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...office. But some of its leaders could suffer permanent damage to their political careers and reputations. Largely because he flatly denied to parliament that government funds were involved in funding the Citizen, one leading Afrikaans newspaper has suggested that Mulder should "review his position'' -a euphemism for resign. Eschel Rhoodie has hinted that an unnamed three-man Cabinet committee supervised the operations of his department. Prime Minister Botha has appointed yet another investigating committee, which is supposed to report to parliament in three weeks. Even John Vorster's name has been mentioned in the scandal; Luyt told...
...week's end Sarkis, who had earlier declared that Lebanon was "on the verge of collapse," had been rudely rebuffed by virtually every important faction in Lebanese politics. Declared former President Camille Chamoun, Christian leader of the National Liberals: "There is nothing left but for Sarkis to resign...
Earlier, Begin had threatened to resign his office should the Cabinet not support his views on the Camp David accords. An informal vote count of that body, however, showed that 40 of its 69 members supported the Prime Minister...
...versatility included, as he admits, a powerful talent for getting fired, and for 'maneuvering himself into situations where honor and restlessness demanded that he resign. He was also good at spending money. The result was that his career continued to take peculiar turns-the commercial fishing venture, for instance-well after he had achieved what for an other man would have been professional security as a flyer and writer...
Both Begin and Sadat face possible strong opposition to the agreements at home. Two members of Begin's 18-man cabinet have said they may resign in protest, and some political observers feel Begin does not have enough support in his Likud coalition to remain Prime Minister...