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...confident President Jose Napoleon Duarte strode into his country's Supreme Court in San Salvador early last Monday to try to convince the tribunal that his partial veto of a proposed election law was constitutional. Court President Francisco Jose Guerrero escorted Duarte, flanked by three of his chief ministers, up four flights of steps to the court chambers. As it happened, the court elevator was not working because hours earlier a bomb, planted by leftist guerrillas, had left sections of San Salvador, the capital, without power. The scene aptly symbolized the twin crises faced by Duarte. On the one hand...
Duarte responded by vetoing what he considered to be objectionable parts of the bill. However, El Salvador's 13-month-old constitution does not make an allowance for such line-item vetoes by the chief executive. Thus the assembly ignored Duarte's action and went ahead and published the original version of the bill. As the country waited for the court's ruling, which could come within days, on Duarte's claim that he has the right of selective veto, the elections were postponed until March...
...Foundation. It is difficult to understand how this board can make decisions concerning race relations among undergraduates without a single undergraduate, Third World or White, in its body. Certainly, there are students who have selflessly helped coordinate several Foundation events, but those students do not have the power to veto policy or vote on grant allocation...
Papandreou campaigned against Greek participation in NATO and the E.G. when he came to power in 1981, and he has been difficult ever since. Community decisions must be unanimous, and Papandreou has used the veto threat while demanding special benefits for Greece. He borrowed the tactic from Thatcher, who stalled the Community for five years while she insisted that Britain deserved a rebate on its Community budget contributions. In Dublin, Papandreou dragged the summit for five hours beyond its scheduled closing to argue that Greek, French and Italian farmers will need massive financial aid to help them adjust...
...Greek Prime Minister agreed to go along with the Community in negotiating the agreements with Spain, but reserved his right to veto the entry of the applicants. The demands, which were labeled "Utopian" by Kohl, seemed to leave most of the other leaders more annoyed than concerned. The reason: Greece already receives $750 million a year more from the E.C. than it pays in. If Spanish membership is blocked, West Germany will refuse to raise its revenue contributions to the Community, and there will be no money at all for Mediterranean support programs. Declared Kohl: "Anyone who blocks the entry...