Ego Kristi Youth Movement in an interactive section with hon Anthonia Tabansi Okoye to ascertain the true nature of politics in Anambra State since her creation. Hon Anthonia lamented on the attitude of most Christians(Christ-like) towards politics in Anambra State and in Nigeria, which she referred to as-'Politics of Lies and deceit'; hon Anthonia calls for a positive change in what we currently witness in our political system, which contradicts an example of a true Christian life.

The members of Ego Kristi Youth Movement on Thursday 29/10/16, in her Courtesy visit tours to ascertain the condition of politics in Anambra State, had an interactive section with hon Anthonia Tabansi Okoye.
On our arrival to hon Anthonia Okoye residence in Housing Estate Fegge Onitsha, we were given a warm welcome with some cola by hon Anthonia.
On her speech hon Anthonia Tabansi in her welcome address thank the members of Ego Kristi Youth Movement and appreciated their strong commitment to effect some reformative changes in our political system.
In the interactive section, hon Anthonia Tabansi made it clear that lies has been the order of the day in our National and State politics with some stated evidences, which made the whole of our political system corrupt.
  Hon Anthonia was part of the five regimes of the governors that Led Anambra State government from the first democratically elected government of His Excellency Chukwuemeka Ezeife, to Chijioke Mbadinuju, Sen Chris Ngige, Peter Obi and finally Chief Willie Obiano.
Hon Anthonia Tabansi gave us the true analysis on the state of affairs in Anambra State government under these five regime and the various performance by these five governors within their four years different regimes.
Hon Anthonia Tabansi on her speech told us that Anambra State have within these five different regimes witnessed only few true Christians, why others are only camouflage or fake Christians.
  In our interactive section, Hon Anthonia as devoted Christian  said that although she have not benefited much from the current Anambra State government; he still see Willie Obiano as the best Christian Governor with the fear of God Anambra State government have ever had.
Hon Anthonia Tabansi said that our governor Chief Willie Obiano, is a governor that she have ever seen that have the real interest of Anambra State at heart and not merely for the business of politics.
The founder of Ego Kristi Youth Movement Comrade Ositadimma Luke Iloghalu commended hon Anthonia Tabansi for his service to Anambra State government as a member of Anambra State House of Assembly and as an aide to Anambra State government severally. Comrade Ositadimma urge hon Anthonia to always continue in her good service as a devoted Christian and never relent in doing good.
Other members of member of Ego Kristi Youth Movement present Comrade Igwe Nzeka and Nonso Okafor also commended the positive contributions by hon Anthonia Tabansi Okoye to Anambra State government and also urge her to do more.
  Hon Anthonia finally commended the effort of the EXCOS of Ego Kristi Youth Movement by organising such a mega Leadership Orientation Seminar for our Youths and promised to give them the necessary support towards the success of their event.
     Ego Kristi Media Team Reporting from Fegge Onitsha, Anambra State.

Switzerland Legislative Structure that gave people in the grassroot chances to contribute through Referendum in the making or amending of their National Law or Constitution Still remains the best system of government for a true democracy

  THE POLITICS AND LEGISLATIVE STRUCTURE OF SWITZERLAND;-

There is a framework of a multi-party federal directorial democratic republic, whereby the Federal
Council of Switzerland is the collective head of government and head of state . Executivepower is exercised by the government and thefederal administration and is not concentrated in any one person. Federal legislative power is vested in both the government and the two
chambers of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature .
Switzerland is the closest state in the world to
a direct democracy . For any change in the
constitution, a referendum is mandatory
( mandatory referendum); for any change in a
law , a referendum can be requested ( optional
referendum ). Through referenda , citizens may
challenge any law voted by federal parliament
and through federal popular initiative introduce
amendments to the federal constitution .
The same system is used for the three
administrative levels of municipality, canton
and country. If the community is small enough
like in small villages, the parliament
representing the people does not exist. Also
the ordinary law does then not exist, only the
constitution of the village. The term "council"
is used ambiguously, sometimes it refers to
legislation, i.e. parliament, sometimes to the
execution, i.e. government.
Direct representation
See also: Voting in Switzerland
Switzerland features a system of government
not seen in any other nation[citation needed ]
direct representation, sometimes called half-
direct democracy (this may be arguable,
because theoretically, the Sovereign of
Switzerland is actually its entire electorate).
Referenda on the most important laws have
been used since the 1848 constitution .
Amendments to the Federal Constitution of
Switzerland, the joining of international
organizations, or changes to federal laws that
have no foundation in the constitution but will
remain in force for more than one year must
be approved by the majority of both the people
and the cantons , a double majority.
Any citizen may challenge a law that has been
passed by parliament. If that person is able to
gather 50,000 signatures against the law
within 100 days, a national vote has to be
scheduled where voters decide by a simple
majority of the voters whether to accept or
reject the law. [1]
Also, any citizen may seek a decision on an
amendment they want to make to the
constitution. For such a federal popular
initiative to be organised, the signatures of
100,000 voters must be collected within 18
months. [2] Such a federal popular initiative is
formulated as a precise new text (general
proposal initiatives have been canceled in
2009 [3] ) whose wording can no longer be
changed by parliament and the government.
After a successful signature gathering, the
federal council may create a counterproposal
to the proposed amendment and put it to vote
on the same day as the original proposal.
Such counter-proposals are usually a
compromise between the status quo and the
wording of the initiative. Voters will decide in a
national vote whether to accept the initiative
amendment, the counter proposal put forward
by the government if any, or both. If both are
accepted, one has to additionally signal a
preference. Initiatives (that are of
constitutional level) have to be accepted by a
double majority of both the popular votes and
a majority of the cantons, while counter-
proposals may be of legislative level and hence
require only simple majority .
Executive branch
Main articles: Swiss Federal Council and
Federal administration of Switzerland
See also: List of members of the Swiss Federal
Council and List of Presidents of the Swiss
Confederation
The Swiss Federal Council is a seven-member
executive council that heads the federal
administration , operating as a combination
cabinet and collective presidency . Any Swiss
citizen eligible to be a member of the National
Council can be elected; [4] candidates do not
have to register for the election, or to actually
be members of the National Council. The
Federal Council is elected by the Federal
Assembly for a four-year term. Present
members are: Doris Leuthard (CVP/PDC), Guy
Parmelin (SVP/UDC), Ueli Maurer (SVP/UDC),
Didier Burkhalter (FDP/PRD), Simonetta
Sommaruga (SP/PS), Johann Schneider-
Ammann (FDP/PRD) and Alain Berset (SP/PS).
The largely ceremonial President and Vice
President of the Confederation are elected by
the Federal Assembly from among the
members of the Federal Council for one-year
terms that run concurrently. The President has
almost no powers over and above his or her
six colleagues, but undertakes representative
functions normally performed by a president or
prime minister in single-executive systems.
The current (As of 2016) President and Vice
President are Johann Schneider-Ammann and
Doris Leuthard , respectively.
The Swiss executive is one of the most stable
governments worldwide. Since 1848, it has
never been renewed entirely at the same time,
providing a long-term continuity. From 1959 to
2003 the Federal Council was composed of a
coalition of all major parties in the same ratio:
2 each from the Free Democratic Party , Social
Democratic Party and Christian Democratic
People's Party and 1 from the Swiss People's
Party . Changes in the council occur typically
only if one of the members resigns (merely four
incumbent members were voted out of the
office in over 150 years); [5] this member is
almost always replaced by someone from the
same party (and often also from the same
linguistic group).
The Swiss government has been a coalition of
the four major political parties since 1959,
each party having a number of seats that
roughly reflects its share of electorate and
representation in the federal parliament. The
classic distribution of 2 CVP/PDC, 2 SPS/PSS,
2 FDP/PRD and 1 SVP/UDC as it stood from
1959 to 2003 was known as the " magic
formula ". [5]
This "magic formula" has been repeatedly
criticised: in the 1960s, for excluding leftist
opposition parties; in the 1980s, for excluding
the emerging Green party; and particularly
after the 1999 election, by the People's Party,
which had by then grown from being the fourth
largest party on the National Council to being
the largest. In the elections of 2003 , the
People's Party received (effective January 1,
2004) a second seat in the Federal Council,
reducing the share of the Christian Democratic
Party to one seat.
Legislative branch
The Federal Palace, in Bern, hosts the
Federal Assembly and the Federal
Council .
Switzerland has a bicameral parliament called
the Federal Assembly , made up of:
the Council of States (46 seats - members
serve four-year terms) and
the National Council (200 seats - members
serve four-year terms and are elected by
popular vote on a basis of proportional
representation)
The previous elections (before those held in
2011, below) to the National Council were held
in 2007, see 2007 elections for more details.
The five parties that hold seats in the Federal
Council dominate both chambers of the
Assembly; they currently hold a supermajority
of 167 seats in the National Council, and 41 in
the Council of States.
Most hearings in the parliament are open to
everyone, including foreigners.
Political parties and
elections
For other political parties, see List of political
parties in Switzerland. An overview on
elections and election results is included in
Elections in Switzerland.
Switzerland has a rich party landscape. The
five parties represented in the Federal Council
are generally called the government parties:
Free Democratic Party , Social Democratic
Party , Christian Democratic Party , Swiss
People's Party , and Conservative Democratic
Party of Switzerland.
As of 2011 only the five government parties
were represented in the Council of States. In
the National Council the party landscape is
more diverse with six non-government parties
having at least one seat.
Main article: Swiss federal election, 2011
Summary of the 23 October 2011
National Council of Switzerland election
results
Parties Abbr. Alignment Ideology
Swiss
People's
Party
SVP/
UDC
Right
wing
National
conservatis
Social
Democratic
Party SPS/
PSS Centre-
left Social
democracy
FDP.The
Liberals
FDP/
PLR
Centre-
right
Classical
liberalism
Christian
Democratic
People's
Party
CVP/
PDC
Centre/
Centre-
right
Christian
democracy
Green Party GPS/
PES Left wing Green politic
Green
Liberal Party
GLP/
PVL Centre Green
liberalism
Conservative
Democratic
Party
BDP/
PBD
Centre-
right Conservatis
Economic
liberalism
Evangelical
People's
Party EVP/
PEV Centre Christian
democracy
Party of
Labour PdA Left wing Socialism
Ticino
League LdT Right
wing Regionalism
Right-wing
populism
Christian
Social Party
CSP/
PCS
Centre-
left Christian left
Geneva
Citizens'
Movement
MCG Right
wing
Regionalism
Right-wing
populism
Federal
Democratic
Union
EDU/
UDF
Right
wing Christian rig
Other
Total (turnout 48.5%)
Source: Swiss Federal Statistical Office
(French)
Summary of the 23 October, 13
November, 20 November, 27 November and 4
December 2011 Council of States of
Switzerland election results
Parties Ideology 2007 Seats
Christian
Democratic
People's
Party (CVP/
PDC)
Christian
democracy 15 13 -
FDP.The
Liberals
(FDP/PRD) Classical
liberalism 12 11 -
Social
Democratic
Party (SPS/
PSS)
Social
democracy 9 11 +
Swiss
People's
Party (SVP/
UDC)
National
conservatism 7 5 -
Green Party
(GPS/PES) Green politics 2 2 ±
Green
Liberal Party
(GLP/VL)
Green
liberalism 1 2 +
Conservative
Democratic
Party (BDP/
PBD)
Conservatism /
Economic
liberalism
New 1 +
Independent Independent 0 1 +
Total 46 46
Source: http://www.politik-stat.ch/
srw2011CH_de.html
Judicial branch
Switzerland has a Federal Supreme Court , with
judges elected for six-year terms by the
Federal Assembly. The function of the Federal
Supreme Court is to hear appeals of cantonal
courts or the administrative rulings of the
federal administration.
Political conditions
Political positions of the Swiss political parties
based on their referendum voting
recommendations, 1985-90 and 2010-14
Switzerland has a stable government. Most
voters support the government in its
philosophy of armed neutrality underlying its
foreign and defense policies. Domestic policy
poses some major problems, to the point that
many observers deem that the system is in
crisis [7] but the changing international
environment has generated a significant
reexamination of Swiss policy in key areas
such as defense, neutrality, and immigration.
Quadrennial national elections typically
produce only marginal changes in party
representation.
In recent years, Switzerland has seen a gradual
shift in the party landscape. The right-wing
Swiss People's Party (SVP), traditionally the
junior partner in the four-party coalition
government , more than doubled its voting
share from 11.0% in 1987 to 22.5% in 1999,
rising to 28.9% in 2007, thus overtaking its
three coalition partners. This shift in voting
shares put a strain on the " magic formula", the
power-broking agreement of the four coalition
parties. From 1959 until 2004, the seven-seat
cabinet had comprised 2 Free Democrats, 2
Christian Democrats, 2 Social Democrats, and
1 Swiss People's Party, but in 2004, the Swiss
People's Party took one seat from the
Christian Democrats. In 2008 the Conservative
Democratic Party split from the SVP, taking
both of their Federal Council seats with them.
However, the SVP eventually retook both seats,
in 2009 and 2015 respectively. [8]
The Swiss Federal Constitution limits federal
influence in the formulation of domestic policy
and emphasizes the roles of private enterprise
and cantonal government . However, in more
recent times the powers of the Confederation
have increased with regard to education ,
agriculture , health , energy, the environment ,
organized crime, and
narcotics . [citation needed ]
The Index of perception of corruption puts
Switzerland among the least corrupt nations.
In the 2005 survey, Switzerland ranks 7th (out
of 158 surveyed), with 9.1 out of 10 possible
points, representing an improvement of 0.4
points over the past four years.
Together with seven other European nations,
Switzerland leads the 2005 index on Freedom
of the Press published by Reporters Without
Borders (with a score 0.5 points, zero being
the perfect score).
Foreign relations
Main article: Foreign relations of Switzerland
Switzerland has avoided alliances that might
entail military, political, or direct economic
action. In June 2001, Swiss voters approved
new legislation providing for the deployment of
armed Swiss troops for international
peacekeeping missions under United Nations
or Organization for Security and Co-operation
in Europe auspices as well as international
cooperation in military training. The Swiss
have broadened the scope of activities in
which they feel able to participate without
compromising their neutrality.
Switzerland maintains diplomatic relations with
almost all countries and historically has served
as a neutral intermediary and host to major
international treaty conferences. The country
has no major disputes in its bilateral relations.
Energy politics
The emergency switch-off button of
the Beznau Nuclear Power Plant. In
2011, the federal authorities decided to
gradually phase out nuclear power in
Switzerland.
See also: Energy in Switzerland and Nuclear
power in Switzerland
The energy generated in Switzerland comprises
55.2% hydroelectricity, 39.9% from nuclear
power , about 4% from conventional sources
and about 1% other.
On May 18, 2003, two referenda regarding the
future of nuclear power in Switzerland were
held. The referendum Electricity Without
Nuclear asked for a decision on a nuclear
power phase-out and Moratorium Plus asked
about an extension of an existing law
forbidding the building of new nuclear power
plants . Both were turned down: Moratorium
Plus by a margin of 41.6% for and 58.4%
opposed, and Electricity Without Nuclear by a
margin of 33.7% for and 66.3% opposed. The
former ten-year moratorium on the
construction of new nuclear power plants was
the result of a federal popular initiative voted
on in 1990 which had passed with 54.5% Yes
vs. 45.5% No votes (see Nuclear power in
Switzerland for details).
In May 2011, due to the Fukushima accident in
Japan, the Swiss government decided to
abandon plans to build new nuclear reactors.
The country’s five existing reactors will be
allowed to continue operating, but will not be
replaced at the end of their life span. The last
will go offline in 2034. [9]
See also
International relations of Switzerland
Modern history of Switzerland
Demographics of Switzerland
Direct democracy
Federal popular initiative
Referendum , List of Swiss federal
referendums
Concordance system
Constitutional conventions of Switzerland
Notes and references
1. ^ Pierre Cormon, Swiss Politics for
Complete Beginners], Editions Slatkine, 2014,
ISBN 978-2-8321-0607-5
2. ^ Cormon 2014 , p. 23.
3. ^ http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/pore/
va/20090927/det544.html
4. ^ Swiss Federal Constitution , art. 175 al. 3
5. ^ a b Cormon 2014 , p. 32.
6. ^ These numbers represent fictional voters .
See National Council for more details.
7. ^ Cormon 2014 , p. 55-61.
8. ^ Mombelli, Armando (December 10, 2015).
"People's Party Gains Second Seat in
Cabinet" . Swissinfo . Retrieved April 5, 2016.
9. ^ Kanter, James (2011-05-25).
"Switzerland Decides on Nuclear Phase-
Out" . The New York Times.
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