule after the 2005 season — as semi-retirees Bill Elliott and Terry Labonte also have done, Wallace's current broadcasting contract forbids him from doing so.

Although some Christian and Jewish groups believe that it forbids divination in general, Leviticus strictly forbids nahash and onan.

Although this new state of being grants them god-like powers, they adhere to a sort of " Prime Directive " which forbids them from influencing the unascended.

Although Julie wishes to publish her own book — this very story — Owens forbids her from doing so until Mobutu's regime ( and with it, Nkemi's ) is on the verge of collapse.

Although the constitution forbids the intrusion of any ideology or religion in the conduct of state business, a growing number of public figures have expressed support for the promotion of Islamic traditions.

Although lighter and more powerful, some inverter plasma cutters, especially those without power factor correction, cannot be run from a generator ( that means manufacturer of the inverter unit forbids doing so ; it is only valid for small, light portable generators ).

Although Poznański was devout to the belief of his ancestors, the generous style of his grave monument is scarcely compatible with Jewish tradition, as that religion forbids any luxury for funerals and tombs.

Although the two were deeply attracted to each other, Victoria's mother was reluctant to allow her to marry him because the Russian Orthodox religion forbids the marriage of two first cousins.

Although each was a separate registered charity working under the Age Concern banner, the federation allowed members to collaborate at local, regional and national levels, to share resources, expertise and influence.

Although CONMEBOL President Nicolas Leoz proposed hosting the continental tournament in Mexico ( a member of the CONCACAF federation ) and board members Brazil and Chile discussed the possibility of exchanging the 2015 and 2019 tournaments, it was decided in the end, as the CBF confirmed in February 2011, that the 2015 Copa América is to be held in Brazil.

Although the Resident General was the real administrator of the federation, each of the four constituent states of the federation retained their respective hereditary rulers ( sultans ).

Although enshrining concepts such as federalism and a constitutional monarchy, the proposed constitution also contained provisions protecting special rights for the Malays, such as quotas in admission to higher education and the civil service, and making Islam the official religion of the federation.

Although his side and he himself disagrees with and opposes re-unification with the Republic of Cyprus, and favours the unity of and close relations between northern Cyprus and Turkey and supports the independence of the former, he nevertheless is negotiating with the Greek Cypriot side towards a settlement for reunification, to establish a bi-communal, bi-zonal federation in Cyprus, based on the political equality of the two communities, single sovereignty, single citizenship and international identity.

Although abandoned by the Russian group as a name, the term is still used to refer to a loose federation of National Bolshevik organisations that spreads across much of Europe and even has branches in Venezuela and Bolivia.

Although the Swiss Federal Constitution provided another example, it was inevitable that the delegates should look to the Constitution of the United States as the other major model of a federation within the English-speaking world.

Although Lenin believed that eventually all nationalities would merge into one, he insisted that the Soviet Union be established as a federation of formally equal nations.

Although the office of the Māori monarch holds no constitutional function, it is the paramount head of the Waikato federation of tribes with its parliament.

Although when known as ZabFed it had been a federation of collectives, it is now a unitary organisation and describes itself as a " federation of individuals " whereby membership is on an individual basis only.

Although the national federation of Egypt was involved in the founding of the FIVB in 1947, the sport of volleyball remains essentially amateur in Africa, even in countries which maintain consistent Olympic programmes, such as South Africa or Kenya.

Although initially opposed by the U. S .- led occupation forces, the federation was later given exclusive rights to unionize public sector workers in the country.

However, the club were accused of match fixing and the federation decided to strip them of their promotion, instead relegating them down to Serie D. Although they were able to return to Serie C after one season, Avellino were relegated back down to spend six seasons in a row at Serie D level.

Although this is not an essential element of federation, it reflects the view that states ( colonies ) should be equal in status.

Although the Constitution did not envisage it, India is now a multilingual federation.

Although they are not properly federations, many unitary states with devolved self-governing regions have a structure of government that resembles that found in an asymmetric federation.

Although there was debate in Australia's first Parliament after federation to consider adopting the metric system, metric units first became legal for use in Australia in 1947 when Australia signed the Metre Convention ( or Convention du Mètre ).