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  • On Wednesday night, at the urging of Walter Veltroni, the Mayor of Rome and leader of a new centrist party, the Democratic Party, that provision was extracted from the law, quickly redrafted as a "decree-law", a sort of diktat, and signed by the President overnight.

    Archive 2007-11-01 Helen 2007

  • On Wednesday night, at the urging of Walter Veltroni, the Mayor of Rome and leader of a new centrist party, the Democratic Party, that provision was extracted from the law, quickly redrafted as a "decree-law", a sort of diktat, and signed by the President overnight.

    A blue nettle with yellow stars Richard 2007

  • "The government believes that we have to organise a big national debate on three themes: the legitimacy of power, constitutional proposals and the decree-law on political parties."

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1999

  • It is a Council of State decree-law regarding the confiscation of ill-gotten wealth. [applause].

    Castro 2 May ANPP Closing Address 1994

  • That decree-law has already been drafted and is being distributed to the members of the Council of State.

    Castro 2 May ANPP Closing Address 1994

  • Over 10 years ago, we passed a decree-law referring to the possibility of cooperation through joint ventures.

    Castro Interview With CNN's Ted Turner 1990

  • In order to recover and strengthen labor discipline, a decree-law was issued granting authority to administrations to impose and apply disciplinary actions.

    CASTRO READS MAIN REPORT AT PCC CONGRESS 1980

  • Another decree-law was issued concerning the responsibility and discipline of leaders and officials.

    CASTRO READS MAIN REPORT AT PCC CONGRESS 1980

  • But even before the final draft is brought up for your consideration, a decree-law has been studied which provides certain types of punishments to facilitate the fight against crime in our institutions in the interior of the republic.

    SECOND ANNUAL NATIONAL ASSEMBLY 1977

  • Does this mean that we can simply wipe out a decree-law which they were able to obtain on that bloody 13 March?

    SPEECH ON EACH SUGAR MILL A FORTRESS BY CASTRO 1960

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