论宪法修正案的宪政意义

Significance of Constitutional Amendment for Constitutional Government

宪法是国家的根本大法,它是宪政的基础与依据。宪法修正案是对宪法的完善和补充,它体现了宪法灵活性与稳定性的统一,与宪法具有同等的效力。我国宪法的四次修正案体现了宪法规定由国家公权力向公民私权利,由计划经济向市场经济,由国家的整体意识向公民个体意识,由一党执政向全民参政,由法制向法治的转变,并始终贯穿民主和谐思想。宪法修正案具有十分重要的宪政意义,它进一步促进了我国宪政的发展。

As the fundamental law of a country, constitution is the very base and gist of a constitutional government. Constitutional amendment, the perfection and supplement of the constitution, reflects the unity of constitutional flexibility and stability, and thus has the same effect as the constitution. The four times of constitutional amendments in our country mark the changes from national power to civil rights, from planned economy to market economy, from overall national consciousness to individual civil consciousness, from one ruling party political mechanism to that where one party rules while other parties participate in politics, and from legal system to the rule by law. What runs through the whole process of these changes is the motto of democratic harmony. Constitutional amendment accelerates the development of constitutional government, and thus it is of great realistic significance.