The constitution although guaranteed basic political liberities such as freedom of speech, equality before the law and gave men and women over the age of twenty the right to vote, the constitution allowed the president to have the right to close parliament and issues decrees at any moment under Article 48. A most undemocratic element, which, if misused, could undermine the democracy, Historian Edgar Mowrer writes "What can be said for a republic that allows its laws to be interpreted by monarchist judges, its government to be administered by old-time functionaries watches passively while ...

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Two of the key pieces of legislation passed during the 1920's will also be considered, the Universal Suffrage Bill and the Peace Preservation Law, both of 1925, as together they illustrate the cautious balance between progress and retreat that punctuated interwar Japanese politics. ... The ambiguity surrounding the role of the emperor and the military in the structure of Japanese government is commented on by Kato Shuichi, saying that 'the very fact that there was a liberalization of policies without changing basic political institutions made possible the reverse, an extreme milit...

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In both cases the commitment to uphold the rule of law is what creates a strong governmental accountability. ... This kind of commitment to enforce the rule of law on politicians as well as the citizenry is consistent in the Prosecutor General's Office. ... (Freedom House, 2014) President Komorowski remains the most trusted politician, in contrast to the declining popularity of the Prime Minister's government that voted down the petition for referendum regarding the lowering of school age from seven to six, even though, seventy percent of the population wanted referendum. ...

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