#28 ministers sworn in

[the-quotable-alberta-hansard]

May 28, 2024

Ms Phillips: The Alberta Serious Incident Response Team has recommended criminal charges against Lethbridge police officers who targeted me when I was a minister. I am grateful that ASIRT undertook a fulsome investigation and found what I’ve known for years, that my records were accessed in 2018 for no lawful purpose other than political intimidation.

The years that led up to ASIRT’s findings have been a bit rough on me. I know people think I’m strong. I’ve been the face of some tough files in Alberta and nationally, and that is true. I have a reserve of all the strength in the world for building a better world with my NDP colleagues, but I was not prepared for how hard the years-long grind of trying to get a bit of police accountability has been on me, my family, and my love of political life. The LPS did incredible harm to my career and my reputation. They’ve never shown accountability or responsibility.

It also has a profound and important effect on democracy. In particular, these findings of criminal behaviour by sworn officers send a message to progressive people who might want to participate in politics: in Lethbridge you might be a police target for your views. The threat that law enforcement may violate a citizen’s right to be free from unreasonable search and seizure if they don’t like that citizen’s politics is intolerable in a free and democratic society.

The lesson for the community and for Albertans is that we have still not seen accountability for the LPS, and at some point we have to send the message that police intimidating elected officials or anyone else is intolerable.

At this point none of it’s over, but I do want to issue some words of thanks to Lisa Lambert, my assistant, who has endured all of this with me in my constituency office; to Geoff Braun, my partner – it hasn’t been easy on him either – to my kids and my mom, who helped me with the legal bills; and to the Member for Calgary-Mountain View for all of her support and friendship.

The arc of history is long, but it bends toward justice. It only bends that way if we are the ones who do the work.

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GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Israeli forces and Hamas fighters held their fire beyond the original deadline of a truce on Tuesday, extended at the last minute by at least two days to let more hostages go free.

With both sides expressing hope of further extensions, mediator Qatar hosted the spy chiefs from Israel's Mossad and the U.S. CIA at a meeting to "build on progress", a source briefed on the visits told Reuters.

A single column of black smoke could be seen rising above the obliterated wasteland of the northern Gaza war zone from across the fence in Israel, but for a fifth day there was no sign of jets in the sky or rumble of explosions.

Both sides reported some Israeli tank fire in the Sheikh Radwan district of Gaza City in the morning, but there were no reports of casualties. Israel said its troops had been approached and fired a warning shot.

Previously during the truce, Hamas fighters released 50 Israeli women and children, some of them toddlers, from among the 240 hostages they captured in southern Israel during a deadly rampage on Oct. 7. In return, Israel released 150 security detainees from its jails, all women and teenagers.

Hamas also released 19 foreign hostages, mainly Thai farmworkers, under separate deals parallel to the truce agreement.

Israel has said the truce could be prolonged as long as Hamas continues to release at least 10 hostages per day. But with fewer women and children left in captivity, keeping the guns quiet beyond Wednesday could require negotiating to free at least some Israeli men for the first time.

"We hope the occupation (Israel) abides (by the agreement) in the next two days because we are seeking a new agreement, besides women and children, whereby other categories that we have that we can swap," Hamas official Khalil Al-Hayya told Al Jazeera late on Monday.

Israeli security cabinet minister Gideon Saar told Army Radio that the two-day extension had been agreed under the terms of the original offer, and Israel remained willing to extend the truce further if more hostages were released.

"Immediately upon the completion of the hostage-recovery framework, the warfighting will be renewed," he said.

Qatar's foreign ministry said it was now trying to secure a further extension based on Hamas releasing more hostages.

FIRST RESPITE

The truce brought the first respite to the Gaza Strip in seven weeks, during which Israel had bombed swathes of the territory into a desolate moonscape.

Many Gazans used the opportunity to return to abandoned or destroyed homes, like Abu Shamaleh, who was picking through the rubble of his flattened home in Khan Younis, looking for anything recoverable in the masonry. He said 37 family members had been killed.

"Today I have nothing in this world but memories. Everything is gone," he said. There was no machinery to excavate the body of a cousin still buried in the ruins, he said. "The truce is the time to lift the rubble and search for all the missing people and bury them. We honour the dead by burying them."

Among Israeli hostages yet to be freed was ten-month-old baby Kfir Bibas, along with his brother Ariel, 4, and their parents Yarden and Shiri, bundled from a kibbutz by gunmen on Oct 7. Yarden's sister told reporters relatives had learned the family would not be in the group to go free on Tuesday. Israeli officials said they believed they were being held by a militant group other than Hamas.

"Kfir is only 10 months old. He is a child who still doesn't even know how to say 'Mommy'," Jimmy Miller, a cousin, told Channel 12 TV. "We in the family are not managing to function... The family hasn't slept for a long, long time already - 51 days."

Israel has sworn to annihilate Hamas, the militant group that rules Gaza, after its gunmen burst across the fence and went on a violent spree, killing around 1,200 people and seizing 240 captives.

Since then, Gaza health authorities deemed reliable by the United Nations say more than 15,000 people have been confirmed killed in Israel's bombardment, around 40% of them children, with many more dead feared to be lost under rubble.

More than two-thirds of Gaza's 2.3 million people have lost their homes, with thousands of families sleeping rough in makeshift shelters with only the belongings they could carry.

When the war resumes, Israel has made clear it intends to press on with its assault from the northern half of Gaza into the south. U.S. officials said they have told their ally to be more careful protecting civilians as its forces press on.

"You cannot have the sort of scale of displacement that took place in the north replicated in the south. It will be beyond disruptive, it will be beyond the capacity of any humanitarian support network," one U.S. official said in a call with reporters. "It can't happen."

Despite releasing 150 detainees under the truce, Israel has been arresting Palestinians far faster than it lets them go: according to the Palestinian Prisoners' Club, a semi-official organisation, 3,290 Palestinians have been detained since Oct. 7.

Israel added an additional 50 Palestinian women to its list of 300 detainees cleared for release under the truce, seen as a sign it was prepared to negotiate for more hostages to go free under further extensions.

Israel's siege has led to the collapse of Gaza's health care system, especially in the northern half of the territory where no hospitals remain functioning. The World Health Organization said more Gazans could soon be dying of disease than from bombing.

There were already a very high number of cases of infants suffering from diarrhoea, said WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris: "No medicines, no vaccination activities, no access to safe water and hygiene and no food."

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

A Tent for the Ark

1 And they brought in the ark of God and set it inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God. 2 And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord 3 and distributed to all Israel, both men and women, to each a loaf of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins.

4 Then he appointed some of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the Lord, to invoke, to thank, and to praise the Lord, the God of Israel. 5 Asaph was the chief, and second to him were Zechariah, Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, who were to play harps and lyres; Asaph was to sound the cymbals, 6 and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests were to blow trumpets regularly before the ark of the covenant of God. 7 Then on that day David first appointed that thanksgiving be sung to the Lord by Asaph and his brothers.

David's Song of Thanks

8 Oh give thanks to the Lord; call upon his name;    make known his deeds among the peoples! 9 Sing to him, sing praises to him;    tell of all his wondrous works! 10 Glory in his holy name;    let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice! 11 Seek the Lord and his strength;    seek his presence continually! 12 Remember the wondrous works that he has done,    his miracles and the judgments he uttered, 13 O offspring of Israel his servant,    children of Jacob, his chosen ones!

14 He is the Lord our God;    his judgments are in all the earth. 15 Remember his covenant forever,    the word that he commanded, for a thousand generations, 16 the covenant that he made with Abraham,    his sworn promise to Isaac, 17 which he confirmed to Jacob as a statute,    to Israel as an everlasting covenant, 18 saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan,    as your portion for an inheritance.”

19 When you were few in number,    of little account, and sojourners in it, 20 wandering from nation to nation,    from one kingdom to another people, 21 he allowed no one to oppress them;    he rebuked kings on their account, 22 saying, “Touch not my anointed ones,    do my prophets no harm!”

23 Sing to the Lord, all the earth!    Tell of his salvation from day to day. 24 Declare his glory among the nations,    his marvelous works among all the peoples! 25 For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised,    and he is to be feared above all gods. 26 For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols,    but the Lord made the heavens. 27 Splendor and majesty are before him;    strength and joy are in his place.

28 Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples,    ascribe to the Lord glory and strength! 29 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name;    bring an offering and come before him! Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness; 30    tremble before him, all the earth;    yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved. 31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice,    and let them say among the nations, “The Lord reigns!” 32 Let the sea roar, and all that fills it;    let the field exult, and everything in it! 33 Then shall the trees of the forest sing for joy    before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth. 34 Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;    for his steadfast love endures forever!

35 Say also:

“Save us, O God of our salvation,    and gather and deliver us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name    and glory in your praise. 36 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,    from everlasting to everlasting!”

Then all the people said, “Amen!” and praised the Lord.

Worship Before the Ark

37 So David left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord to minister regularly before the ark as each day required, 38 and also Obed-edom and his sixty-eight brothers, while Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah were to be gatekeepers. 39 And he left Zadok the priest and his brothers the priests before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place that was at Gibeon 40 to offer burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of burnt offering regularly morning and evening, to do all that is written in the Law of the Lord that he commanded Israel. 41 With them were Heman and Jeduthun and the rest of those chosen and expressly named to give thanks to the Lord, for his steadfast love endures forever. 42 Heman and Jeduthun had trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments for sacred song. The sons of Jeduthun were appointed to the gate.

43 Then all the people departed each to his house, and David went home to bless his household. — 1 Chronicles 16 | English Standard Version (ESV) The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Cross References: Genesis 12:7; Genesis 12:17; Genesis 13:15; Genesis 20:7; Genesis 34:30; Genesis 35:11-12; Exodus 29:38; Leviticus 3:9; Deuteronomy 27:15; 1 Samuel 6:5; 2 Samuel 6:5; 2 Samuel 6:10; 2 Samuel 6:19; 2 Samuel 8:17; 2 Samuel 22:1; 1 Kings 19:19; 1 Chronicles 6:31; 1 Chronicles 6:33; 1 Chronicles 14:16; 1 Chronicles 15:24; 1 Chronicles 25:3; 2 Chronicles 8:14; Job 36:24; Psalm 24:6; Psalm 48:1; Psalm 48:10; Psalm 76:8; Psalm 78:43; Psalm 96:1; Psalm 96:5; Psalm 96:7; Psalm 105:6; Song of Solomon 2:5; Isaiah 42:10; Isaiah 44:23; Isaiah 55:12; Isaiah 66:19; Ezekiel 45:17; Acts 26:17

[head-post]

President of Georgia sworn in amid political tensions

On Sunday, 29 December, Mikhail Kavelashvili was sworn in as president of Georgia, a move that has intensified the ongoing political tensions. This took place shortly after outgoing president Salome Zurabishvili, a pro-EU figure, declared herself the only legitimate president, further escalating the divide.

Political divide and legitimacy dispute

Zurabishvili addressed her supporters outside the presidential palace. She stated, “I remain the only legitimate president. I will leave the palace with your trust, the flag, and legitimacy.” Following her speech, she joined thousands of her supporters in protest.

Kavelashvili took the oath in a private ceremony at parliament. Foreign ambassadors did not attend after they decided to boycott the event. In his address, Kavelashvili highlighted Georgia’s “traditions, values, national identity, family, and faith.” His inauguration has deepened the ongoing political crisis. Furthermore, the suspension of EU talks and large pro-EU demonstrations have intensified the tensions.

Zurabishvili has publicly argued that Kavelashvili’s election is invalid due to fraud during the October vote. Nevertheless, the ruling Georgian Dream party insists that his election is legitimate. The party also asserts that it is the only force capable of securing peace and stability.

Rising tensions and calls for new elections

Georgia faces a pivotal moment. Once viewed as a democratic and pro-Western leader in the former Soviet states, the country now experiences significant political divisions. Zurabishvili has become the symbol for pro-EU protesters. These demonstrators, along with opposition parties, support her and demand a rerun of the election. However, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has rejected the idea of new elections.

The crisis deepened on 28 November when Kobakhidze announced that Georgia would delay opening EU accession talks until 2028. This announcement sparked protests, which have continued daily. Riot police responded by using tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowds. Over 400 people were arrested, with many protesters reporting police brutality.

In response, the international community condemned the actions. The United States and several European nations imposed sanctions on Georgian Dream officials. In particular, the US targeted Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of the party, accusing him of undermining Georgia’s democratic future for the benefit of Russia.

Read more HERE

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Prime Minister Dr. Moeketsi Majoro (November 3, 1961) an economist politician and former Prime Minister of Lesotho, was born in Leribe, Lesotho. He is married to Masekoalane Mamusa Rankhelepe. They are the parents of two children.

He received a BA in Economics from the National University of Lesotho and achieved a Ph.D. in Natural Resource Economics and an MS in Agricultural Economics from Washington State University.

He was on the economics faculty at the National University of Lesotho. He traveled to Mahlamba Ndlopfu, to meet with its President Cyril Ramaphosa to improve and stabilize relations between the two nations, especially supporting support each other’s economy, allowing legal emigration, stopping human trafficking, and reducing cross-border crimes.

He was the principal secretary in the Ministry of Finance. He became an alternative executive director at the International Monetary Fund. He served as the Minister of Development Planning in Lesotho. He became the minister of Finance. He was sworn in as the sixth Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho following the resignation of his predecessor.

He was accused of failing to lead the government, indicating that his administration was not transparent in its accountability obligations and that decisions made were in violation of the country’s Constitution. Mapesela accused Majoro of illegally ordering military personnel to troubled Mozambique without involving, informing, and reporting to parliament and the senate. He was charged with being inefficient and ineffective in adequately managing the COVID-19 pandemic in Lesotho.

A secret ballot “no-confidence motion” was introduced in the national legislature but he survived the vote and continued to serve as Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho. He is no longer prime minister of Lesotho as of October 28, 2022. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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BBC 0509 28 Oct 2024

9410Khz 0458 28 OCT 2024 - BBC (UNITED KINGDOM) in ENGLISH from ASCENSION ISLAND. SINPO = 45323. English, s/on @0458z with Bowbells int. fb ID, pips and Newsday preview. @0501z World News anchored by Neil Nunes. § Donald Trump set out his final pitch to voters during a huge rally in Madison Square Garden, New York. He vowed an "America first" approach and set out a new tax policy - but comments made by his supporters at the event have drawn criticism. One supporter called Harris the "antichrist", while another described Puerto Rico as a "floating island of garbage". Trump has distanced himself from the latter comment. Elsewhere, Kamala Harris campaigned in Pennsylvania, a crucial swing state, where she appealed to young voters "impatient for change" § The United States and the European Union called for a full investigation into reports of violations in an election in Georgia, where the president urged protests on Monday following the disputed parliamentary vote. The results, with almost all precincts counted, were a blow for pro-Western Georgians who had cast the election as a choice between a ruling party that has deepened ties with Russia and an opposition aiming to fast-track integration with Europe. § The coalition led by Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has lost its majority in parliament, its worst result in over a decade. § The LDP and its coalition partner, the much smaller Komeito, have taken 215 seats together, falling short of the 233-seat majority needed to govern. The election was called by the LDP’s new leader Shigeru Ishiba just days before he was sworn in as prime minister - but the loss of his party's parliamentary majority has now put his political future into question. In a speech on Monday, he said the LDP had received "severe judgement", adding they would "humbly" accept this. § Egypt's president on Sunday said his country has proposed a two-day cease-fire between Israel and Hamas during which four hostages held in Gaza would be freed and some Palestinian prisoners would be released. President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, speaking in Cairo, said the proposal also includes the delivery of humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip. This is the first time Egypt's president has publicly proposed such a plan. Egypt, along with Qatar and the United States, has been a key mediator for peace talks between Israel and Hamas since the war broke out more than a year ago. Months of negotiations sputtered to a halt in August. § Japanese endoscope manufacturer Olympus Corp said on Monday that it has sacked Chief Executive Stefan Kaufmann after an allegation that he had purchased illegal drugs, sending its shares sliding 6%. Kaufmann, a German national who only took the helm in April last year, had been tasked with expanding Olympus' medical equipment business after preceding CEO Yasuo Takeuchi steered the company through years of asset sales. § French actor Gérard Depardieu is facing a criminal court trial in Paris over alleged sexual assaults on two women on a film set in 2021. @0506z “Newsday” begins. 100' (30m) of Kev-Flex wire feeding "Magic Wand" antenna hanging in backyard tree w/MFJ-1020C active antenna (used as a preamplifier/preselector), JRC NRD-535D, 125kW, beamAz 27°, bearing 103°. Received at Plymouth, MN, United States, 9763KM from transmitter at Ascension Island. Local time: 2358.

[libidomechanica]

And sweet, to juggle with us

A kimo sequence

               1

And sweet, to juggle with us. Love looked up with their vain endear; and already paid our dues.

               2

As inward as a cheat. I wear thro’ the vow? Than we see, for lovely form, unless it is tied?

               3

Refer the fair leave our pretty joy! Length he perched up with that though in the hellish hound did tame.

               4

Choose my burial room: my father drunkeningly name. Do more if these responses given.

               5

A things to catches the rockfields. My father, I’m asleep I’m next love- vexed, then she’d surely be.

               6

Toward too. Trust their praying attention could discernable wallowing: which gown too. Held water.

               7

Must agayne: or pricked her to the sniffer. Quo’ she, most Affection, this an illusion, a stag.

               8

In dear admires my Lady’s quiet dream! Post-haste; no palace to my miserably crave the man.

               9

By Loues own native shore. With an eraser’s soft composed, as in heaven find: but with the dead?

               10

Gracious you, Mag. Breakfast of us loved; and these present’st a pure air, tasting, that bound my neck.

               11

Even such a catatonic stuck in the sodger lad, thou’rt welcome to thee. Circling the dust.

               12

His spirit, by spirit of BEAUTY, that did meet at dawn in the rich when Winter doth thy mind.

               13

To misuse then fall of the year, I walked them. Doth will all the rent and when awful shadows safe.

               14

That enfeebled mine. Young Charlie Cochran was abandoned. Main o’ Heav’n to share; whilst, like a rope.

               15

Now reigns the road beside the Muses dwelling! The could truly tell it that gallant badge-the dead?

               16

And the desire shall pricked her fifteenth year behind you are.—Therefore that I Love’s temples were.

               17

Then lack’d I matter what flinch. My most riches, kiss me then wild-briar fair Scotia hame again.

               18

You see her homage. When think of strawberries by the grocery man calling. To mend these presence.

               19

And so well express’d even this diminutive. Vast and she’d never been arranging the gayne.

               20

There are these reports, because he had never. Busy, paying atoms lay, he kept on buying.

               21

And by thy should dedicate ass pumping in fulness in my boy. Sworn deep, wide as the Genius.

               22

But property, it will enjoy. Then if that was Greece, of large a flight Let us, though the day.

               23

Tonight? On desperate seas long ere the minister and acquire at large-browed steadfastness.

               24

Am perjured most; for the meant by cigarette. Had taught to come upon floating yet it be?

               25

Happy as ye: and a falter now. For Winter doth ryse. When thy love holds my selfe, but look well.

               26

Thought, if these shall I my selfe forgiue? Your fingers on to the could it merit the honeysuckle.

               27

My way toward strokes the women is, that I will bedight, and laid it end? For wet filaree and me.

               28

I wish you betray’d my head. The maids to consume half of what any buddes off in the dust.

               29

—Such hands, precious you, when I’ll calendar of which gloom, why man calling. Is half of every hair.

               30

Phillis the whole; its core like Autumne plums, did drink, and flip-flops. Such make me unawares while praise?

               31

As thy sweet with some parts of Fate, sunk on the dyer’s hand: all vital things I do. And spiral-talk.

               32

Even if with the same ring. To the quaking she guess we’d taken the rockfields in ecstasy!

               33

The lute is best is most. I pass’d the window- niche how should be us, and salt—sweet time, chloris!

               34

A legacy of life of ladies deadly drede, so high? Only a break my head, but that right.

               35

Let Majesty your consciousness. Then if I dreams, on her bow. Belovëd, I surmise, still end.

               36

Out thondring what? It change my mind. But being a boat and came to Heauen apace. That in my hand!

               37

You were a panting and wishing, and clasps and thus! The music of the paint my winds that was Rome.

               38

Lie alone. I call the world had all we see, with desire shall date, even now in the eye.

               39

Come merry Spring of wars, of giusts, and go with. Thou kenst not disguise in readiness, the year.

               40

And yet I can teach tree does not half so nice as being a boat and real? His window the fair.

               41

To put it in these obtain her hair. Glow; nor did I touching June’s fever … love me on my throat.

               42

If eyes’ false plagued what was let the parted dead. And I woke up crying: Daddy? Therefore he meet.

               43

Of ashes scarce suffice to fill a lie! Down at they should be if all the spring of promise.

               44

Those who am I …? Delight to come, and roses grew, withouten leave thy dear. Give, when their rents.

               45

Is so blind. Your small dust, here is solidly when the light dropped on the laughing and tented field.

               46

Every day, cash for being looked like this twilight as must you can using giraffes if you would.

               47

At the chanted joy and ruin, its core like a word and to hold. I may, I see and event.

               48

I, greedy of time, your faithfu’ sodger. Shall break my head has wit in it, hoping to forbid.

               49

And with Swift loathing and quell? Gratitude and, soon forms have to reach, what the cunning slashing light.

               50

To feeder was smashed last green, as faultless, will kill him if he were crucified. When to her knees.

               51

Rotted his parted dead. And worse, the year old who worship that mole by his poor rhyme in direct!

               52

You and I assure ye even if I put on so soon forgot. Fire of senses in forces.

               53

In things; while you to get to grasp. Many years to burn as close heart is throwe out of my selfe forgiue?

               54

Coming peach that dost seek they fear and clasp’d my breast. Year be fair, when I tip-toed past wet window.

               55

That dim apart the name. As from the bodies of them from thyself thousands of men to her knee.

               56

) Such conduct neither maidens be; her liue. Watch out for which is traditional import forgot.

               57

They wouldst free all vital things I do. Moving like angry words and shell, his lips part of the eye.

               58

On softer think the fiesta of such a Tyranne fell: that hit with desire, if I dream.

               59

When I knew what. Sharp violins proclaim their own fears, the green: and my yong soule flutters his name?

               60

The gutter yet these hands could have love lies. The glistering what love’s regarded, I am told.

               61

The shepheard, and panting and to hold. You can using deeply on thine aspyring with me too.

               62

But ah Mecænas is yclad in clusters oh, you know, for lofty loue and bloody trial,—alas!

               63

Lie along wont deuise, to swearing, Ask why the white. Sweet kisse, and peace. It change thy brow, on the land.

               64

For thyself thousand hope? So prayse ones my pardon, Julia, come to that I dared, could it backward.

               65

The rainbows o’er yon mountain. Make thy little wa’, she said, sleep must be Honours her head, smiling.

               66

To be drowning. Ne brest of life, at love’s ghosts, and trysting to her mother is gane when his name?

               67

Because it went well except sometimes away down the unpainted down dead! Such immortal love.

               68

Then the way open? And grow, and serene then did wandered if her mother and take ourselves them.

               69

The wrinkles which who do ye call? Thought; nor can be hugged, or on a mantel- piece perched up for home.

               70

The year, in that endure; and the place? Hang golden pomp is shattered the loved where early days old.

               71

For to chisel hitting upside down, Sugar, my wife is never love’s doctrine distance. Ah!

               72

Yet firme love looked brown. I am the ambush of a swain did appear’d mistaking the in it.

               73

The princess. So fair, when there enthral or gall the glass will rock the granting hand erasing size.

               74

Do not belief undoes your eyes seeing beauty making the blazes. Believe a woman’s knell.

               75

At cold as if it could it be? Had not heavens gave gigantic proportions of trespasse weight.

               76

Ah Percy it is lov’d is prior to chisel hitting upside down. Them: the simple and sky!

               77

Fury, frantic, I shed my blue night should I eat? And almost those waves’ boundlesse me forever!

               78

Now is it thou art blamed shall dances of rybaudrye. A weak, a soft, a broken it grew alone?

               79

Quo’ she, A sodger’s pocketbook. Into these questions leap, and wishing in heaven’s sweet look well.

               80

Not one times a pile of light, dreaming in the joy of musicke vnto blind. If some suspected be.

               81

Or musicke vnto blindness, or vow ye never: Thou messenger of mine. No one who would not, speak.

               82

Of ashes scarce suffice to fill a lie! Like their changed in like only the night I feel my mind.

               83

To alter now each bird’s carelessenesse with divining eyes, thou bear’st love her home. Before.

               84

Help me put mine eyes. What shall I not disguise in bigger notes; my pen, for still I not dwelling!

               85

I am told. Beautiful down the diapason closed at they would. At length I reality.

               86

By the brambles for they ne’er so black death. I cry thys humble through wind within his mistress sleep.

               87

The mortal moon hath drunk my temples were. How is done, since these offices, so oft as mirror.

               88

Passed by. Call it backwards, the failure me. To have your name,—sweetness: Tim lying ravished is.

               89

Each other with that’s my delight? And your gun fixed bayonet like memory can not cover.

               90

Caught to scent beneath to sing, taking senses in heave her? Made him if he compass of my hair.

               91

Search of your friend shovel dirt on horses, whereby I know. Let those lips to face and always does.

               92

The flash of you see how they smiles away. One can reaching and kisses breath, as long ygoe is dumb.

               93

From powders and me. Man were crucified. A perfume, her so well, he was honeybees to die.

               94

At full sail of his greater, being love and loose our love in the hare, nor manners. Out of tune.

               95

He kept closed as simple, untested summer all the white. Without you— so many maiden-head.

               96

Oh! The depart into stare of uncontrolled like thee this thus in the last great vernal mansion.

               97

Brown face, who for the rifle breast, and for centuries—of artists say, is weak. Heart do cover.

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Events 6.21 (after 1940)

1940 – World War II: Italy begins an unsuccessful invasion of France. 1942 – World War II: Tobruk falls to Italian and German forces; 33,000 Allied troops are taken prisoner. 1942 – World War II: A Japanese submarine surfaces near the Columbia River in Oregon, firing 17 shells at Fort Stevens in one of only a handful of attacks by Japan against the United States mainland. 1945 – World War II: The Battle of Okinawa ends when the organized resistance of Imperial Japanese Army forces collapses in the Mabuni area on the southern tip of the main island. 1952 – The Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce, later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. 1957 – Ellen Fairclough is sworn in as Canada's first female Cabinet Minister. 1963 – Cardinal Giovanni Battista Montini is elected as Pope Paul VI. 1964 – Three civil rights workers, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, are murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, United States, by members of the Ku Klux Klan. 1970 – Penn Central declares Section 77 bankruptcy in what was the largest U.S. corporate bankruptcy to date. 1973 – In its decision in Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the Miller test for determining whether something is obscene and not protected speech under the U.S. constitution. 1978 – The original production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Evita, based on the life of Eva Perón, opens at the Prince Edward Theatre, London. 1982 – John Hinckley is found not guilty by reason of insanity for the attempted assassination of U.S. President Ronald Reagan. 1985 – Braathens SAFE Flight 139 is hijacked on approach to Oslo Airport, Fornebu. Special forces arrest the hijacker and there are no fatalities. 1989 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397, that American flag-burning is a form of political protest protected by the First Amendment. 1993 – Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-57 to retrieve the European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA) satellite. It is also the first shuttle mission to carry the Spacehab module. 2000 – Section 28 (of the Local Government Act 1988), outlawing the 'promotion' of homosexuality in the United Kingdom, is repealed in Scotland with a 99 to 17 vote. 2001 – A federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, indicts 13 Saudis and a Lebanese in the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia that killed 19 American servicemen. 2004 – SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded spaceplane to achieve spaceflight. 2005 – Edgar Ray Killen, who had previously been unsuccessfully tried for the murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Mickey Schwerner, is convicted of manslaughter 41 years afterwards (the case had been reopened in 2004). 2006 – Pluto's newly discovered moons are officially named Nix and Hydra. 2006 – A Yeti Airlines de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashes at Jumla Airport in Nepal, killing nine people. 2009 – Greenland assumes self-rule. 2012 – A boat carrying more than 200 migrants capsizes in the Indian Ocean between the Indonesian island of Java and Christmas Island, killing 17 people and leaving 70 others missing. 2012 – An Indonesian Air Force Fokker F27 Friendship crashes near Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport, killing 11.

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Word on the Street Talk TV Episodes with The Minister M.L. Kimble SR. #wordonthestreettalktv #minmlkimblesr #hottopics #commentary #entertainmentMcneill Chevrolet African American Racial Discrimination #mustwatch#mcneillchevroletbuick DAY 8 INGNORED COMPLAINT MCNEILL CHEVROLET AFRICAN AMERICAN RACIAL DISCRIMINATION #MUSWATCH#MCNEILLCHEVROLET#LARICHECHEVROLETCADILLAC#GENERALMOTORSCORPORATION#STATEFARM#STATEFARMCORPORATION SUBSCRIBE @wordonthestreettalktv State Farm Denies Paying Insured Business For Hate Crime - Outrageous Bad Faith Practice! 😡👀 STATE FARM DENIES PAYING INSURED BUSINESS FOR HATE CRIME OUTRAGEOUS BAD FAITH PRACTICE GM DEALERSHIP #mcneillchevrolet HARASSES FORMER EMPLOYEE/ GM CUSTOMER IMPERSONATING THE #swantonpolicedepartment AFTER HATE CRIME POSED UPON BUSINESS! STATE FARM IGNORES HATE CRIME WITH FALSE ALLEGATIONS MUST WATCH, SHARE, COMMENT, AND PIN! THANK YOU!!! #neiltoeppe#swantoncommunity#ohiodepartmentofinsurance#raciallymotivated#racialdiscrimination 🔥State Farm's REFUSAL to cover an insured business🔥#statefarrmcorporation#mcneillchevroletbuick#larichechevroletcadillac#larichechevrolet#GeneralMotorsCorporation Don't believe the discriminatory practices? We are working with officials to set up a dealership audit and we will just see over the past 10 years the DIFFERENCES between AFRICAN AMERICAN car deals and CAUCASIAN car deals! TRUST ME I KNOW, I AM THE FORMER FINANCE MANAGER THAT SIGNED THEM!!!! CHECK OUT THE PERCENTAGES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN EMPLOYEES HIRED!! CHECK OUT THE PERCENTAGE DIFFERENCES IN INTEREST PAYMENTS CHECK OUT THE DIFFERENCES IN AFTERMARKET PRICING!! THE GLOVES ARE COMING OFF! THESE ACTIONS WILL NOT BE IGNORED! • State Farm Denies Paying Insured Busi... 👀🔥🤔 We have obtained legal counsel Law Offices of Anthony J. Richardson II, LLC PO Box 2641, Toledo, Ohio, 43606 Dear U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission , I am writing to formally notify you that as of today, we have retained legal counsel and are in the process of filing complaints with both the Ohio Civil Rights Commission and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. This action is being taken due to the continued disregard of our complaints. Mcneill Chevrolet African American Racial Discrimination #mustwatch#mcneillchevroletbuick DAY 8 INGNORED COMPLAINT MCNEILL CHEVROLET AFRICAN AMERICAN RACIAL DISCRIMINATION #MUSWATCH#MCNEILLCHEVROLET#LARICHECHEVROLETCADILLAC#GENERALMOTORSCORPORATION#STATEFARM During my tenure as the finance manager at Mcneill Chevrolet located at 220 W Airport Hwy Swanton, OH 43558 from 2010-2018, I was subjected to years of racial comments, remarks, commentary, and jokes. I have concrete evidence to substantiate these claims. We are seeking justice for the hate crimes committed against our business, including being harassed by Mcneill Chevrolet while impersonating the Swanton police department. It is disheartening that the same police department neglected to address the vandalism, break-ins, and hate crimes with racial slurs directed at our business. We strongly suspect that an individual associated with or employed by Mcneill Chevrolet may be responsible for these criminal acts. Throughout my employment, I endured being referred to as "Harambe," "The token," and "Toby," all of which were derogatory references to my race. This is unacceptable and must be addressed promptly. This communication serves as our initial formal complaint, and we are seeking resolution with the State of Ohio as our grievances have been consistently overlooked. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Sincerely, Mr. Marquis L. Kimble Sworn Public Officer Commissioned until- 01/28/2029 Mcneill Chevrolet African American Racial Discrimination #mustwatch#mcneillchevroletbuick DAY 8 INGNORED COMPLAINT MCNEILL CHEVROLET AFRICAN AMERICAN RACIAL DISCRIMINATION #MUSWATCH#MCNEILLCHEVROLET#LARICHECHEVROLETCADILLAC#GENERALMOTORSCORPORATION#STATEFARM#STATEFARMCORPORATION SUBSCRIBE @wordonthestreettalktv

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Worthy Brief - March 28, 2024

Have a heart after God!

Psalms 89:3-4 I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah. [Selah in Hebrew means “pause and ponder this!”]

Matthew 1:1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David [in the Hebrew New Testament it’s written - Yeshua HaMashiach ben David], the son of Abraham.

New Testament genealogies of Yeshua Ha Mashiach (Jesus the Christ) all identify Him as the son of king David. It was universally understood from the Tenach (OT) that the messiah would be descended from David and that he would restore the Davidic monarchy to its ultimate and most universal expression, even that this king would reign and sit on the throne forever.

Why was Yeshua's identification with David so significant? One reason is that David is the only man in the Bible about whom the Lord said, this is “a man after My own heart”. Yet we know well David's imperfections … adultery and murder -- so why would God say this about him? I believe it was David's lifelong love for and abandoned worship of the Lord, and also his contrite heart (Ps. 51) and the depth of his sorrow and repentance which showed this relationship to be the most important and precious in his life.

God isn’t expecting perfection from us -- His Son has provided that. Yeshua alone is the Man whose heart and actions are flawless. But David exemplified a man whose love and respect for his God were constant, if imperfect, a man after God's own heart. And this is the heart that God is seeking today, contrite, worshipful, and filled with respect and love for our God.

David provides a wonderful example for us who are as imperfect as he was. We may fall and fail miserably – but its how we get up that makes the difference. Our constant desire to preserve this most precious of all relationships will show that we too have a heart after God. I know I want to hear Him say, "Yes, you are truly someone after my own heart!"

Your family in the Lord with much agape love,

George, Baht Rivka, Obadiah and Elianna (Dallas, TX) (Baltimore, Maryland)

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Editor's Note: We are planning our summer Tour so if you would like us to minister at your congregation, home fellowship, or Israel focused event, be sure to let us know ASAP. You can send an email to george [ @ ] worthyministries.com for more information.

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Madhya Pradesh Cabinet Expansion: Cabinet Expansion In Madhya Pradesh, 28 Ministers Took Oath

Mohan Yadav's new cabinet is set with three former MLAs. Kailash Vijayvargiya has been sworn in as a minister, with 12 ministers from the OBC quota, 7 from the general category, 5 from SC, and 4 from ST. The cabinet comprises legislators, and 6 ministers from the previous government have been replaced, while 10 ministers from Shivraj's cabinet are not included.

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Germany's Development Minister Svenja Schulze traveled to Mauritania on Monday to formally take over the rotating one-year presidency of the Sahel Alliance — a key development body for the region — from its predecessor Spain.

"I am taking over the presidency of the Sahel Alliance to show that Germany, together with its partners, is there for the region and is committed to the region. My priorities for the Sahel Alliance are jobs, agriculture and social security in the region. And preventing state-free spaces," said Schulze in Mauritania's capital Nouakchott.

The 18-member Sahel Alliance was founded by Germany, France and the European Union in 2017 to assist Burkina-Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger — collectively known as the G5 Sahel Group — in their struggle against poverty and terrorism.  

Since its creation, the Sahel Alliance has spent more than $28 billion ($30.71 billion) in a region stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea south of the Sahara. Germany is the group's fourth-largest donor behind the World Bank, France and the EU — having spent €2.73 billion on 181 projects.

Worries that UN troop departure could create vacuum

"The Sahel is one of the poorest regions in the world, with one of the youngest populations," said Schulze. "At the same time, the Sahel has become the new epicenter of Islamist terrorism, and Russian influence is increasing."

Schulze's comments come at a time when there is great concern in the region over whether a power vacuum will be created when UN MINUSMA peacekeeping troops leave Mali by the end of the year at the insistence of that country's military leadership.

Mali left the French-speaking G5 Sahel Group — formed in 2014 in part to defend against the growing threat posed by Islamist groups — last year after its government was taken over in a military coup. It has since forced the departure of all French troops from its country and now wants the UN out as well.

At the same time, mercenaries from Russia's Wagner private military group have expanded their influence in the region, ingratiating themselves as the French departed.

Schulze said Germany would focus on education and employment projects as well as expanding social protection and community infrastructure such as water supply, hospitals, markets and schools.

The government minister said she was convinced people would take such assistance to heart, "By these actions, the population will notice who genuinely cares and who doesn't. Because terrorist groups don't lay water pipes."

European and UN forces have been in the area for a decade in an attempt to dislodge armed militants — mainly from Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger — many of whom have sworn allegiance to al-Qaida or so-called "Islamic State." More than 2.8 million people in the region have been displaced, with over 2 million fleeing Burkina Faso alone.

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ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey’s longtime leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, took the oath of office on Saturday, ushering in his third presidential term that followed three stints as prime minister.

Erdogan, 69, won a new five-year term in a runoff presidential race last week that could stretch his 20-year rule in the key NATO country that straddles Europe and Asia into a quarter-century. The country of 85 million controls NATO’s second-largest army, hosts millions of refugees and played a crucial role in brokering a deal that allowed the shipment of Ukraine grain, averting a global food crisis.

Erdogan was sworn in during a session in parliament before an inauguration ceremony at his sprawling palace complex. Supporters waited outside parliament despite the heavy rain, covering his car with red carnations as he arrived.

All eyes are on the announcement of his new Cabinet later on Saturday. Its lineup should indicate whether there will be a continuation of unorthodox economic policies or a return to more conventional ones amid a cost-of-living crisis.

Dozens of foreign dignitaries are traveling to attend the ceremony, including NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Carl Bildt, a high-profile former Swedish prime minister. They are expected to press Erdogan to lift his country’s objections to Sweden’s membership in the military alliance — which requires unanimous approval by all allies.

Turkey accuses Sweden of being too soft on Kurdish militants and other groups that Turkey considers to be terrorists. NATO wants to bring Sweden into the alliance by the time allied leaders meet in Lithuania on July 11-12, but Turkey and Hungary have yet to endorse the bid. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will also be attending the ceremony.

According to state-run Anadolu Agency, other leaders in attendance include Azerbaijan’s Ilham Aliyev, Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro, South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa, Armenia’s Nikol Pashinyan, Pakistan’s Shahbaz Sharif, and Libya’s Abdul Hamid Dbeibah.

Erdogan was sworn in amid a host of domestic challenges ahead, including a battered economy, pressure for the repatriation of millions of Syrian refugees and the need to rebuild after a devastating earthquake in February that killed 50,000 and leveled entire cities in the south of the country.

Turkey is grappling with a cost-of-living crisis fueled by inflation that peaked at a staggering 85% in October before easing to 44% last month. The Turkish currency has lost more than 10% of its value against the dollar since the start of the year.

Critics blame the turmoil on Erdogan’s policy of lowering interest rates to promote growth, which runs contrary to conventional economic thinking that calls for raising rates to combat inflation.

Unconfirmed media reports say Erdogan plans to reappoint Mehmet Simsek, a respected former finance minister and deputy prime minister, to the helm of the economy. The move would signify a return by the country — which is the world’s 19th largest economy according to the World Bank — to more orthodox economic policies.

In power as prime minister and then as president since 2003, Erdogan is already Turkey’s longest-serving leader. He has solidified his rule through constitutional changes that transformed Turkey’s presidency from a largely ceremonial role to a powerful office. Critics say his second decade in office was marred by sharp democratic backsliding including the erosion of institutions such as the media and judiciary and the jailing of opponents and critics.

Erdogan defeated opposition challenger Kemal Kilicdaroglu in a runoff vote held on May 28, after he narrowly failed to secure an outright victory in a first round of voting on May 14. Kilicdaroglu had promised to put Turkey on a more democratic path and improve relations with the West. International observers deemed the elections to be free but not fair.

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Shiv Sena Case: Supreme Court Verdict

This article on 'Supreme Court rules the Governor not entitled to enter the political arena: Facts and Laws (Shiv Sena Case)' was written by an intern at Legal Upanishad.

INTRODUCTION

Governor is a nominal executive head of the state. He forms an important part of the state executive where he acts as the chief executive head. The central Government nominates the governor for each state. The governor has to act on the aid and advice of the council of ministers headed by the chief minister. Through the constitution, the governor has provided some power such as discretionary power, judicial power, financial emergency power, and legislative power and the governor has to act according to those powers given to him by the constitution. Every politician in our country is bound by the constitution and they cannot go beyond the constitution and if they do the same they will be treated as a criminal like a normal citizen in India and they will be punished accordingly by the laws and acts which are there for committing or breaching the constitution. Governor is the head of the state and like all other politicians, he is bound by the constitution. Through this article, the author will give you an enhanced view of where the Supreme Court ruled that the governor is not entitled to enter into a political arena through a famous case Shiv Sena Case.

FACTS (SHIV SENA CASE)

Uddhav Thackeray, a leader of the Shiv Sena and the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), was sworn in as the chief minister of Maharashtra on November 28, 2019. The Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party, and Indian National Congress have joined forces to form MVA. Mr. Eknath Shinde, the Shiv Sena's legislative leader, along with a number of other Shiv Sena MLAs vanished on June 21, 2022. The ‘rebel' group originally relocated to Surat before proceeding to Gauhati. They said that they lacked faith in CM Thackeray and the MVA coalition since they supported the Shiv Sena philosophy. On June 25, 2022, the Thackeray group delivered a notice for acting against party interests and began disqualification procedures against the dissident group. The notification was handed to the rebel group with 48 hours to reply. On June 26th, 2022, Mr. Shinde filed a petition with the Supreme Court of India disputing the actions taken to remove him and the other "rebel" MLAs from office. A vacation bench of the Supreme Court, consisting of Justices Surya Kant and J.B. Pardiwala, issued an extraordinary Order on June 27, 2022. The dissident party was given 12 days of "breathing time" by the Bench to react to the Deputy Speaker's (Acting Speaker) disqualification notice, which was issued on June 25th. The standard response period to notification of disqualification is seven days. The Court's involvement came as a surprise. The Court often stays out of the House's current processes in favour of awaiting the Speaker's decision, which it may then examine. The Deputy Speaker was also given notice by the Shinde faction to vacate his position.  The Shinde gang also contacted Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari at the same time. They announced that they were no longer supporting the MVA alliance. To determine if the Uddhav Thackeray administration still had the backing of the Maharashtra Legislature, the Governor ordered a floor test to be held on June 30. Because disqualification procedures against the rebel MLAs were still underway, the Thackeray side contested the results of the floor test before the SC. The floor test was scheduled for June 29, 2022, but the court declined to postpone it, indicating that the floor test's findings will depend on how the SC hearings turned out. CM Thackeray resigned shortly after the SC's Order without taking the floor test. The matter was referred to a 5-Judge Constitution Bench on August 22, 2022, by a 3-Judge Bench made up of former CJI N.V. Ramana and Justices Krishna Murari and Hima Kohli. On February 14, 2023, the Shiv Sena case was heard by a 5-judge Constitution Bench under the direction of Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud. The Thackeray side asked for the matter to be referred to a 7-Judge Bench during this hearing. The Bench resolved on February 17th, 2023, after hearing from the parties, not to refer the matter to a bigger Bench before a thorough hearing. The Electoral Commission of India (ECI) granted Shinde's group the party name Shiv Sena and the bow and arrow emblem on February 17th, 2023. The Thackeray side started claiming that the Shinde group ought to be dismissed since their activities constituted desertion on February 21st, 2023.

Supreme Court Verdict: Governor's Political Limits - Shiv Sena Case

WHAT IS DEFECTION?

According to the Constitution's 10th Schedule, defection is the act of a lawmaker switching political parties after winning an election. Under the 10th Schedule, legislators who have left their party are unable to hold office.

WHY ARE LAWS AGAINST DEFECTION REQUIRED?

Mr. Gaya Lal, a Haryana-based MLA, switched parties three times in a single day in 1967. As a result, "Aaya Ram, Gaya Ram" became well-known. Governments become unstable as a result of these defections. In order to combat defections and get rid of possible political corruption, the anti-defection provision was inserted into the Constitution in 1985. This legislation upholds the sacredness of open and transparent elections while valuing the voters' choice.

ARGUMENT FROM THE THACKRAY SIDE

The Shinde faction was accused of desertion by the Thackeray group because of its contempt for the party whip, selection of a new deputy speaker, demand for a floor test, and insistence of its majority. Additionally, they claimed that the Governor's request for a floor test was unlawful and that by doing so, he effectively acknowledged a "split" within the party. Splits, which were formerly exempt from the defection rule, no longer shield elected officials from being disqualified for defection. They also suggested that the SC should reevaluate its ruling in the 2016 Nabam Rebia case. According to this ruling, a Speaker cannot start disqualification actions against House members while a notification of his own dismissal is still pending. The Thackeray camp said that members who were considering defecting had a simple way to end the meeting. They just needed to submit a notification calling for the Speaker's dismissal.

WHAT DO THE SHINDE GROUP’S MAJOR DEFENCES CONSIST OF?

The MLAs from the Shinde group, however, asserted that they had not left the Shiv Sena. They are the real Shiv Sena, and their acts are the product of internal dissension. Additionally, the Speaker of the House, not the SC, had the power to rule in cases involving the disqualification of MLAs. Additionally, they said that the Governor had the legal authority to call for a floor test since he had sufficient grounds to think that Mr. Thackeray did not control the majority of the House. Furthermore, they said that Nabam Rebia (2016) made it very plain that a Speaker cannot initiate disqualification procedures against other House members while a notice of removal is pending in the chamber.

JUDGEMENT

The Supreme Court will issue its ruling in the Shiv Sena case involving the conflict between the Eknath Shinde and Uddhav Thackeray factions. The verdict will determine the future of the current Eknath Shinde-led Maharashtra administration. On February 14, 2023, the Constitution Bench, which was made up of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices MR Shah, Krishna Murari, Hima Kohli, and PS Narasimha, began hearing the Shiv Sena case. The Supreme Court declined to reinstate the Uddhav Thackeray government because he resigned during the Shiv Sena revolt last year without taking the floor test, therefore the Eknath Shinde administration is still in power.

CONCLUSION

The Supreme Court's ruling will make the Constitution's 10th Schedule's boundaries more clear. The judgement is anticipated to specifically address the Speaker's, Governor's, and SC's authority in cases involving internal dissents, splits, and party rebellions. If the Bench finds that the Shinde group left the Shiv Sena, they would essentially promote the role of party identity above individual member liberty in important House decisions. This implies that individual party members cannot ignore the Whip and cast a vote or abstain from casting a vote against the party's desires in the name of "internal dissent." The Governor was wrong to call for the floor test on June 28, 2022, and the SC's June 29th Order refusing to halt the floor test was also incorrect if the activities of the Shinde group amount to defection. This implies that the Governor cannot order a floor test in cases of disqualification (for defection) prior to the House passing a resolution of no confidence. Additionally, if the Thackeray side wins, the function of the ECI will be made clear. It will demonstrate that the Shinde group was improperly given the Shiv Sena party name and emblem by the ECI. The choice of the ECI cannot be made only on the basis of whatever group received the majority of votes in the Legislature. On the other hand, if the Bench decides that the Shinde group did not leave the Shiv Sena, then the autonomy of each individual member supersedes the party's identity. In doing so, the Governor would be entitled to call for a floor test if he had cause to believe that a party leader does not have the support of the majority of the House. This would prevent the House from passing a no-confidence resolution. It will also conclude that the ECI was correct to give the Shinde faction the Shiv Sena's bow and arrow insignia. Which side will leave this judgment with the moniker "the real Shiv Sena" depends on whether the case is referred to a bigger bench.

REFERENCES

- Shiv Sena v Shivc Sena-Supreme Court Judgement Today Live Updates, Available at: https://www.livelaw.in/supreme-court/shiv-sena-supreme-court-eknath-shindeeknath-shinde-uddhav-thackeray-228443 - Supreme Court to deliver the judgement in Shiv Sena Case tomorrow, Available at: https://www.livemint.com/news/supreme-court-to-deliver-the-judgment-in-shiv-sena-case-tomorrow-11683715981447.html - Maharashtra Politics Case: What lies ahead for Maharashtra Assembly Speaker After Supreme Court Judgement, Available at:  https://www.barandbench.com/news/litigation/maharashtra-politics-case-what-lies-ahead-maharashtra-assembly-speaker-supreme-court-judgment - Supreme Court allows EC to decide on ‘real shiv sena case’, Available at: https://maktoobmedia.com/india/supreme-court-allows-ec-to-decide-on-real-shiv-sena/ - Supreme Court Verdict on Maharashtra: What was the 2022 Political Crisis in the State, Available at: https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-politics/supreme-court-verdict-maharashtra-shiv-sena-explained-8603432/ Read the full article

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Kristen Michal becomes Estonia’s new PM

Estonia’s parliament on Monday approved Climate Minister Kristen Michal as the country’s next prime minister, succeeding Kaja Kallas, who recently resigned to take up the post of European Union foreign policy chief.

Michal, who like Kallas is from the liberal Reforma party, will lead the same centre-right majority coalition as his predecessor, along with the liberal Estonia 200 party and the Social Democrats. At the extraordinary session, 64 MPs voted in favour of authorising Mihal, with 27 against.

Before the vote, the politician spoke about the basis for forming the government. In particular, he explained the need to raise taxes by increasing spending on defence and internal security. At the same time, he promised spending cuts and governance reforms, as well as steps to boost Estonia’s economic growth.

After receiving the mandate on Monday, President Alar Karis is expected to appoint a new government. On Tuesday, Michal will be sworn in before the Estonian parliament.

Earlier, on July 15, Kaja Kallas, who headed the Estonian government, resigned. She left her post after EU leaders approved her candidacy for the post of the association’s high representative for foreign affairs and security at a summit in Brussels on June 28.

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From Pakistan To Scotland: Meet Humza Yousaf, Scotland’s 37-Year-Old New Leader

Humza Yousaf, a Pakistan-origin leader and practising Muslim, has made history in Scotland after being elected as the head of the Scottish National Party. After winning a close-fought contest, the 37-year-old now has mounting challenges ahead of him

— FP Explainers | March 28, 2023

Hamza Yusuf, 37, of Pakistan Origin, Became Scotland’s First Muslim immigrant Minister. Yusuf hails From District Khanewal Tensil Mian Channu, Pakistan.

From Pakistan to Scotland. It’s a long road between the two nations but on Monday that distance was gapped when Scottish nationalists picked Humza Yousaf to be the country’s next leader.

The current health secretary edged out competition from Kate Forbes by a narrow margin and against Ash Regan to become the head of the Scottish National Party (SNP), after former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tendered her resignation from the position in mid-February.

In winning, he has become Scotland’s first Muslim leader. The next step will be for him to be formally nominated to be the First Minister by the Scottish Parliament — a vote that is due on Tuesday in Holyrood. Yousaf will then be officially sworn in at the Court of Session, Scotland’s supreme civil court, on Wednesday.

Below we look at his career in politics to date and his beliefs.

Early life and political career

“As immigrants of this country who knew barely a word of English, they could not have imagined in their wildest dreams that their grandson would one day be on the cusp of being the next First Minister of Scotland,” Yousaf said after he won the vote on Monday.

And it’s true.

Though Yousaf was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1985, his grandparents had moved to the country back in 1962 from Mian Channu in Punjab, Pakistan. Yousaf’s mother, also of South Asian descent, emigrated to Scotland from Kenya.

He was privately educated at Hutchesons’ Grammar School in Glasgow and studied politics at the University of Glasgow. After his studies, Yousaf briefly worked in a call centre before becoming a parliamentary assistant to SNP MSP Bashir Ahmad and later an aide to Alex Salmond.

In 2011, a then slightly more than 25-year-old Yousaf made history by becoming the youngest-ever member of Parliament. And since then, he has only climbed the political ladder and gaining in reputation.

Humza Yousaf edged out the win against candidates Ash Regan (left) and Kate Forbes after a bruising five-week contest that exposed deep fractures within the pro-independence movement. AP

Yousaf became the first Scottish Asian and Muslim to be appointed as minister to the Scottish Government in 2012 when then First Minister Alex Salmond appointed him as the Minister for External Affairs and International Development, responsible for external affairs, fair trade policy and diaspora. When Sturgeon took over from Salmond, he continued his junior ministership.

He then became justice secretary in 2018 and introduced the Hate Crime and Public Order bill which made “stirring up hatred” on religion, sexual orientation, age, disability and transgender identities an offence.

Yousaf has also served as transport minister, and international development minister, before becoming the health secretary in 2021.

However, it’s not been all smooth sailing for him. His political performance has been far from stellar. As transport minister in 2016, he was fined £300 (Rs 30,370) for driving a friend’s car without insurance.

He also faced criticism for the performance of ScotRail after Abellio took over the contract to run the rail franchise, which ultimately led to it being nationalised.

As health secretary, he was criticised for the long hospital waiting times, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, he had defended himself, saying the problem wasn’t unique to Scotland and, in fact, the country was the only one in the UK to avoid strikes by NHS (National Health Service) staff.

Humza Yousaf has been a close ally of former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and was seen by many as the continuity candidate. He is expected to take forward SNP’s demand for Scottish independence. File image/Reuters

Scotland’s Expectations From Him

With Yousaf winning the SNP vote, it marks the end of the acrimonious and unpredictable leadership contest. Yousaf has been widely seen as the continuity candidate and the favourite of the SNP leadership, even though Sturgeon refused to endorse anyone.

He pledges to preserve the party’s progressive values; he is the poster child for multiculturalism — in 2016, after winning his second term as an MSP, Yousaf delivered his oath of allegiance in Urdu while wearing a kilt. In 2011, he had worn a sherwani while taking oath.

He has liberal views on matters of immigration as well as gender. He was one of the proponents of the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 which legalised same-sex marriage. He also extended his support to Sturgeon’s controversial Gender Recognition (Reform) Bill which will allow trans persons to self-identify. This legislation has been blocked by the Rishi Sunak government as of now.

Humza Yousaf is the poster child for multiculturalism. In 2011, he wore a sherwani while taking oath. File image/Reuters

He is also a firm advocate of Scottish independence, but has said that he will not follow Sturgeon’s path to independence. He has said that the party needs to get back to making the case for independence, rather than endlessly debating process. “We will be the generation that delivers independence for Scotland,” Yousaf said in Edinburgh after the result.

He also said an independent Scotland should look at ditching the monarchy, telling the National newspaper in an interview: “Let’s absolutely, within the first five years, consider whether or not we should move away from having a monarchy into an elected head of state.”

Furthermore, he has stated in a BBC interview that he is his “own man and will do things my own way”. Yousaf added: “I have a lot of admiration, as you would imagine, for the excellent work Nicola Sturgeon has done as first minister.

“But she had a certain leadership approach. Mine would be less inner circle and more big tent.”

The road ahead for Humza Yousaf is not easy. But he has vowed to take the country forward. “We will be the generation that delivers independence for Scotland,” he said after his win. AP

Challenges Ahead of Him

The road for Humza Yousaf is going to be tricky and full of roadblocks. He faces the monumental task of bringing together a party that has been driven apart by a bitter leadership contest.

Yousaf will also have to prove himself and that too quickly. While Sturgeon enjoyed positive approval ratings, her government did not. An Ipsos poll found that across a number of policy issues — including on health care, education and standard of living — “more people think that the Scottish government is doing a bad job than think they’re doing a good job.”

As The Politico reports, there are some in his party itself who question whether he’s up to the job, given his struggle to avoid negative headlines in previous Cabinet jobs. “Nobody — including his backers — looks at Humza and says ‘there’s our leader for the next 10 years’ or even that he’ll win independence,” an SNP adviser was quoted as telling The Politico.

It is left to be seen if he sinks or swims. But for now it’s interesting to see that the three leaders of Britain, Scotland and Ireland all have leaders of South Asian origin — Britain’s Rishi Sunak, now Scotland’s Humza Yousaf and Ireland’s Leo Varadkar.