Word: parliament
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...allegations that he accepted favors from the department store. This time it's Neil Hamilton, the government's Corporate Affairs Minister who oversees business ethics. Last Thursday, Northern Ireland Minister Tim Smith quit after he admitted taking a payoff from Harrods before carrying water for the department store in Parliament. Hamilton, however, is going out swinging, insisting he did nothing wrong and threatening to sue The Guardian -- the paper that broke the scandal. His resignation may be good news for scandal-plagued Prime Minister John Major. Explains TIME London reporter Helen Gibson: "Now, Hamilton can fight his own battle without...
President Boris Yeltsin, calling the currency crash "a threat to our national security," fired acting Finance Minister Sergei Dubinin, a critic of easing monetary policy, and asked parliament to dismiss central bank chairman Victor Gerashenko -- who resigned, but only after a personal meeting with Yeltsin. Considered by many an obstacle to reform, Gerashenko had balked at spending scarce hard-currency reserves to prop up the ruble as it went into free fall...
...next few weeks parliament must still consider the fate of Gerashenko and vote on the economic stewardship of Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin. In the meantime, the Russian public has already made its views known: as of last week, half the population is thought to be holding savings in U.S. dollars rather than rubles...
...Israelis would have been justified in not resuming talks for several weeks, in order to convince Arafat of the seriousness of their demands. But Rabin, and a large number of Israeli Parliament members, are far too committed to peace to run the risk of losing the momentum that peace demands. It is unfortunate that Arafat does not exhibit the same commitment to peace...
...same time becoming Haiti's palace guard. But ready or not, the figurative baton could be thrust into Aristide's hands as early as this Saturday, when the remaining military rulers, Lieut. General Raoul Cedras and Brigadier General Philippe Biamby, have agreed to step down. Last week the Haitian parliament approved an amnesty bill that will permit Aristide to grant the generals pardons as sweeping or narrow as he chooses, but they are obligated to resign no matter what he decides...