DATE=5/20/98
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-232497
TITLE=RUSSIA / IMPEACHMENT (S ONLY)
BYLINE=MICHELE KELEMEN
DATELINE=MOSCOW
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: RUSSIA'S OPPOSITION COMMUNIST PARTY HAS STARTED
IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN, BLAMING
THE RUSSIAN LEADER FOR ECONOMIC TROUBLES IN THE COUNTRY. V-O-A'S
MICHELE KELEMEN REPORTS FROM MOSCOW.
TEXT: THE COMMUNIST PARTY SAYS IT HAD NO TROUBLE GETTING THE
150 SIGNATURES NEEDED IN THE LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT TO START
AN IMPEACHMENT CAMPAIGN. BUT IT IS A COMPLICATED PROCESS UNDER
RUSSIA'S CONSTITUTION, AND PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS HAVE FAILED.
PARTY LEADER GENNADY ZYUGANOV SAYS HE IS TAKING THE LATEST ACTION
IN RESPONSE TO CALLS FROM STRIKING COAL MINERS.
/// ZYUGANOV ACT - IN RUSSIAN - FADE UNDER ///
MR. ZYUGANOV SAYS THE PRESIDENT IS THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR
WHAT HE CALLS "THIS MESS," DEPRIVING PEOPLE OF THEIR RIGHTS TO
GET PAID AND HAVE A DECENT LIFE.
THE LOWER HOUSE MUST SET UP A COMMISSION AND THEN TWO-THIRDS OF
LAWMAKERS MUST BACK SPECIFIC CHARGES AGAINST THE PRESIDENT BEFORE
RUSSIA'S SUPREME COURT CAN OPEN AN IMPEACHMENT CASE. (SIGNED)
NEB/MLK/JWH
20-May-98 8:25 AM EDT (1225 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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