Former Gov. Jerry Brown,
who ha m de
tronger-th n-e p e c t e d
showing gainst front-runn r
ArlWiSas Gov. Bill Clinton,
mentioned Jac on
potential running mate.
ANC bur
victim
Hundred of African National
Congress upporters recently
marched through th township
of Alexandra to bury victims of
political violence as police and
, soldiers patrolled nearby.
Police said at least three more
people died in attac linked to
the feud with the rival Inkatha
Freedom Party.
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deportation h ve a right to n
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A C r ject plan for
mul iracial council
BY BARRY RENFREW
ASSOCIA TED PRESS WRITER
JOHANNESBURG, S A .. (AP) The
African National Congress has
rejected a plan to bring Blacks into
th government as a tric to keep
power in the hand of the white
minority.
The government recently
outlined plans for creating
mul tiracial "transitional councils"
as a first step toward replacing rule
by the white minority.
ANC pokesman Thabo Mbeki.
"The cri tical element i that we can't
continue with the old government
acting as an interim government"
Under the plans, the government
would create four transitional
councils to deal with elections,
regional and local government and
government finance. Two other
councils might handle police and the
military.
THE GOVERNMENT also
Top g�vernment minjsters aid repeated its basic proposals for a
the ��clls wOul.d advise on the future constitution, to be presented at
transl�O� from white rule and a new political talks on the transition,
constitution and help clear the way , including:
for elections that for the first time
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ALTHOUGH MINISTERS
said the councils would have no
governmental power and could only
make proposals to the whi te
government, they insisted they
would playa Significant role.
'They are not only advisory
bodies without any influence," said
Dawie de Villiers, minister of public
enterprise.
The ANC, the main Black
political group, disagreed. It has
urged that an interim government be
named to run the country until free
elections can be held.
'This is the worst-case scenario
for an interim government," said
A two-cbamber parliament, one
popularly elected, the other
reflecting regional and ethnic
divisions; A joint presidency; A
Cabinet appointed by the
presidency; A charter of
fundamental rights.
Black opposition groups have
opposed some of the points in the
past, saying the government wanted
to maintain white privilege.
President F.W. De Klerk has said
Black majority rule cannot replace
white minority rule, and the interests
of ethnic minorities must be
protected.
The proposal follows recent
overwhelming support from white
voters for de Klerk's reforms aimed
at ending apartheid.
WBe president
By S.�glo 'Carr co
ASHCiat.d Press Writ.,
MEXICO CITY (AP) - World
Boxing Council President Jose
Sulaiman said recently that Mike
Tyson is innocent and likened the
six-year sentence he received from'
an Indianapolis court for rape' 'a din­
ner of Blacks by white cannibals."
"I don't want to be disrespectful
towards anyone," Sulaiman said in
an interview with The Associated
Press. "But I simply want to echo the
tremendous worldwide opinion, in
our organization, many people all
over the world that we believe Tyson
is innocent and we don't understand
what happened."
Former champion Roberto
Duran, a Panamanian, also called it
racism. Tyson's victim is also
Black. "It is a kind of racism, of
di crimination. We will be missing
for a time one of the most brilJiant
and solid figures in the ring," Duran
said.
And Clint Jackson, an ex-boxer'
erving a life sentence in Tennessee,
aid: "I don't know what happened,
but prison is not the place for him,"
Jackson said.
"BE NEEDS HELP and sup­
port. 'The thing he has to do is
preserv himself in jail. He grew up
on the streets and know how the
system works. Your reputation
speaks for itself in prison. I stay to
myself."
. But the strongest comment came
from Sulaiman, who i clo e to
from Sulaiman, who is close to
Tyson's promoter, Don King.
"We believe he was chosen as an
example and unfortunately he is a
boxer and a Black. I am starting to
think it is true that what certain
people here say, that it was a dinner
of blacks by white cannibals,"
Sulaiman said.
Sulaiman called the sentencing
, 'a very sad day for boxing. I believe
it will be felt throughout" the world
of boxing.
There were other manifestations
of racial protest, Scores par­
ticipated in an afternoon call-in show
on WILC, a Black-oriented radio
station in Indianapolis.
" All but three were upset over the
sentence. I think a combination of
some anger, resignation, reinforce­
ment of people's feelings that
African-Americans cannot get fair
justice in Indianapolis," station
manager Amo Brown said.
A NATIONWIDE "Mercy for
Tyson" petition drive was begun last
month by a group of Black mini ters,
including the Rev. TJ. Jemison,
president of the 8 million-member
Baptist Convention U.S.A. based in
Nashville, Tenn.
The Rev. S.R. Shields, cbainnan
of the local drive, said he had given
the judge petitions with 30,000 ig­
natures.
But an Indianapolis woman .bo
icd a counter-petition drive, Carlin
Chapman, said: "I'm eJated. I just
wish he got more time." "If the
man gets help, OK. But I doubt he'll
JO 0 0 AID bout
40 rep tri ted Haitians have fled a
econd time and returned to
Gu ntanamo, lending "further
credence to report of the
idespread violence th t i
occurring. "
Mo t of those remaining on
"irrep ble harm." .
The refugee ha e fled their
homeland by boat after H iti n
Pre ident Jean-Bertrand Ari tide
w ousted in a Sept. 30 coup ven
months fter becoming Haiti' fint
democratically elected president
The government argued that
the ui t hould be thrown out beca e
the same i ue had already been
argued and I tine that went to
the Supreme Court.
More than 5,200 Black Americans have served in the United States Peace Corps
since its inception in 1961. They put their skills to work in areas such as
education, health, environmental awareness, urban development, agriculture
and small business development. Mark White of Cleveland, Ohio teaches math
and science in Bamenda, Cameroon.
ays Tyson is Innocent
get much help in three years. From
what I heard, he didn't show any
remorse," Chapman said.
Both SuJaiman and World
Boxing Association President Elias
M. 'Cordova said Tyson will be
dropped from the rankings of the two
organizations, as their respective
regulations require.
Sulaimah said Tyson would be
restored to the rankings when he is
released. But Cordova, who called
the sentence "a very heavy blow to
world boxing," wasn't as definite.
SULAlMAN SAID the WBC
supports anyone "who falls in dis­
grace. We will give him our support,
our sympathy, our warmth. I believe
that people as positive for sports as
, Tyson was deserves that we should
accompany them in good times or
bad." "Once he is freed,"
Sulaiman said, "he will be able to
come back and have the opportunity
he deserves." "I am very sorry
about what happened,"
Cordova said. "The career of a
great boxer has ended." Cordova
said the case should serve as an ex­
ample for other professionals "to be
careful with both their private and
public lives. It isn't the first time this
has happens to a professlonal
boxer."
"But it is important for boxers to
look at themselves in this mirror. In
this case it is the end of a career," he
added.
Cordova said WBA rules require
that all boxers convicted by a court
be dropped from the rankings, and
that includes Tyson.
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