Word: premiers
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...outburst was as unexpected as it was final. Some blamed it on a personality clash that occurred on De Gaulle's visit to Conakry last month. Angered by Sekou Touré's public criticism of the new constitution, De Gaulle refused to dine with the Guinean Premier. More important, probably, is Touré's vaulting ambition. He is in close touch with President Kwame Nkrumah of independent Ghana and has a mystic concept of his role in the future greatness of his continent. "All Africa is my problem," he boasts. A Marxist-trained unionist himself, Sekou Tour...
Personal Status. As Premier of the new "government," Ferhat Abbas represents a more moderate choice than might have been expected. A placid ex-pharmacist who speaks much better French than Arabic ("I cannot read Arabic, and I speak it like a country bumpkin"), Abbas was long the recognized leader of the pro-French Moslems, has worked most of his life to bring France and Moslem Algerians into a decent, humane relationship. Though he was twice jailed by the French and called a salaud (dirty bum) by a right-wing Deputy when he was a member of the French Constituent Assembly...
Bourguiba turned hostile, and Yahmed resigned from the Cabinet. The final break came when Bourguiba brought to trial Millionaire Tahar ben Amar, a moderate nationalist who served as interim Premier before Bourguiba took over. Although Ben Amar was charged with tax evasion, the government used the trial to accuse him of "treason" in helping the Bey's family smuggle jewels from the country. Complained old Ben Amar: "I did not want to be Premier in the first place. I only accepted because Bourguiba pleaded with me to accept." The court's finding: no treasonable behavior, but it levied...
Glitter Gone. The new regime is still wreaking its vengeance on the old. Last week the government prosecutor demanded the head of U.S.-educated ex-Premier Fadhil Jamali. Jamali's chief crime: taking Iraq into the Baghdad Pact. Cried the prosecutor: "God ordained that we should have one head left out of those destroyed at the hands of the people. God be praised for these blessed hours in which the enemy of the people stands in the prisoner's dock before the People's Court...
PARIS--France Sunday approved Premier de Gaulle's new constitution by an overwhelming vote. The action registered a firm expression of confidence in De Gaulle himself...