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1 White Paper Issued by the Government of Belize on the Proposed Terms of a Constitution for the Independent Belize 1 (1900)

handle is hein.cow/wpigb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: WHITE PAPER Issued by the Government of Belize on the Proposed Terms of a Constitution for the INDEPENDENT BELIZE -o-o--o-o- THE CONSTITUTION OF BELIZE shall commence with a preamble which shall state that the people of Belize: Ca) affirm that the Nafion of Belize shall be founded upon principles which acknowledge the supremacy of God, faith in human rights and fundamental freedoms, the pcsition of the family in a society of free men and free institutions, the dignity of the human person and the equal and inalienable rights with which all members of the human family are endowed by their Creator; (b) respect the principles of social justice and therefore believe that the operation of the economic system must result in the material resources of the community being so distributed as to subserve'the common good, that there should be adequate means of .livelihood for all, that labour should not be exploited or forced by economic necessity to ope,'ate in inhumane conditions but that there should be oppor inity for advancement on the basis of recognition of merit, ability and integrity; (c) believe that the m,ill of the people shall form the basis of government in a democratic society in which the government is freely elected by universal adult suff-rage and in which all persons may, Lo the extent of their capacity, play some part in the institutions of national life and thus

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