The religiously minded, centralist Shia disagree on several big issues with the more secular, federalist Kurds.

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Devolution of power was inevitable after the days of centralist dictatorship, when even regional languages were banned.

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But she added that the LGA was disappointed at the centralist design of the government's plans to bring about improvements.

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The tenth anniversary of de Gaulle's rule in 1968 was marred by student riots and a general strike, ostensibly against the Vietnam war but which developed into a protest against authoritarian, centralist government in general.

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The military is the most centralist of all institutions and permanent alliances, standing armies, and the permanent military footing which tends to accompany such a policy is injurious, he said, to our republican form of government.

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