Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 21, 1991, Winnipeg, Manitoba Free de Mandela clash on to outburst Mars historic Concession of Power by White government Bychow Artym Chicago Tribune Johannesburg the White minority South african government relinquished its absolute hold on Power voluntarily surren Dering some of its authority to a new National constitutional forum dominated by but that historic made on the opening Day of South Africa Long awaited negotiations to draft a new no racial was nearly obscured by a bitter Public Exchange Between the country two most important president de Klerk and african National Congress Leader Nelson months of rising tension Between the two men Over the continuing political violence in the country Black townships erupted for the nation to see live on television when Mandela denounced de Klerk As an apartheid product who is not fit to be a head of de shaking with declared that he would refrain from at tacking Mandela in despite the fact that he has made very hurtful allegations against three of the 19 political parties attending the constitutional talks refused to sign a declaration of intent that is supposed to commit participants to work toward the formulation of a fully democratic Constitution that would give Blacks and Whites equal Foremost among the dissenters was the inkatha Freedom the Zulu dominated party led by chief Mango Othu but Elezi that has been waging a bloody War against the Anc for dominance in the the party said it didst like the wording of several Para despite having agreed to them earlier in the week during a preparatory committee but Elezi himself declined to at tend the talks when his demands for special additional Zulu delegations to be present at the talks were turned it All added up to a Rocky Start for the convention for a democratic South As the constitutional talks Are being both Black and White extremist groups have refused to take part in the which represent the first time in the coun try history that politicians of All races have sat Down together to try to Chart South Africa Post apartheid the government and the two leading parties at the talks appeared determined to try to make the convention a the first session is scheduled to con clude with detailed bargaining set to begin in de who initiated South Afri Cas dramatic Reform process less than two years ago when he in banned Black political groups and re leased Mandela from solemnly signed the declaration of in which specifically commits the government to implement All future decisions taken by the that provision explicitly con strains the White governments pow and subordinates it to the will of the for the first de Klerk proclaimed his governments willingness to negotiate some form of multiracial interim government a Central demand of the it is not the governments approach to cling to Power or abuse its Powers during the de Klerk we Are convinced that it is in the Best interests of South Africa and All its people for us to Institute As a first a government that is broadly representative of the total de Klerk also insisted that his White constituents would have to be Given the Opportunity to approve any new arrangements in a referendum an effective White veto that the Anc the angry Exchange Between Man Dela and de Klerk the worst such episode since the two men started negotiating with one another in february 1990 started when de Klerk sharply criticized the Anc for continuing to refuse to abandon its armed struggle to overthrow the the Anc suspended activities by its armed us Shonto we size of the last but has so far refused to Dis solve the an organization which remains committed to armed struggle cannot be trusted completely when it also commits itself to peacefully negotiated de Klerk the remarks outraged who lashed Back that de Klerk was the head of an discredited minority Lack of openness beginning to Sully Romanowsk reign by Chris Wattle Canadian press Regina some of the gloss has begun to Peel away from Saskatchewan shiny new nip government and its Promise of an open and accountable less than two months after taking Premier Roy Romanowsk new democrats have come under fire for purges of the civil service and Romanow has been accused of committing Many of the sins he Laid at the door of the former conserva Tive government when the nip was in i think theres a tremendous need inside the nip for some Type of Polit ical says Rick Deputy Leader of the opposition con when you add All their various measures you can come to no Ether conclusion than they simply want some Type of the Agenda is strictly after the new democrats swept to Power in a landslide election Victory they set up an open the books commission to probe the provinces finances and examine records left by the but the commission itself is doing its business behind closed Swenson Calls the commission a political Witch pure and without Public scrutiny its just a he it Doest Cost one thin dime to simply say to the come on to let reporters listen to their the government has also been wary about releasing papers left after nine years of tory leaking Only carefully selected documents from the previous and the nip has quietly fired about 200 employees of provincial departments and Crown Corpora in Many cases without any announcement or Public acknowledge ment that the firings took most of those fired were political appointees of the previous Romanow bristles at suggestions his governments image has been Hurt by its handling of issues like the i do not think its tarnished one not at the Premier one of the most High profile people fired was George president of Saskatchewan Power the provincial he was replaced on an interim basis by Jack a for Mer nip Cabinet minister and the party Campaign messers appointment and that of Don a former partner in to Manors old Law firm in have been criticized As old fashioned Saskatchewan auditor refuses to endorse books Canadian press Saskatoon Saskatchewan calling the governments accounting methods refused to endorse the provinces Public accounts tabled in the Legisla Ture this in an unprecedented Wayne Strelioff wrote the Public accounts do not present fairly the financial position of the government because of inappropriate Strelioff s comments refer to the Public accounts for the 199091 fiscal which Are supposed to be a full accounting of every Dollar the government spent during the there is need for a rigorous account of the full nature and extent of the financial affairs and resources for which the government is respond the auditor wrote in his Strelioff said he will have More to w a say about the governments financial statements in his annual which is expected in Many of his concerns Are not but this is the first time an auditor has refused to sign off the govern ments financial which Means he wont vouch for the accuracy of the information it nip finance ministered Tchorzewski said Strelioff has identified some very serious flaws in the governments accounting methods and his department is already working to Correct the auditors opinion is further Evi Dence of the former conservative governments mismanagement and will be studied further by the newly appointed financial review Tchorzewski in particular Strelioff criticized accounting for pension de and Mandela face off at opening of negotiations toward no racial galleons greeted by protest groups Reuters san Juan demonstrators protesting against Spanish genocide in the americas burned a Spanish Flag yester Day As replicas of Christopher Columbus three galleons arrived in the puerto rican Capi Tal in a reenactment of his Voy age 500 years waving banners bearing White a group of about 100 protesters rallied at the cites Spanish colonial Cathe the Spanish built fortress and the pier in old san some protesters set a Span ish Flag ablaze As puerto rican Rafael Hernandez Colon welcomed the arrival of the Pinta and Santa Maria ships and their Church and human rights groups said the Columbus anniversary is no occasion for Cele bration because he brought Only disease and enslavement for native the Taino natives disappeared from puerto Rico be cause of his said Jaime a spokesman for a group of protesters from the puerto rican town we Are repudiating this cel this Joy at the 500th some native groups have announced plans to mourn the anniversary and the National Council of churches issued a Resolution saying co Lumbus arrival was an inva Sion that should be observed with not Cerebra last a group of natives from British Columbia intercepted the ships off the coast of puerto Rico and said pro tests will await the ships on each of their planned stops throughout the americas in dignitaries at the ceremony to Greet the ships arrival said the protests reflected the views of a Rafael the Spanish Consul in puerto said the burning of the Spanish Flag was lamentable but its Good they the protesters unburden were closing our doors Public notice clearcut factory direct 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