Word: governability
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Terse Letter. Last week, Whitlam called on Sir John at his residence, Yarralumla. After the Prime Minister said he would not recommend a general election, Sir John handed him a terse, four-paragraph letter stating: "I hereby determine [withdraw] your appointment as head of government [and] the appointments of all the ministers in your cabinet." The Governor General then received Fraser, who had been waiting -unknown to Whitlam-in an anteroom. After agreeing that he would not institute new policies or dismiss government officials, Fraser was directed by Kerr to form a caretaker Cabinet that will govern until the elections...
...Kerr's usurpation of power; he hoped to gain a large sympathy vote by hammering away at the theme that Fraser gained office shamefully. As he told a press conference last week, "Clearly the great issue, almost the sole issue of this campaign will be whether the government which the people elect with a majority in the House of Representatives will be allowed to govern from now on." The Labor Party will also stress the social reforms instituted by Whitlam's Cabinet: abolition of fees at universities, a national health insurance scheme, increased welfare payments, no-fault divorce...
Ever since Pope Alexander Ill's decree of 1179, the College of Cardinals has alone had the power to choose new popes. Vatican Council II, however, reasserted the authority of all bishops -whether cardinals or not-in helping to govern the church. In 1973 and 1974 Pope Paul VI broadly hinted he might go further and admit a few ordinary bishops to the conclave that elects a pope. But last week, when Paul-frail but vigorous at age 78-released the rules for choosing his successor, the cardinals-only tradition survived intact...
Franco had no faith that his mercurial people might possibly learn how to govern themselves. Ultimately, the kind of apolitical serenity that he wanted for Spain has proved to be an unattainable ideal. Nonetheless, it is a tribute of sorts to his dictatorial skills that he was able to maintain a façade of peace for so long...
...left behind. With inflation running at an annual rate of 250%, the economy is in ruins, and there has been an ominous step-up in guerrilla attacks. Thus the major question facing Argentines is Mrs. Perón's capacity-or lack of it-to govern. Even some Peronistas are beginning to concede that her habitually erratic style of governing and part-time presidency will no longer suffice...