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...slightly more than 50 percent), but in order to choose a government, it needs to assemble the balance of a two-thirds majority by negotiating agreements with other parties - the National Assembly will first pick a president and two vice presidents by two-thirds majority, and that troika will appoint a prime minister, who in turn will pick a cabinet. In practice, of course, the composition of the new government will likely be negotiated before the presidential troika is installed...
...days -the new National Assembly will be seated, and begin the tortuous process of choosing a government that begins with electing a president and two vice presidents by two thirds majority, and then requiring them to reach unanimity among themselves on a prime minister, who must then appoint a government for approval by the assembly. The election was contested by broad coalition lists, but once their representatives are seated according to the share of vote they won on Sunday there?s nothing to stop individual legislators or factions making common cause with those of election-day rivals and creating...
What's at stake? The January 30 poll will elect the 275 members of a National Assembly. The Assembly will elect a new president and two deputies, and the three of them will then appoint a new prime minister who will in turn choose a cabinet. The prime minister and cabinet must be confirmed by the Assembly, giving Iraq its first democratic government since the fall of Saddam. It will, nonetheless, be a caretaker government, primarily responsible for drafting a new constitution by August 15. If that draft constitution is approved in a nationwide referendum scheduled for October...
Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71, who participated in the forum along with Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby, said last week that Harvard will appoint an advising dean and is likely to create an advising center...
...gender inequality in Faculty hiring demands concerted attention from the upper levels of the administration. Harvard’s notoriously secretive tenure process compounds what is typically a self-perpetuating problem, and setting the right tone from above is crucial. Currently, a department which has received permission to appoint more tenured Faculty draws up a short list of candidates, which is then whittled down by the recommendations of outside scholars and senior faculty. Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby must then approve of a tenure offer before the formation of an ad hoc committee chaired by President Summers. This...