If they step down, the conservatives may choose to impose emergency rule to pre-empt protest.
In August Congress decided in a secret vote not to strip him of his seat.The ficha limpa ("clean record") law, passed in 2010 after earlier protests shamed Congress into action, bars candidates for eight years after a conviction for vote-buying or misuse of public funds, or if they step down to avoid investigation.
Underneath them, a mirrored floor creates a kaleidoscopic effect, giving visitors mild vertigo if they step inside and glance down to see themselves floating in multicolored space.
WASHINGTON — Governors around the country said Friday that they had received letters from an extremist group warning that they might be forcibly removed from office if they did not step down within three days.
He notified 10 principals -- Milton Strong among them -- that if they did not step down voluntarily, he would bring charges against them.
The Brothers may tussle bitterly with the generals in due course, especially if they refuse to step down pretty smartly, but for the moment the two sides are seeking not to antagonise each other.While Cairo has been roiled by two months of street protests, the rest of the country has calmly gone on voting, with the last of three regional rounds due to wrap up on January 11th.
Older youth with mental health challenges living in residential centers were thought to require an intense intervention if they were to step down to family living.
New York Times' reporter Landon Thomas Jr. also claims that 9 of the 12 CEOs had said they would step down if the council was not disbanded first.
Also of interest this week: Andrew Lord (Blum Helman Gallery, 20 West 57th Street): Andrew Lord, now 35 years old, has occupied himself for quite some time with stoneware vessels that look as if they had stepped down out of paintings by Cezanne, and out of Cubist paintings and papiers colles, and made themselves at home in the third dimension.
In fact, several opposition politicians, including Mr Anwar's wife, Wan Azizah, have promised that if they are elected they will duly step down in April to allow Mr Anwar to contest their seat.The strongest rationale for the government to call an early election is to secure another five-year term before economic conditions deteriorate.
So anybody who thinks that if I step down, Obama could appoint someone like me, they're misguided.
