Word: cabinets
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There is widespread corruption in the bazaars because of the rapid growth of the black market, which now pays at least ten times the official rate of exchange for foreign currency. When the Cabinet discussed the matter recently, Khomeini reportedly vetoed the idea of imposing harsher sentences for black marketeering because he thought it would only lead to greater public frustration...
...three young men, armed with .45-cal. pistols and an UZI submachine gun, opened fire on a passing silver-green Toyota Cressida. The hail of gunfire instantly killed the car's driver and fatally wounded his passenger, Local Governments Secretary Jaime Ferrer, 70, a prominent member of Aquino's Cabinet and nemesis of the country's Communist insurgents. The gunmen and two accomplices then roared away into the night...
...killing of Ferrer, the only sitting Cabinet member to be assassinated in Philippine history, traumatized the republic. No one claimed responsibility, but suspicion first turned to the Communist hit teams that have targeted policemen and soldiers in the recently stepped-up insurgency. Ferrer was hated by the armed left for his espousal of unarmed vigilante groups as a line of defense against the rebels. But some Filipinos noted that Ferrer's recent firing of a clutch of governors and mayors may have provoked a settling of scores. An even more widespread belief is that supporters of deposed President Ferdinand Marcos...
...heart of the agreement is Colombo's promise to create a single, locally ruled Tamil province in northern and eastern Sri Lanka. By the end of the year, residents of the new region would elect a governor, chief minister and a cabinet. Since Tamils make up 92% of the northern area's residents but only 40% in the eastern region, easterners would decide by referendum next year whether to remain in the unified province. That provision is unacceptable to the Tamils, who fear that the easterners will pull...
...signing the peace pact in Sri Lanka, his government came under unprecedented attack in the national Parliament. Members shouted insults at one another and almost came to blows. The opposition staged sit-downs in the well of the lower house, shoving Gandhi supporters, grabbing the notes of a Cabinet minister and creating such a shrill racket that sessions had to be repeatedly adjourned. The dissenting M.P.s, who are outnumbered 4 to 1 by Gandhi's Congress (I) Party, were trying to stop the creation of a parliamentary committee to investigate a government contract with the Bofors arms company of Sweden...