Posted by Johan on 1/4/2011, 10:22:01, in reply to "Re: The Swedish Constitution"
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In most European monarchies the constitution states that the nation is a monarchy and stipulates how the line of succession goes and what to do if no heirs are available (a new sovereign has to be selected when the throne becomes vacant). Changing the prescribed succession is usually a constitutional change. So in those cases it would be simpler to change the nation from monarchy to republic if that was the goal.
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: The Swedish Constitution does not give the
: Parliament the right to say if the King has
: behaved unconstitutionally. But if the King
: has not been able to fulfill his duties for
: six months or if he has been abroad for six
: months, the Parliament shall vote to answer
: the question whether or not the King shall
: be seen to have abdicated.
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: This may be the most interesting example
: because, as I understand it (and please
: correct me if I misunderstand), the Swedish
: constitutional laws were framed by
: republicans whose main purpose was to make
: constitutional position of the monarchy as
: weak as possible. Yet for some reason,
: even they apparently considered it beyond
: the pale to create a procedure for the
: removal of a monarch in the way that
: virtually every democratic republic has a
: procedure for removing the president. I
: wonder why?
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: Well, the only result of a deposal of the
: King would be that Sweden had a new Monarch.
: If you want the monarchy to "fade
: away", the best thing would be to
: abolish the Act of Succession. That would
: make the throne vacant upon the death of the
: King.
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