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Thurday 30 May, 2013
Name of the Members of the Group: Luis Nieto and Adrian Umbria
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The Kiribati Constitution, promulgated 12 July 1979, provides for freeand open elections. The executive branch consists of a president (Te Beretitenti), a vice-president and a cabinet (the president is also chief of the cabinet and has to be an MP). Under theconstitution, the president, nominated from among the elected legislators, is limited to three 4-year terms. The cabinet is composed of the president, vice-president and 10 ministers (appointed by the president)who are members of the House of Assembly.
The legislative branch is the unicameral Maneaba Ni Maungatabu (House of Assembly). It has elected members, including by constitutional mandate arepresentative of the Banaban people in Fiji (Banaba Island, former Ocean Island), in addition to the attorney general, who serves as an ex-officio member. Legislators serve for a four-year term.
Theconstitutional provisions governing administration of justice are similar to those in other former British possessions in that the judiciary is free from governmental interference. The judicial branch is madeup of the High Court (in Betio) and the Court of Appeal. The president appoints the presiding judges.
The Gilbert and Ellice Islands gained self-rule in 1971, and were separated in 1975 and grantedinternal self-government by Britain. In 1978 the Ellice Islands became the independent nation of tuvalu. The Gilbert Islands became independent as Kiribati on 12 July 1979. Although theindigenous gilbertese language name for the Gilbert Islands proper is "Tungaru", the new state chose the name "Kiribati", the gilbertese rendition of "Gilberts", as an equivalent of the former colony to acknowledgethe inclusion of banaba, the line islands, and the Phoenix islands, which were never considered part of the Gilberts chain. In the treaty of Tarawa, signed shortly after independence and ratified in...