The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Tuesday August 9th, 2022 – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is observed on 9 August each year to raise awareness and protect the rights of the world’s indigenous population. This event also recognizes the achievements and contributions that indigenous people make to improve world issues such as environmental protection. It was first pronounced by the United Nations General Assembly in December 1994, marking the day of the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in 1982.
The National Assembly as the heart of Democracy by Kola King
Even though it is the engine room of democracy, the legislature is the weakest link among the three arms of government because its growth has been stultified due to prolonged military intervention in politics. The legislature suffered the most during the military era and was the biggest institutional casualty of military coups. It has remained the least developed arm of government. Each time the military seized power, one of their first acts would be the suspension of the constitution and to rule by military decrees and edicts.
By the nature of military dictatorship, all legislative functions are suspended when there is a military takeover and the military government takes on the role of both the executive and legislature. In this regard, the legislature has remained the poor cousin of the executive and judicial arms of government. For the period of about thirty years that the military were in power, the legislative arm of government was in abeyance. Thus it has been wracked with inexperience, timidity and general lack of capacity. The legislature has been undeveloped due to discontinuity in parliamentary experience, with little or no institutional memory.
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When time expires #poem by Bohdan Yuri
“Our journey wanders in lost shadows,
Seeking dreams of ancient hallows.
We move along without much qualm ,
waiting our turn, standing in the dark.”
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Mika Toxica #32 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamidas
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