Federalism is intended to diminish the power of the central state.

联邦制度旨在削弱中央政府的权力。

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The governor of the state of Eastern Equatoria, Louis Lobo Lojore, says his people want more federalism.

东赤道州州长路易•路宝•劳耶说，他的人民希望更多地实行联邦制。

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Many of those decisions are made by state or local agencies, so that federalism concerns are also relevant.

大量决定是由州或地方机关作出的，所以联邦的关注也与之相关。

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We still have a government where power is divided, not just at the federal level but between federal and state level, federalism is about freedom, it's about individual freedom, it's about political freedom, it's about economic freedom.

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But there is no federalism argument in Hollingsworth, which concerns a state law.

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Both Ms Banerjee and Nitish Kumar, the chief minister of Bihar state, model themselves as champions of federalism, but have had no "qualms in using central intervention powers to suit the interest of their respective parties", observes Mr Kailash.

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