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politics and government of the Dominican Republic  The Dominican
Republic has gone through 38 constitutions, more than any other
country, since its independence in 1844.[1] This statistic is a
somewhat deceiving indicator of political stability, however,
because of the Dominican practice of promulgating a new
constitution whenever an amendment was ratified. Although
technically different from each other in some particular
provisions, most new constitutions contained in reality only
minor modifications of those previously in effect. Sweeping
constitutional innovations were actually relatively rare.[2]
The large number of constitutions does, however, reflect a basic
lack of consensus on the rules that should govern the national
political life. Most Dominican governments felt compelled upon
taking office to write new constitu