Word: parliament
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...government. The June 7 parliamentary election, to be followed by a presidential vote in November, could change the political equation substantially. But Suharto has at least one strong legal shield: the presidential decrees that laid the foundation for Suharto Inc. were each carefully approved by his rubber-stamp parliament. Moreover, Jakarta has a statute of limitations on most offenses that would exclude crimes committed before 1981. For Suharto of Indonesia, that--along with $9 billion in an Austrian bank--should offer considerable comfort in retirement...
...latter-day Charles for joining forces with far-right leader JEAN-MARIE LE PEN, head of the racist and xenophobic National Front Party. "Non!" the petitioners said to De Gaulle's decision to accept the No. 2 slot on the National Front ticket for next month's European Parliament elections. "The name you bear does not belong to you," they declared, calling his candidacy an "insult to the life and memory of our grandfather and great-uncle." Undaunted, the late President's namesake replied that Le Pen, an ex-paratrooper accused of torturing prisoners during the Algerian...
...Center Party that Lipkin-Shahak represents in the newly elected parliament is almost certain to be a governing partner with the party of Prime Minister-elect EHUD BARAK, who preceded Lipkin-Shahak as military chief of staff. And the two generals were once close, though their relationship tensed over Lipkin-Shahak's initial decision to run against Barak, instead of beside him, in the Labor Party...
...becoming ever harder for him. Despite claims, more often heard in Washington than in Moscow, that "Boris is back" in the driver's seat, his physical health and mental lucidity are often open to question. After dismissing Primakov last week, he seemed confused. The chairs of both houses of parliament say that when Yeltsin phoned to inform them of Primakov's dismissal, he told them his new nominee would be Nikolai Aksenenko, the Railways Minister. Shortly afterward, Stepashin's name was formally announced. His aides brushed off the gaffe--they have become such masters of explanation that justifying a President...
...former army chief, Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, was putting himself forward as a future prime minister. Though his candidacy quickly flopped, the retired general may be up for a lesser but still desirable job: ambassador to the U.S. The Center Party that Lipkin-Shahak represents in the newly elected parliament is almost certain to be a governing partner with the party of prime minister-elect Ehud Barak, who preceded Lipkin-Shahak as military chief of staff. And the two generals were once close, though their relationship tensed over Lipkin-Shahak's initial decision to run against Barak, instead of beside...