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...some 20 political parties. In a rare demonstration of unity, opposition leaders banded together in the so-called Group of 12 to press for Avril's ouster and select the new President. But that unity is expected to crumble as soon as campaigning begins. Until the election, Trouillot must govern in tandem with a 19-member Council of State, composed of representatives from social groups and geographic regions. The panel has veto power over presidential decisions -- and that alone could stymie progress toward elections...
...That October, Duarte personally supervised the complex negotiations that secured Ines' freedom, briefly abandoning his tough line with the guerrillas and freeing 25 political prisoners in exchange. The double standard aroused the contempt of some, especially within the powerful military, who charged that he had compromised his ability to govern...
...would have been easy for China to give Hong Kong a much needed boost of confidence when it released the new draft of the Basic Law, which will govern the territory after Britain relinquishes control and Beijing takes over in 1997. The Hong Kong members of the drafting committee wanted nothing more than | a modest increase in the number of directly elected legislators after 1997. As it was, only 18 out of 60 seats were to be filled by open ballot. Since Tiananmen Square, however, Hong Kong's top priority has been to increase that allotment as a hedge against...
Washington is a hellish city to govern. Guns, crack and poverty prevail. The city bureacracy is a quagmire. The district does not even have final authority over its own budget. The Washington Monthly, a national political journal, recently proclaimed the D.C. administration "the worst city government in America...
...lace flakes were totally invisible behind the saccharine-thick tinsel and the yellow light-bulbs which were crusting their smarmy way up the tree. That tree, with nothing but those lovely white-knitted snowflakes among its branches, green and huge, would have been beautiful. Clearly my employees, my Govern-Ment, was doing a lousey job; some Christmas Bulbs'n'Tinsel business was winning out over the Old People, and I meant to kick some beauracratic butt. "Lobbying," or "white collar terrorism," is the more usual term...