Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 9, 1971, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free thursday december 9. 1971 italians vote for president . Charges denied Rome special tons Italy s presidential electors be Gan balloting today to select the sixth president of the Republic. The new president elected for seven years must face the arduous task of presiding Over a nation of 55 million people undergoing a Sharp economic re cession and wracked by Politi Cal and social unrest. The which is being undertaken by electors in eluding members of both houses of parliament and Spe Cial regional delegates is not expected to be completed Quick la a 2-3 majority is needed on the first three ballots and after that a simple majority of 505. But even simple majorities Are not easily mustered in the fragmented world of italian political parties. In 1965, it took 13 Days and 21 ballots to elect the incumbent president Giuseppe Sara Gat a Leader of the social democratic party. In the initial balloting every party nominates a favorite son candidate thus foreclosing the possibility of an Early election in a parliament where no party has an absolute majority. Then the. Politicians get around to horse trading and Wheeler dealing eventually to line up enough votes behind one candidate. The current front runner on the eve of the election is the expected favorite son of the Chris Tian democrats anti store fan Fani 63, the cautious president of the Senate and four times Italy s Premier. The Christian democrats m theory can pull together 423 votes which is a Long step to Ward putting a candidate Over the top. But the Christian democrats do not necessarily agree among themselves and or. Fanfani who is generally associated with the Centre Rig lit of his party has. A Strong rival in Aldo Moro 55, the foreign min ister who has a following among the party s left. Should the party be split be tween these Foremost figures it might still rally behind Mariano Rumor 55, a Well liked former Premier or Giovanni Leone a neopolitan Deputy who More than once has. Presided Over caretaker governments during Italy s frequent political crises. The second most powerful bloc among the electors is the communist party with 259 votes which has promised to support a socialist. Candidate for president since no communist could Ever Hope the socialists in turn have nominated As their candidate Francesco de Martino 64, Deputy Premier and the socialist party chairman. The other pos sible socialist contender is the Veteran mainstay of the party 80-year-old Pietro Nenni. The social democrats say that they will vote for or. , but the 73-year old president faces a tradition of a single term italian pres ident. Further the Christian democrats the Church linked party Are determined to see their own Man occupy the Quirinale pal Ace for the next seven years. But should a real deadlock ensue among the parties and the factions within the parties almost any dark horse stands a Chance of being elected. Or. Sara Gat himself was such a Long Odds contender seven years ago. In the past the italian presi Dency unlike that of the . Chief executive has been a mainly figurehead office. The president however does have the Power to name the prime minister and the Cabinet and also to and order re elections the next is scheduled for but no president has yet dissolved the legislative body. Says not lax continued As a result of discussions with Crown counsel the film was viewed once again by the Crown lawyers before a final report was completed and for warded to attorney general Al Hackling. Alderman Max Mulder vice chairman of the commission who presided at the meeting wondered about the time lapse Between the investigation and the seizure of the movie and the charges. In the meantime peo ple saw said Aid. Mulder referring to attendance since complaints were first received. Aid. E. A. Brotman said the police should t be faulted in this instance. They moved As quickly As they he said adding that the delays should not be blamed upon the investigating morality officers. Continued it was said that Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi told the United states and other coun tries she recently visited that the Only Hope for a peaceful so Lution to the problems of bang la Desh the rebels name for East Pakistan was the unconditional release of sheikh Fuji Bur so that he would save an Opportunity to talk to his elected sheikh Mujibur s party the. Swami league won 167 of East Pakistan s 169 seats in the National Assembly in elections last december but in March Gen. Yahya Khan postponed in definitely the meeting of the new. Assembly. Throughout the six months of secret negotiation it was said Here the1 . Intermediaries were unable to persuade the pakistani president to release the sheikh. We told them our assessment was that fruitful talks could Only be held with sheikh the spokes men stressed. We said we were opposed to a so called civilian government of Quisling and that it would not result in a solution of any the government spokes Man said. On nov. 18, when the Indian ambassador was summoned to the state department officials Here related he was told Noth ing new. We received the same old proposal arid we were also told Gen. Yahya was not pre pared to release the sheikh de spite efforts made by the United other govern ments to obtain this the White House that the ambassador was told on that Day Washington and. Islamabad were prepared to Dis cuss a precise timetable for establishing political autonomy for East Pakistan. According to some reports circulating Here the proposal envisaged Independence for East Pakistan in three to five years. Indian troops crossed into the Border town of Bora on nov. 20 on grounds that pakistani forces were shelling Indian Vil Lages from positions there. Indi an spokesmen insist their response was local and dealt with it on a local the indians take the position that attempted Aerial Blitz on dec. 3 internationalized the War. India also told the United states that it could not risk withdrawal of its troops from Forward Border positions in the West because its own military garrisons were More than 400 Miles from the Boundary while Pakistan s regular military Sta tons were within 60 Miles strik ing distance. In View of the fact that we had experienced aggression from Pakistan three times in recent years we were not pre pared for officials Here said. The americans accepted that idea. They said yes we know your experience has not been very a major Point made by the Indian government wednesday was that its terms for ending the War was a political Settle ment in the East one that would establish an Independent Bengal state which the indians and Bengali Independence Lead ers now refer to As Bangladesh. Bangladesh so far As India is concerned is a Sovereign in dependent country and the government of Bangladesh is the Only leg imitate one we recon one official sail any one who thinks Bangladesh is a figment of an in Dian dream is looked at in the coldest terms Bangladesh As an in dependent nation would insure India s domination of the sub continent and raise it to major Power status with China. The loss of East Pakistan might also foment separatist move ments in West Pakistan Iri the separatist minded states of sind. And Baluchistan where punjabi domination is also resented. But the indians have Well grounded fears of pakistani military designs on the predominant 1 y Muslim states of Kashmir and. Jammu in the Northwest. That was the Pri Mary motive for the e-1965-War. It is also hard to quarrel with claim 10 million Bengali., refugees who poured into of India Are a massive Drain on an Indi an Economy that was just be ginning to right itself. This is Why the general As Sembly s action rubs particularly sore Here. Sympathy for India s refugee Burden was widely expressed in the United nations. But no one offered to take some of the Milb on of fugitive bengalis off India s hands. The majority of the refugees will not return until they feel there is no possibility of the pakistani massacres of last March Ever happening again. For most of the Bengali an Independent state of their own May Well seem the Best Guaran tee of that. It would after All be the seventh largest nation in the world. Cairo wrestling was a popular sport in ancient times. 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