Word: francos
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Under the new constitution, announced in an elaborate ceremony in Madrid's regal Cortes Meeting Hall, Franco will share power with a premier who will serve as chief of government as distinguished from chief of state. The premier will be picked by Franco-or, after Franco, by Spain's next chief of state-from a list of three candidates nominated by the Council of the Realm. He will serve 'a five-year term and be the operating head of government, subject to various checks and balances...
Whisper in the Cortes. When Franco dies or decides to step down, he will be succeeded as chief of state by a king nominated by his Cabinet and by the advisory Council of the Realm, and ratified by a three-fifths vote of the Cortes. If the Cortes does not approve the candidate, it will then pick a temporary regent to reign until a king can finally be chosen. The king, in turn, will inaugurate a royal succession in which the first male heir will inherit the throne. If normal custom is followed, the first king will be Don Juan...
Some years ago, a coolness arose between Franco and Don Juan, and some observers have concluded from this that Franco prefers his successor to be Don Juan's son, Prince Juan Carlos, 28, who lives in Madrid. But Juan Carlos cannot succeed to the throne until he is 30, has said that he will not take it as long as his father is available and, in any case, has not made much of an impression at the state functions he has been trotted...
Whoever lands the job will have to deal with a stronger and more influential Council of the Realm and Cortes, which have up to now been mostly Franco rubber stamps...
Membership in the Council of the Realm will go from the present 13, now appointed by Franco, to 17. Of these, seven will be named by the chief of state and ten elected by the Cortes. The 611-member Cortes, meantime, will be reduced to 403 members, including 108 who will be directly elected from Spain's 54 provinces, 25 who will be appointed by the chief of state, and 270 others who will be elected by Spain's municipal councilmen, trade unions and professional organizations. Thus, for the first time since the Civil War, Spaniards will have...