Word: parliament
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most popular politician and the big winner of this spring's parliamentary elections, was after his job. Despite his unquestioned success as Premier, therefore, Tshombe had to go. "The mission I conferred upon him in 1964 has been completed," Kasavubu explained to a joint session of the new Parliament. "Therefore, out of respect for the habitual rules of democracy and since his government has not resigned on its own initiative, I have today put an end to its functions...
...Katanga rebellion and accompanied him into exile in Europe. Kimba's first steps as Premier were encouraging. "To the Congolese people and to the foreigners in our country," he announced, "we guarantee peace and security." Then he invited Tshombe, who still commands the biggest voting bloc in Parliament, to take a leading part in his new coalition Cabinet...
...Eshkol to develop the Negev, then gave a two-hour evening lecture on other Eshkol shortcomings. In prep aration for Israel's general elections on Nov. 2, Ben-Gurion has founded a new party called Rafi and is seeking to wrest the balance of power in the Knesset (Parliament) from his hand-picked replacement for Premier...
...Republicans get 134). Besides, Demirel himself showed that he knows where the real power lies. "The Turkish army," said he politely, "is a great asset to the nation. I don't know of any other army in the world that turned power over to a civilian Parliament only a year and a half after the revolution...
...annual conference, the headlines were dominated by the Rhodesian crisis. And when Wilson flew up to Balmoral to see the Queen, the blood froze in Tory veins: with a mere two-vote majority and the opinion polls rapidly swinging his way, Wilson might well be asking permission to dissolve Parliament and call an election. Not so, or at least not yet. But the reaction in Brighton all too clearly revealed the Tories' defensive state of mind...