Word: parliament
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...campaign songs go, these lyrics would be, to say the least, original: "Everything has been confused and intertwined." "In our house there are remains from the rotten truth." Nevertheless, Oleg Gazmanov, 42, hopes to woo Russian voters with his soulful music. The hip-swiveling pop star is running for parliament next month on the Russian Democratic Reform Movement ticket and believes his sexy image and chart-topping hits will attract "ordinary people" who otherwise might not vote. "I sing in order to unite people," he says. "I see it as my civic duty to be a candidate...
...bewildering task, since few Russian voters will be able to decipher from the draft constitution's 66 pages and 137 articles what parliament's role will be, what procedures it will follow, or how the 450 members of its lower house, the Duma, and the 176 delegates of its upper chamber will coordinate with the executive. No one even knows where the Duma will meet, although one proposed site, on the outskirts of Moscow 10 miles from the Kremlin, suggests the importance the new parliament will command in Yeltsin's estimation...
...designed to bring full democracy and a long list of fundamental rights to 28 million increasingly impatient blacks, while assuring 5 million apprehensive whites that black rule will not threaten their lives and livelihoods. After elections scheduled for April 27, the country will be governed by a two-house parliament, one elected by proportional representation, the other by nine new provincial legislatures, that will write a permanent constitution. The President, chosen by the winning party, will oversee a Cabinet of 27 ministers, including representatives from any party that wins 5% of the vote. A powerful constitutional court will back...
Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa won a powerful victory when the lower house of Japan's parliament passed his four-bill reform package. The country's notoriously corrupt political system will undergo a major overhaul if the bills are passed by the parliament's upper house, as expected. Among the changes are a switch to single-member constituencies and a ban on corporate campaign donations to individual politicians...
...insisted that his conservative National Party could govern with 50 out of 99 parliamentary seats, vs. 45 for Labour and four for minor parties. But a National M.P. is expected to be named as Speaker, who cannot routinely support the government. Bolger thus faces the possibility of a hung parliament on key ballots...