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...also has cunning, and a formidable state patronage system that works for him, as well as a constitution that he had made to measure. But his vision these days is not of a Russian renaissance. Instead, he is a man obsessed with simple survival. As a frustrated member of parliament, Vladimir Semago, said after Saturday's impeachment vote, "He's like a bear protecting his lair--he's defending himself and his family...
...from an opposition coalition led by Megawati Sukarnopurti -- the left-leaning daughter of President Sukarno, who was overthrown by Suharto in a bloody coup in 1965. Still, says Dowell, "Habibie can't lose -- he's the approved candidate of the military, which keeps 238 of the 500 seats in parliament for their own appointees." The military orchestrated Suharto's ouster in the face of mass protests, and has been moving at its own pace to democratize the country. "Remember, this is a group of islands inhabited by an absolute diversity of linguistic, religious and ethnic groups bound together only...
Sergei Stepashin is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. After his nomination sailed through parliament Wednesday, the former secret policeman now shares the lot of all of Boris Yeltsin's prime ministers. "The very ease with which he was confirmed will immediately rouse Yeltsin's suspicion," says TIME Moscow bureau chief Paul Quinn-Judge. "After all, for all his ill health and mental diminution, Yeltsin still controls the political system here, and he's immediately suspicious of any prime minister who appears to get along with the Duma or enjoys public confidence. Of course, a prime...
...Duma's acceptance of Stepashin's nomination wasn't simply a backhanded curse. "They're deeply demoralized by their failure to impeach Yeltsin and they fear he may be out to provoke a crisis to dissolve parliament, possibly even banning them," says Quinn-Judge. "And of course, they have a demonstrably incompetent leadership." Stepashin made the usual promises about fighting corruption and reforming the economy. But Russians see Stepashin as a familiar sideshow, while real power remains in the hands of an all-powerful president whose physical and mental health are in perilous decline...
Although unspoken as of yet, a national unity government between Netanyahu's Likud and Barak's Labor may be in the cards. Both candidates realize that it may be impossible to cobble together a sustainable coalition in the parliament. A government coalition composed of both major parties would enable Israel's leaders to execute the critical decisions necessary for peace based on real consensus. However, you won't hear either candidate utter the words "national unity" until after the elections. If Bibi were to do so, his ultra-Orthodox voters would not approach the ballot box. Likewise, if Barak spoke...