Neither the out-of-context quotation nor the comparison with a powerful modern president is fair to Hayes.

Electing a powerful president first would put into question the Parliament's powers, the spokesmen said.

It sanctions a republican form of government with a powerful president.

But it is run like a big corporation with a powerful president at the head.

It may be Dennis Rivera, the powerful president of the state health care union 1199/S.

"To the contrary, the nation's founders depended on the Senate's members to stand up to a popular and powerful president."

Another stage was reached when the first direct elections for the powerful president were held in 1996.

So what happens when war and scandal, a powerful president and an ascendant Congress all take the stage at the same time?

The Constitution provided for a parliamentary republic with a powerful president serving as head of state and government.

Russia has a powerful president governing a phantom State.