Word: impeaches
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...proposed constitution significantly enhances Yeltsin's power. He has the right to name the prime minister, to dissolve parliament, and to appoint the head of the Central Bank, a crucial position in Russia's fledgling market economy. The constitution also makes it difficult to impeach the president, requiring a two-thirds majority of parliament and the consent of the constitutional court, the judicial arm of the Russian government. And by casting doubt on his earlier promise to hold presidential elections in 1994, Yeltsin may have also secured his position until...
Yeltsin at first said he would challenge the 50% rule but later decided against conducting a parallel referendum with more favorable questions. Meanwhile, Vyacheslav Kostikov, spokesman for Yeltsin, warned that Congress might try yet again to impeach Yeltsin before the referendum...
...below the Pentagon's own figures -- and were right. He told Bush he supported the operation but warned it would require congressional approval. Within days, Bush sent a letter asking for congressional support. Had he not, Aspin told his policy advisers privately, "I'd have led the move to impeach...
...scrappy, street-fighting spirit in the yearlong struggle with the Congress. This was the old Yeltsin again, showing rebellious parliamentarians that he was ready to absorb whatever blows they delivered -- and then hit them harder than ever before. It may have come too late. His enemies threatened to impeach him before he could even get a popular vote organized. But on Sunday he won crucial support from the entire government, including the ministers of defense and security, that could keep him safe until April...
...last three elections, the Beys-Heinicke faction has won out. Aronberg best Kalkanis in fall 1992. Beys staved off Rhew's efforts to impeach him last spring. And with the departure of a large part of the Kalkanis-Rauch-Rhew faction last year, Heinicke won the fall election handily over Duncan...