1954 Elections - Honduran General Election, 1954, French Legislative By-Election in Guinea, 1954, New Zealand General Election, 1954 (Paperback)

Chapters: Honduran General Election, 1954, French Legislative By-Election in Guinea, 1954, New Zealand General Election, 1954, Argentine Legislative Election, 1954, Finnish Parliamentary Election, 1954, Guatemalan General Election, 1954, Gold Coast Legislative Election, 1954, Salvadoran Legislative Election, 1954, Luxembourgian Legislative Election, 1954, Belgian General Election, 1954, Syrian Parliamentary Election, 1954, British Honduras Legislative Election, 1954. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 38. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: A general election was held in Honduras on 10 October 1954. The elections took place, with relative honesty. The split among the Nationalists enabled the Liberals to win a plurality (48 percent) in the national elections, but without an absolute majority the election was thrown into the National Congress, where the distribution of seats favored the Nationalists and the MNR. The Nationalists and Reformists, unable to concur on a candidate of their own, had agreed to block Ram n Villeda Morales. In November the election was thrown into Congress. Unfortunately, two-thirds of the deputies was necessary to constitute a quorum and when the National and Reformist deputies boycotted the proceedings (in a ploy designed by US Ambassador Whitting Willauer), a stalemate ensued. In the midst of this crisis, President Juan Manuel G lvez, stricken by illness, turned over the power of the presidency to his vice-president. On 16 November 1954 Vice President Julio Lozano D az assumed the presidency during a constitutional crisis occasioned by an anarchic election. His ostensible purpose was to save the country from descending into chaos. Once in power, however, he decided to stay there. Owing to the failure of Congress to agree on a winner, the country seemed about ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2484306