... tremendous, thankless task'. With this in mind it is obvious the need for a stable government was great, as they were not to be given much support from others they should at least obtain it from themselves! Their first stumbling block was the constitution and voting system. The constitution, though well thought out and well meaning, had one fatal flaw: article 48. This one article undermined the entire constitution. It gave all power over to the President who could rule by decree and govern the Republic directly; 'article 48 was abused and became a permanent way of governing' (Evans and Jenkins). Also the voting system of Proportional Representation proved to be a destructive force. With no person/party able to gain an overall support/majority the government became a huge mix of people with lots of ideas, so many in-fact that it took most of the day just to discuss them. In ...

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