The Senate also secured by massive bribery the election of an anti-Caesarean, Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus.
That led to the election of an able, more forthright successor, Javier Perez de Cuellar.
So far the ministry has not interfered with the theater, even after the election of an Islamist government.
In the abstract, against the background of the election of an African-American president, that argument has indisputable force.
Perhaps it will be the parliamentary defeat of an austerity budget or the election of an extreme populist party.
Once the military assures the election of an acceptable president, Islamists would probably walk out of the legislature.
This week they were near record lows, despite the election of an explicitly anti-austerity government in Greece.
So, the election of an African-American president has not cast us into a sunlit utopian "post-racial" society?
President Vladimir Voronin failed in Parliament on Wednesday to secure the election of an ally, Zinaida Greceanii, as his successor.
He was ordained just as Benedict resigned, so for him the election of an Argentinian pope felt particularly auspicious.
No application to contest the election of an officer shall be heard, unless notice thereof, in writing, signed by the party contesting, is given.
