Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Keating akaenderera mberi nematanho ekubvisa chiratidzo cheHumambo muAustralia, achibvisa kutaurwa kwaMambokadzi kubva kuCitizenship uye Ministerial Oaths. Muna Kubvumbi 1993, kugadzwa kweRepublic Advisory Committee kwakaziviswa; Keating akatsigira shanduko shoma inosanganisira kugadzwa kwemutungamiri weparamende <unk> izvi zvakashoropodzwa nenhengo dzeALP kuruboshwe uye nemutungamiri mutsva weAustralia Democrats, Cheryl Kernot uyo aida shanduko huru, yakadai sekusarudzwa zvakananga. Dare racho, rakatungamirirwa naMalcolm Turnbull weAustralia Republican Movement, rakapa mushumo waro kuHurumende musi wa5 Gumiguru 1993 uye Keating akazivisa boka revashandi vemakurukota kuti vagadzire pepa rekabhineti. Keating pakupedzisira akabudisa muenzaniso weRepublican muduku. Muna June 1995, muhurukuro yeparamende yakanzi "An Australian Republic: The Way Forward", Keating akarondedzera hurongwa hushoma hweruzhinji hunosanganisira mutungamiri akasarudzwa nehuwandu hwezvikamu zviviri kubva muzvitatu zveParamende, zvichitevera kusarudzwa neMutungamiriri weHurumende neKabineti. Masimba okuchengetera uye mabasa omutambo aGavhuna Mukuru aifanira kuchengetedzwa. Izvi zvakarongwa kuti zviitwe referendamu muna 1998 kana kuti 1999. Mushure mokunge John Howard akunda sarudzo dza1996 uye akatanga Australian Constitutional Convention 1998, iyo yakagara pane imwe republican model yakafanana neyakataurwa naKeating, chirevo ichi chakakundwa muna 1999 Australian republic referendum
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