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Thieu's principal weapon was a tough election law that he rammed through the National Assembly last June. The law required potential candidates to collect written endorsements from at least 40 of the 191 National Assemblymen or from at least 100 of the country's 550 provincial councilmen. Thieu blandly assured U.S. officials that the law was aimed merely at winnowing out the frivolous candidates; after all, there were no fewer than eleven hopefuls in the 1967 election, which Thieu won with a bare 35% of the vote. When it finally dawned that the man Thieu most wanted...
First of all, said Ky, the court's decision to bar him, on the grounds that he lacked enough valid signatures from National Assemblymen and provincial councilmen, was "arbitrary and unlawful." Therefore, he added, he would probably not bother to appeal, since the same result could be expected the second time around. "To achieve his ideal, a fighter has ways to fight-legal and illegal," said Ky. "Until this minute, I still follow the legal way to fight." The implication was perfectly clear that at any moment he might switch to other tactics-and that was the point...
...factor in shrinking the field was an electoral law that Thieu rammed through the National Assembly in June. It requires a candidate to submit to the Supreme Court the certified signatures of 100 provincial councilmen and city mayors (out of 550) or of 40 Assemblymen (out of 191). The hitch-for Ky -was that in the 44 provinces, only the province chiefs could certify the signatures, and they all owe their jobs to Thieu. Ky submitted 102 endorsements, but only 62 were certified; the court ruled the rest invalid because the endorsers had already signed for Thieu. The President...
...official candidate yet. Under a new, Thieu-sponsored election law, ostensibly designed to cut down on the number of frivolous candidates, presidential hopefuls must collect endorsements from 40 of the 190 or so National Assembly members, or from 100 of the country's some 550 provincial councilmen. There were reports that Minh had collected at least 40 signatures from Assembly members by early last week, but was planning to wait until just before the Aug. 4 deadline before declaring his candidacy...
...having much more difficulty rounding up his endorsements because he is going after the provincial councilmen, all of whom are beholden to Thieu-appointed province chiefs. If Ky is shut out of the race, the current Saigon speculation goes, he will throw his support to Minh just before the election. Another possibility is that both Ky and Minh will pull out at the last minute, leaving Thieu a hollow victory...