Its key achievement was a rule enabling the Democratic caucus to elect committee chairmen.
In a rare defeat for Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, backbench members of his Liberal Party rebelled today in the House of Commons and voted for an opposition proposal that would give lawmakers the right to elect committee chairmen of their own choice.
If the House can elect committee chairs by majority vote, so can the Senate.
A major 1998 law governing village elections ducked the central unresolved issue, at once granting substantial authority to elected committees and noting the leading role of the party branch.
At Amref's instigation, the villagers have elected committees and representatives to work on the project alongside local government officials.
In 1973 a rural reorganization program in which elected committees would sell produce to state-owned companies was initiated, and the government began to take control of joint French-Malagasy organizations.
The district governor wielded his connections to Kabul as best he could, but did not possess great influence, in part because — in keeping with the most sophisticated state-building methods — government aid was mainly distributed by locally elected committees.
"All around here, relations between the elected committees and the party secretaries are quite tense," said a resident of Mr. Sun's village who would only give her surname, Liu.
While the government forces organized, Shays, Day, and other rebel leaders in the west organized their forces, establishing regional regimental organizations that were run by democratically elected committees.
4. GOVERNING OURSELVES (Democratically elected committees and governing bodies, security police, fire departments and more). 5. OUR FOOD (Communal kitchens, food distribution, drive to establish family-style eating).
