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...Cabinet meeting, claiming that he had a cold. A few hours later, however, he held a press conference at which he urged that voters decide when they want new presidential elections. Until now, the election question has been subsumed under the larger issue of a recently drafted constitution. The charter, which grants both Aquino and Laurel six-year terms, will be put to a yes-no vote on Jan. 23. Last week Laurel turned on Aquino by proposing that the plebiscite should include a separate question on the election issue...
Shen and others are quick to point out minority students' demands for a Third World Center, a perennial sore point in relations between the Harvard administration and students. The Foundation was created in response to this demand, and its original charter does speak of a "Junior Common Room space" for minority student organizations. Last year's Eck Report acknowledges the problem of space for minority groups, "urg(ing) the University to consider ways in which this concern might...
According to its charter, the CRR was to have six student members, six faculty members, and a faculty chairman who voted only to break ties. Students have boycotted the CRR since its inception, charging that the body can be used to quash political protest...
Founded in 1912 by black professionals in the judicial capital of Bloemfontein, the A.N.C. fought against apartheid for decades through rigorously nonviolent means, mostly labor strikes and public service boycotts. In 1955 it joined several other South African civil rights organizations in signing a document called the Freedom Charter, which still serves as its ideological lodestar of record. The charter declares that "South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white" and calls for a unified, democratic state governed along color-blind lines. Economic goals are vaguely socialistic, envisioning the nationalization of some industries, including banks...
...final draft of the Philippines' new constitution was presented last week to President Corazon (Cory) Aquino at Malacanang Palace. "Democracy is safe with this constitution," she said after receiving two copies of the 59-page document, one in English, the other in Pilipino. The charter will be put to a nationwide plebiscite...