Word: parliament
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...October 1974 Dubcek addressed a lengthy protest to Czechoslovakia's Parliament against the system of absolute power ruling his country. "It is crucial," he wrote, "that the very concept behind this method of governing be destroyed theoretically, organizationally and politically...
...habeas corpus remained in effect and newspapers were ominously warned that the law still prohibited the press from "exciting disaffection" or printing any "defamation" of the country's top leaders, political freedom still increased greatly relative to the way conditions were, especially after the announcement that elections for Parliament, disbanded during the emergency, would take place in March...
Instead, immediately after Desai's release, he joined forces with the leaders of three other opposition parties in a coalition called the Janata (People's) Party. In the previous Parliament, members of the newly-formed party held only 50 seats, compared to 350 seats controlled by Gandhi's Congress Party. Nevertheless, Desai declared upon leaving prison, "We hope to win a thumping majority, not just a small majority...
...result of internal maneuverings between Ram and the Prime Minister's son, Sanjay Gandhi. The 30-year-old Sanjay has begun to amass significant power as a behind-the-scenes actor in his mother's camp. After the elections, it is very likely that several dozen members of parliament will owe their seats in some way to the machinations of Sanjay. It is also believed that he forced Ram out of the cabinet to prepare the powerful agriculture post for one of his political allies, or maybe even himself...
...that time, Powell's obsession so embarrassed Britain's Conservatives that Tory Leader Edward Heath booted his maverick front bencher out of the shadow cabinet. Powell later gave up a Tory seat he had held for 24 years, joined the Ulster Unionists and returned to Parliament from South Down, a Northern Ireland district, but his clipped mustache and hypnotic blue eyes remain familiar all over the country...