Word: parliament
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...line. Declaring himself fully recovered from the stroke he suffered in January, he reclaimed his position as head of state, in defiance of resolutions by the National Party's parliamentary and provincial organizations. Since he resigned as leader of the party last month and is not a member of Parliament or the . Cabinet, the chief executive is now accountable...
...multimillion-dollar banking scandal that the Prime Minister personally received some of those millions as secret payments for political favor. The accusations, which ran in TIME and as a cover story in several of the magazine's foreign editions, inspired passionate outcry in Greece and provoked opposition leaders in Parliament to demand the Prime Minister's resignation...
...opposition parties planned mass street rallies to force Papandreou's resignation, Parliament was debating a motion of no confidence that would bring about new elections. But most political observers predicted that Papandreou would weather the vote, set for early this week. His political fate is not likely to be settled until Greece holds scheduled elections in June, and the outlook for the beleaguered Prime Minister then is considerably more problematic...
...that they had agreed on a thorough reorganization of the political system. The reform would include the creation of a senate to complement the existing lower house, or Sejm, with members chosen in free elections, as well as the institution of a powerful presidency, with the officeholder selected by parliament. Said Jacek Kuron, a leader of the banned Solidarity trade union: "This is a step toward democracy, the like of which has never been taken before under this system...
...Tehran, Iran's parliament voted to cut the Islamic Republic's relations with Britain if Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's government did not officially denounce Rushdie's novel. Britain responded with a carrot and a stick. Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe told the BBC World Service that Britain understood why Muslims criticized the book and said it was "offensive" for comparing Britain to Nazi Germany. But he emphasized that nothing justified Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini's order to kill Rushdie...