Word: vetoes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Washington hearing last week, the chairman of the House Banking Committee stared at one of the nation's top managers of money. Grumbled Texas Representative Wright Patman: "You can absolutely veto everything the President does. You have the power to veto what the Congress does, and the fact is that you have done it. You are going...
Greece and Turkey immediately accepted the plan; Greek and Turkish Cypriots rejected it. Russia, ever eager to fish in troubled waters, insisted on a United Nations truce force, which Moscow hoped to control by virtue of its veto in the U.N. Security Council. Bearded Archbishop Makarios, neutralist President of Cyprus, would also prefer a U.N. mission, since he fears that a NATO contingent would lead to an actual partition of the island between Greek and Turkish communities. Nonetheless, Makarios knows well that if he rejects the Anglo-U.S. proposal, he will risk renewed savagery and possible invasion of Cyprus...
...seems likely that Makarios will get some revisions of the constitution, which even the British concede is unwieldy and perhaps unfairly weighted with veto powers for the Turkish minority. But even a more workable constitution may not guarantee peace. Zekia Bey, a Turkish Cypriot on the Supreme Court, said sadly: "I don't think there can ever be any hope of coexistence between Greek and Turk here. It has now been established that to become a political leader in Cyprus you must have the right qualification-you must have killed someone. The greatest difficulty is that...
Since Cyprus must remain one nation and since any nation needs a government which can Function, the first move towards progress in Cyprus is to remove the Vice-President's veto. This would not be an intolerable demand to make of the Turkish faction. The Turkish community (18 percent of the population) would still retain the constitutionally guaranteed control of the Vice-Presidency, 30 percent of the Council of Ministers, 30 percent of the House of Representatives, 30 percent of the ponce force, and 40 percent of the army. More important, the Turkish Cypriotes would retain their own community government...
However, an end of the absolute minority veto is only the first step towards a workable government. The door must be opened for further advances. Cyprus has no way amend its constitution. It needs a method of amendment that will enable the Turks to protect their present status, and allow changes now acceptable to both parties. The larger reforms can occur when Greco-Turkish relations reach happier times...