What are the importance of constitution?

Answer 1

A Constitution is the most vital document in the way a modern country operates. This document protects the rights of all its citizens regardless of physical appearance or originality. Most countries that claim to be democratic base their augments on the contents found on their constitutions. This document serves as a 'social contract' between the government and the people it rules. It offers checks and balances on the way the people with authority rule. A constitution is the shared goals and ambitions of any societies. It is mostly drawn up with the participation of the general population's consent. They are instances were rulers abuse their offices and suppress the people, and the adoption of a people centered constitution such instances are minimized. It creates a united country, as in most societies barriers and discrimination are forbid and made unlawful. This was clearly seen in the case of South Africa in the way it transformed from a racially based one (Apartheid) to a more equally centered one. This can be clearly exemplified by the statement made by the current President after the new constitution was adopted by the South African nation, "The Constitution whose adoption we celebrate, constitutes an equivocal statement that we refuse to accept that our Africaness shall be defined by our race, colour, gender or historical background…."This shows us that in the eyes of the constitution we are all equal before the law.