Some 55% of Australians backed the status quo, while 45% voted to scrap the constitutional monarchy.
Before Gadhafi's coup in 1969, Libya was a constitutional monarchy with a parliament, constitution and king.
Opposition figures have also said they want political reforms that will lead to a constitutional monarchy.
Bhutan is now a constitutional monarchy, and its fifth king was coronated this month.
Many protesters want a full constitutional monarchy, with more powers transferred from the king.
Royalists, on the other hand, say the enduring constitutional monarchy is a tribute to the nation's historical legacy.
The Maoist rebels have been conducting a violent campaign to replace the constitutional monarchy with a communist republic.
On February 25 al-Amir delivered a sermon calling for the transformation of the kingdom into a constitutional monarchy.
Although Jordan is theoretically a constitutional monarchy, its parliament has always acted on the initiative of the king.
How do I use the constitutional monarchy of Liechtenstein as a tax haven?
In Baghdad, Sharif Ali's Constitutional Monarchy Movement has been busy preparing his welcome.
In a July 2011 referendum, a new Moroccan constitution established a constitutional monarchy, akin to that of Sweden or Great Britain.
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In 1791, a liberal bill of rights reforming gentry-ruled Poland and setting up a constitutional monarchy, was signed by King Stanislaw Augustus.
He added the goal of the opposition remained the achievement of a constitutional monarchy something he said the authorities continue to resist.
Thailand itself transitioned from an absolute monarchy to a democratic constitutional monarchy.
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After experimenting with dictatorships and communist regimes varying only in their degree of awfulness, Cambodia now has a constitutional monarchy and an elected government.
Over 4, 000 people have lost their lives during the Maoist insurgency whose main aims are to replace the constitutional monarchy with a people's republic.
The end-point of a particular society will depend upon its history and may be a constitutional monarchy like Jordan and Britain, or a full democracy.
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The conservative opposition is also lead by Tony Abbott, an arch royalist who used to be the executive director of the Australians for constitutional monarchy.
Most Shias voted keenly in elections in 2006, despite a boycott by Shia factions demanding fairer rules, fuller rights and a transition to constitutional monarchy.
The book is a collection of essays by Australian writers, lawyers and academics seeking to ignite fresh debate on the constitutional monarchy in an election year.
But it is not, for now, addressing the protesters' main demands notably a call to turn the kingdom into a constitutional monarchy, as in Britain or Spain.
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An admirer, like many 18th-century Frenchmen, of British institutions, he believed in constitutional monarchy, individual liberties and a free press, although democracy was beyond his horizon.
Botros was a rebel, though within limits: he thought the collapsing Ottoman empire could be saved as a constitutional monarchy, a state composed of many nations.
Aside from blocking the petitioners' websites, Saudi authorities have responded by arresting a Shia cleric who backed the call for a constitutional monarchy in his Friday sermon.
Christopher Davidson argues that with every arrest and every conviction of opposition activists and politicians "the window of opportunity for the emir to retreat to a constitutional monarchy is narrowing".
Then it was arguably better to make the country a constitutional monarchy rather than a republic, so as to build the widest support for democracy in a traditionally deferential society.
At the mid-February 1994 Plenum of the pro-democratic "Russia's Choice" party, a group of activists asked reformist ex-Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar to promote the quickest possible introduction of constitutional monarchy.
Some criticized Mr. Howard's approach at the time for alienating a number of republicans who opposed his alternative, and thus chose not to vote in favor of ending the constitutional monarchy.
Regarding the clause on upholding the constitutional monarchy (of the code of ethics of Thai Journalists Association) there needs to be debate regarding creating space for just evaluation of the monarchy.
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