Resignation
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After the EU forced our government into submission, and following my resignation, those salaries were raised by up to 71% – the CEO’s annual pay was bumped to €220,000 ($235,000).
Polls indicate that a majority of the electorate would favor Trump’s
resignation
if it were proved that his campaign colluded with Russia to sway the election.
Ozawa’s political style is that of his mentor, former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka (1972-1974), who became the longtime boss of the biggest faction of the former ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) after his
resignation
following bribery charges.
Demands for Putin’s
resignation
would lead only to the marginalization of the protest movement.
called for the
resignation
of N. Gregory Mankiw...”Of course, the Washington Post’s journalists know, on some level, that they were being unfair to Mankiw.
This provoked the
resignation
of Budisa from the presidency of the Social Liberal Party, inciting a virtual split in this key coalition partner, the only party in the government coalition that wanted to resist the Hague Tribunal.
Europe’s Snuff JusticeROME – Late last month, Brussels was rocked by the surprise
resignation
of European Union Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner John Dalli over his alleged involvement in a tobacco bribery scandal.
Later this week, demonstrations calling for the government's
resignation
are planned, and it will become obviously more difficult for the government to continue to function.
Professionals have been integral parts of such movements, because modernization encourages action rather than
resignation.
De Gaulle’s constitution has also proved flexible enough to allow France to overcome several crises – Algeria, May 1968, de Gaulle’s resignation, changes of government from right to left, and antagonism between left-wing presidents and right-wing prime ministers or vice-versa (“la cohabitation”), as occurred in 1986, 1993, and 1997.
On the contrary, the recent
resignation
from the premiership of Yukio Hatoyama created more uncertainty than his own government did.
Indeed, a week before Rato’s
resignation
announcement, the Fund asserted that it had the right to censure countries whose intervention policies threaten to undermine global economic stability.
His eloquent
resignation
letter made clear that he objected not just to the Syrian blunder, but to a pattern of behavior: Trump’s confusion of allies and opponents; his willingness to abandon friends, such as the Kurds; and his trashing of alliances, such as NATO.
But distancing themselves from the perception of wrongdoing will be essential to his cabinet colleagues’ ability to realize their own long-term political aspirations, especially if calls for
resignation
grow louder.
The Workd Bank's Anti-Corruption Fight ContinuesThe recent turbulence surrounding the
resignation
of Paul Wolfowitz from the Presidency of the World Bank has underscored the need to push ahead with the Bank’s good governance and anti-corruption agenda.
Questions for Robert ZoellickPaul Wolfowitz’s
resignation
from the World Bank solved one problem, but brought another to light.
Whatever she says now, British prime ministers often seek their own mandate, as Harold Macmillan did when he came to power following Anthony Eden’s
resignation
in 1957, and as Harold Wilson did in 1966 after receiving a wafer-thin majority in 1964.
He has already been forced to accept the
resignation
of his vice president, Roxana Baldetti, and several cabinet ministers.
Calls for the president’s
resignation
have foundered, but the near-unanimous conclusion is that this government is Mexico’s most corrupt since the late 1980s.
Bachelet tried to show voters she was taking the issue seriously, requesting the
resignation
of the entire government (though several key aides were either re-appointed or shuffled into new posts).
CAIRO – In the months since Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s resignation, his successors have signaled a shift in foreign policy by reaching out to former adversaries.
The appeal of groups like the Islamic State to young people reared in democratic countries highlights these societies’ growing disparities in educational and economic opportunity, which are breeding cynicism, resignation, and anger among those who find themselves locked out of the social elite.
They pointed to our supposed psyche of
resignation
as a symptom of relative decline.
Other rebel factions demand Assad’s resignation; we insist on no such preconditions.
Asia’s Dysfunctional DemocraciesThe abrupt
resignation
of Thailand’s Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is but another sign of a disturbing paradox: the more “vigorous” Asian democracy becomes, the more dysfunctional it is.
Indeed, one of the causes of the protests that led to the
resignation
of Thailand’s Thaksin was the accusation that he was weakening his country’s democratic traditions in favor of personal rule.
It took the Watergate scandal in 1974 and Nixon’s
resignation
to make Gerald Ford (who became President upon Nixon’s resignation) lose in 1976.
The first is Monti’s surprise
resignation
in December, after losing the backing of Berlusconi’s party.
For the Saudis, the only acceptable solution starts with the
resignation
of Assad and his government, while Geneva II envisages a transitional government in which all of the parties are represented.
That plan failed, ultimately leading to Baker’s
resignation
as UN envoy.
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