2 news articles (07 March 2007):
http://www.dailypioneer.com/indexn12.asp?m...t&counter_img=3
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PTI | Buenos Aires
Bofors case accused Ottavio Quattrocchi's lawyer Alejandro Freeland has said that Quattrocchi was now considering suing Indian Interpol for alleged breach of his human rights under international law.
Freeland said he believed that his client has a strong case under both the international law and Argentinian law against the CBI.
Meanwhile, the Argentinian judge, to whom the papers for extradition of Quattrocchi have been forwarded, has about a fortnight to decide on commencing the hearing.
Quattrocchi's lawyer is yet to receive "confirmation" that his client is to face an extradition hearing in Mission Province, but "expects to hear from the authorities there in the next 24 to 48 hours".
The judge, according to Argentinian law, will then set a date for a hearing within 15 days of receiving the papers. Freeland said he is yet to be given access to the CBI's paperwork and remained sceptical about its contents.
He suspects that the CBI may have failed to supply the Argentinian authorities with the 2004 and 2005 Delhi High Court rulings that, he claimed, show that the Bofors case "is based on lies and does not exist."
It is impossible for the CBI to overlook these two rulings, and that they cannot pursue Quattrocchi around the world when "their own courts have thrown the case out," Freeland said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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http://content.msn.co.in/News/National/Nat...PTI_070307_1030
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Sonia asks Meghalaya CM to step down </b>
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
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New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday night asked Meghalaya Chief Minister J D Rymbai to step down from his post, ending his eight months' tenure in the helm of affairs.
Rymbai was communicated the party high command's decision when he called on the All India Congress Committee chief in New Delhi on Tuesday night, state Congress Legislature Party secretary Charles Pyngrope told PTI over phone.
Rymbai, who had gone to Delhi to attend a Planning Commission meeting scheduled for Wednesday, will come back here on March 9 and submit his resignation to Governor M M Jacob, he said.
Rymbai was not immediately available for comments.
The decision to change the leadership in faction-ridden ruling Congress in Meghalaya came just five days ahead of the budget session of the assembly.
Rymbai, who was sworn in as chief minister on June 15 last year succeeding D D Lapang in the wake of dissidence in a section of Congress legislators, had been asked to step down by two AICC functionaries Oscar Fernandes and Ved Prakash on February 26.
He, however, refused to oblige and sought some clarification from the high command.
After a meeting of Rymbai loyalists here two days later, Home and Parliamentary Affairs Minister R G Lyngdoh said that asking the chief minister verbally to step down was 'complete diversion from the normal procedure.'
Recalling the change of guard from Lapang to Rymbai, Lyngdoh said the procedures were 'short-circuited' this time.
The issue of leadership has been nagging the 29-member CLP since early last year. Although Lapang was replaced by Rymbai, the issue was far from settled as Lapang loyalists kept on raising the demand for reinstating their leader.
To settle the matter, the high command conducted an unprecedented secret ballot voting by all the 29 legislators on January 17 for electing a new leader of the CLP. However, the result of the voting was not made public.  Â
Both Rymbai and Lapang had, however, given undertakings to abide by any decision taken by the high command.
Congress is the major partner in the ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance coalition other constituents of which are some regional parties. The state would go to assembly polls early next year.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
http://www.dailypioneer.com/indexn12.asp?m...t&counter_img=3
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Q may sue CBI</b>
PTI | Buenos Aires
Bofors case accused Ottavio Quattrocchi's lawyer Alejandro Freeland has said that Quattrocchi was now considering suing Indian Interpol for alleged breach of his human rights under international law.
Freeland said he believed that his client has a strong case under both the international law and Argentinian law against the CBI.
Meanwhile, the Argentinian judge, to whom the papers for extradition of Quattrocchi have been forwarded, has about a fortnight to decide on commencing the hearing.
Quattrocchi's lawyer is yet to receive "confirmation" that his client is to face an extradition hearing in Mission Province, but "expects to hear from the authorities there in the next 24 to 48 hours".
The judge, according to Argentinian law, will then set a date for a hearing within 15 days of receiving the papers. Freeland said he is yet to be given access to the CBI's paperwork and remained sceptical about its contents.
He suspects that the CBI may have failed to supply the Argentinian authorities with the 2004 and 2005 Delhi High Court rulings that, he claimed, show that the Bofors case "is based on lies and does not exist."
It is impossible for the CBI to overlook these two rulings, and that they cannot pursue Quattrocchi around the world when "their own courts have thrown the case out," Freeland said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<b>ADDED:</b>
http://content.msn.co.in/News/National/Nat...PTI_070307_1030
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Sonia asks Meghalaya CM to step down </b>
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Blog this story
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday night asked Meghalaya Chief Minister J D Rymbai to step down from his post, ending his eight months' tenure in the helm of affairs.
Rymbai was communicated the party high command's decision when he called on the All India Congress Committee chief in New Delhi on Tuesday night, state Congress Legislature Party secretary Charles Pyngrope told PTI over phone.
Rymbai, who had gone to Delhi to attend a Planning Commission meeting scheduled for Wednesday, will come back here on March 9 and submit his resignation to Governor M M Jacob, he said.
Rymbai was not immediately available for comments.
The decision to change the leadership in faction-ridden ruling Congress in Meghalaya came just five days ahead of the budget session of the assembly.
Rymbai, who was sworn in as chief minister on June 15 last year succeeding D D Lapang in the wake of dissidence in a section of Congress legislators, had been asked to step down by two AICC functionaries Oscar Fernandes and Ved Prakash on February 26.
He, however, refused to oblige and sought some clarification from the high command.
After a meeting of Rymbai loyalists here two days later, Home and Parliamentary Affairs Minister R G Lyngdoh said that asking the chief minister verbally to step down was 'complete diversion from the normal procedure.'
Recalling the change of guard from Lapang to Rymbai, Lyngdoh said the procedures were 'short-circuited' this time.
The issue of leadership has been nagging the 29-member CLP since early last year. Although Lapang was replaced by Rymbai, the issue was far from settled as Lapang loyalists kept on raising the demand for reinstating their leader.
To settle the matter, the high command conducted an unprecedented secret ballot voting by all the 29 legislators on January 17 for electing a new leader of the CLP. However, the result of the voting was not made public.  Â
Both Rymbai and Lapang had, however, given undertakings to abide by any decision taken by the high command.
Congress is the major partner in the ruling Meghalaya Democratic Alliance coalition other constituents of which are some regional parties. The state would go to assembly polls early next year.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->