But a prime ministerial appointment that had been expected Monday never came, and the day was consumed with news of the violence and an immediate debate about its causes and meaning.
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Prime ministerial appointments don't guarantee independence.
Prof Meg Russell, deputy director of the constitution unit at University College London, warned that unregulated prime ministerial appointments to the Lords were both costly and damaging to parliament.
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(The Military Council has stated often that it will retain authority over the Prime Minister's appointment and the cabinet).
The PR industry's initial reaction to the Prime Minister's appointment of Craig Oliver as his director of communications was "Who?" An experienced BBC broadcast journalist, Oliver is a different prospect to his predecessor.
According to the German news magazine's behind-the-scenes account of last Tuesday's meeting of European leaders in Brussels, Cameron argued that the former Luxembourg prime minister's appointment would politicise the European commission.
"Big structural challenges still threaten what may be Haiti's last chance to extricate itself from chaos and despair," says Mark Schneider, of the International Crisis Group.In Haiti, where the prime minister's appointment requires parliamentary approval, putting a government together is not easy.
Some observers saw Mr. Barak's decision as a way to avoid such humiliation, and noted that he could yet retain his post through what is known as a "personal appointment" — prime ministers can choose people outside Parliament — a scenario Mr. Barak declined to address.
