| From: | "Bruce Eggum" <bruceeggum(at)gmail.com> |
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| Date: | Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:06:45 -0500 |
| Subject: | Glossary a beginning |
Some of the difficulty of people of multi language / culture
conversing is the meaning of words are often changed in translation, no word
exists for translation, or different meanings of words.
I have tried to explain how people of the US understand the word government,
to mean all agencies paid by taxes, federal monies which include the president,
cabinet, military, roads, police, all agencies etc. To us government is all of
it.
Here I copy the Swiss explanation of their "government".
Here they say the people are the supreme authority, than identifies separate
chambers or divisions which they are authority of.
Here, government is the "Executive Authority". [This seems
to give the Prime Minister or Leader unfounded authority.]
My question is what word is used to describe all of it?
The Parliament AND The Executive Authority
AND all the agencies which I think ?? includes the military, police, health,
education, transportation, communication etc? AND included in all of it is the
Court System.
The problems are in ALL of
it, not just one branch. The entire business is so interlocked that to
correct one area, requires another area to also be changed. For instance, if
the rules of the Supreme Authority are changed, the Parliament must change the
affected law, and procedures to accommodate the change. The Court may review
the change to determine if it is "Constitutional" but the court must change
it's action to accommodate the change.
Thus we must see "All of it" not just a portion of it.
Thus the need of a WDDM Glossary. Please tell me what term is used for all the government so we can add it to the Glossary. Thanks, Bruce (tell us other terms also)
According to the Federal Constitution, the Swiss people are sovereign and ultimately the supreme political authority. The concept includes all Swiss adults who are eligible to vote – some 4.8 million citizens, equivalent to around 60 per cent of the resident population. Those under the age of 18 and foreign nationals have no political rights at federal level.
The Swiss parliament consists of two chambers which, when in
joint session, are known as the United Federal Assembly. It is the country's
legislative authority.
The National Council, through its 200 members, represents the population of the
country as a whole – the individual cantons are represented in proportion to
the number of their inhabitants.
The Council of States represents the 26 cantons – 20 cantons are represented by
two members while the six former half-cantons each send one representative to
the 46-strong chamber. Both chambers are directly elected by the people: the
National Council, is elected in accordance with federal rules and the Council
of States according to provisions differing from canton to canton. In both
cases, the cantons form the constituencies.
The government of Switzerland consists of the seven members of the Federal Council, as well as the Federal Chancellor, and is elected by the United Federal Assembly for a four-year term. The President of the Swiss Confederation is elected each year and is considered Primus inter pares or first among equals during that time. He chairs the sessions of the Federal Council and undertakes special ceremonial duties.
The highest rulings in Switzerland are made by the Federal Supreme Court in Lausanne, the Federal Insurance Court in Lucerne and since 2004 by the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona. The court in Lausanne has 30 full-time and 30 part-time judges, that in Lucerne consists of 11 full-time and 11 part-time judges and the new court of first instance in Ticino currently has 11 judges.