Can the Parliament exercise judicial power of thepeople
directly?
In dictatorial or monarchical systems of
governance, these triple powers are exclusively centered and
exercised by one person or body of persons. They may be exercising
those triple sovereignty powers of the people with the acquiescence
of the people or may have grabbed by force of fire or conspiracy.
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Graphic cigarette pack labelling packs a punch
Over the last decade there has also been a
global trend towards bigger health warnings on tobacco packaging
that includes graphic images. By now over 50 countries had finalized
requirements for pictorial health warnings. For example, in 2005
Thailand switched to graphic labels, and the percentage of smokers
who reported thinking about health risks because of the warnings
increased from about 35 percent to 55 percent. The percentage of
smokers who said that the warnings made them more likely to quit
rose from 31 percent to 46 percent. During the same period, Malaysia
had retained small text-box labels and there was no change in the
effect of warnings on attitudes about health risks
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