Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Walsh has refused to resign his seat after being convicted on 41 counts of bank fraud and making false statements in march. Walsh could be punished with up to three and a half years in prison when he is sentenced on September...
...Pastrana. The day after the vote, three audiotapes containing the Giraldo-Rodriguez conversations surfaced in Bogota, casting doubt on the legitimacy of Samper's victory and throwing Colombia into political turmoil. "If it is proved that the President-elect's campaign received drug-trafficking money," said Pastrana, "he should resign because his mandate would be invalid...
...week's might be the last European Union summit for Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez of Spain, whose Socialists suffered their first electoral defeat after 12 years in power as punishment for widespread corruption and a 17.5% unemployment rate, Europe's highest. Gonzalez "has two alternatives," chortled El Mundo. "Either resign and hand over the presidency to another member of his party, or call early elections for next fall." In any case, Gonzalez's days in power could be numbered...
Should he resign from his seat in Congress...
...City Councillor William H. Walsh is found guilty on 41 counts of Bank fraud and making false statements after facing trial for seven weeks. Despite numerous calls from his colleagues to step down, Walsh refuses to resign his seat...