By 1987, however, the USSR withdrew its opposition, concluding the SDI posed no threat.

The Internal Security Act was invoked in October 1987 arresting 106 people, including opposition leaders.

In April 1987, President Chun made a declaration in an attempt to overpower the opposition that measures would be taken to protect the current constitution at the end of his term, instead of contemplating constitutional reform that would call for direct election of the president.

The elections of 1990, which had been mandated by the constitution passed in 1987, saw the Bush administration funnel $ 49. 75 million of ‘ non-lethal ’ aid to the Contras, as well as $ 9m to the opposition UNO — equivalent to $ 2 billion worth of intervention by a foreign power in a US election at the time, and proportionately five times the amount George Bush had spent on his own election campaign.

Najibullah pursued a policy of National Reconciliation with the opposition, a new Afghan constitution was introduced in 1987 and democratic elections were held in 1988 ( which were boycotted by the mujahideen ).

Since 1987 Tunisia has reformed its political system several times, abolishing life-term presidencies and opening up the parliament to opposition parties.

Many Nevadans ' opposition stemmed from the so-called " Screw Nevada Bill ," the 1987 legislation halting study of Hanford and Texas as potential sites for the waste before conclusions could be met.

Tosh also participated in the international opposition to South African apartheid by appearing at Anti-Apartheid concerts and by conveying his opinion in various songs like " Apartheid " ( 1977, re-recorded 1987 ), " Equal Rights " ( 1977 ), " Fight On " ( 1979 ), and " Not Gonna Give It Up " ( 1983 ).

Inside Nazi Germany: conformity, opposition and racism in everyday life London: Batsford, 1987 ISBN 0-7134-5217-X.

In opposition, Kaufman was the Shadow Environment Secretary, ( 1980 – 83 ), Shadow Home Secretary ( 1983 – 87 ) and Shadow Foreign Secretary ( 1987 – 92 ).

In 2010, Perle voiced opposition to the Obama administration's New START Treaty, comparing it unfavorably to the " watershed " 1987 INF Treaty signed by Ronald Reagan.

During the long years in opposition the party's support had grown steadily and in 1987 it attained the best parliamentary election result in its history.

In 1989, Verhofstadt once more became the chairman of the PVV, after his party had been condemned to the opposition by the Christian People's Party ( CVP ) in 1987.

In the 1980s, he was an opposition spokesman on Treasury and economic affairs from 1980 to 1983, housing and local government from 1983 until promotion to the Shadow Cabinet in 1987.

Fine Gael lost the 1987 general election resulting in Kenny being on the opposition benches for the next seven years.

Fine Gael lost power at the 1987 general election and were confined to the opposition benches.

In this election, Republicans attacked him for his opposition to the death penalty by highlighting the case of Arthur Shawcross ( a multiple murderer convicted of manslaughter who was paroled from New York in 1987 and on release became a serial killer ).

Johnson became as opposition leader and stepped down as party leader in 1987 ( with next election in 1989 ).

He became an opposition whip in 1986, a shadow Treasury minister from 1987 to 1992, and shadowed the environment, heritage, pensions and health portfolios between 1992 and 1997.

The opposition NF Flag Group contained the traditionalists such as Andrew Brons, Ian Anderson, Martin Wingfield, Tina Wingfield, Joe Pearce ( initially associated with the Political Soldiers ' faction ) and Steve Brady, who ran candidates under the NF banner in the 1987 general election.

In December 1987, after five years of low-level civil war termed Gukurahundi, the opposition ZAPU, led by Joshua Nkomo, was absorbed through the unity accord into ZANU-PF, in what was seen as a step towards a one-party state.

In 1987 he was appointed to the opposition frontbench as a spokesman on Agriculture and Rural Affairs responsible for reviewing the Labour Party's policies on animal welfare.

In 1976, she was elected to represent Maryland's 3rd congressional district from 1977 to 1987, never facing substantive opposition in the heavily Democratic district.

He continued to lead the Lok Dal in opposition till his death in 1987, when he was succeeded as party president by his son Ajit Singh.

The 1987 election saw the Alliance's share of the votes drop slightly and it now had 22 MP's, and in the election's aftermath Liberal leader David Steel proposed a merged of the two parties.

* 1987 – In Zimbabwe, the political parties ZANU and ZAPU reach an agreement that ends the violence in the Matabeleland region known as the Gukurahundi.

" Rice v. Norman Williams Co., 458 U. S. 654, 661 ; see also 324 Liquor Corp. v. Duffy, 479 U. S. 335 ( 1987 ) (" Our decisions reflect the principle that the federal antitrust laws pre-empt state laws authorizing or compelling private parties to engage in anticompetitive behavior.

The number of new political parties and associations has notably increased since the beginning of Ben Ali's presidency in 1987.

A large portion of the Pickman land, Huckins Farm, was sold to a developer for condominium development in 1987, and other parcels including the large Pickman house ( Stearns Farm ) were sold to private parties.

David Steel proposed a merger of the two parties in following the 1987 general election.

In 1987 immediately after the election, the Liberal leader David Steel proposed a full merger of the Liberal and SDP parties and was supported for the SDP by Roy Jenkins, Shirley Williams and Bill Rodgers.

In January 1987, the Kohl-Genscher government was returned to office, but the FDP and the Greens gained at the expense of the larger parties.

Category: Political parties established in 1987

The Labour and Liberal parties stood against Selwyn Lloyd in both elections in 1974, and Labour and the SDP stood against Bernard Weatherill in 1987.

The presidential debates were initially moderated in 1976, 1980, 1984 by the League of Women Voters, but The Commission on Presidential Debates ( CPD ) was established in 1987 by the Republican and Democratic parties.

Category: Political parties established in 1987

In the 1970s, Sino-Soviet ideological rivalry extended to Africa and the Middle East, where the Soviet Union and Red China funded and supported opposed political parties, militias, and states, notably the Ogaden War ( 1977 – 1978 ) between Ethiopia and Somalia, the Rhodesian Bush War ( 1964 – 1979 ), the Zimbabwean Gukurahundi ( 1980 – 1987 ), the Angolan Civil War ( 1975 – 2002 ), the Mozambican Civil War ( 1977 – 1992 ), and factions of the Palestinian people.

In December 1987 a Unity Accord was signed between the two parties ; PF-ZAPU was merged into ZANU-PF, effectively establishing a one-party state dominated by Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF.

Category: Political parties disestablished in 1987

Category: Political parties disestablished in 1987

In November 1987 Montazeri created more controversy when he called for the legalization of political parties, though under strict regulation.

The ban on pre 1980 politicians was lifted in 1987 and on pre 1980 parties was lifted in 1992.

CHP was reestablished after the 1987 referendum and a legislation in 1993 which allowed the reestablishment of older parties.

In July 1987, the opposition parties united for the first time in opposition to government policies.

Category: Political parties established in 1987

Category: Political parties established in 1987

In 1981, she joined the CDU, one of the bloc parties of the GDR, and in 1987 was elected to the district board in East Berlin.