/Users/andrea/_magisterarbeit/korpus/clean/trainkorpus/24/file_102g.html NN ----------------------------------------- : DAGESTAN NP Magomedov NP reelected VVD amid IN growing VVG violence NN and CC tension NN On IN 25 CD June NP Dagestan's NP Constituent NN Assembly NP elected VVD a DT State NP Council NP and CC reelected VVD the DT incumbent JJ State NP Council NP Chairman NP , , Magomedali NP Magomedov NP . SENT He PP received VVD 162 CD of IN the DT 242 CD votes NNS cast VVD . SENT Interfax NP , , 1049 CD GMT NN , , 25 CD Jun NN 98 CD . SENT FBIS NP SOV NP 98 CD 176 CD Members NNS of IN the DT assembly NN voted VVD under IN very RB tense JJ circumstances NNS . SENT Interior JJ ministry NN troops NNS sealed VVN off IN the DT center NN of IN Makhachkala NP where WRB soldiers NNS with IN machine NN guns NNS and CC grenade NN launchers NNS guarded VVD the DT government NN buildings NNS . SENT NTV NP , , 0600 CD GMT NN , , 25 CD Jun NN 98 CD . SENT FBIS NP SOV NP 98 CD 176 CD Since IN the DT attempted JJ coup NN in IN May NP , , explosions NNS , , assassinations NNS , , abductions NNS and CC other JJ acts NNS of IN violence NN and CC terror NN have VHP become VVN increasingly RB frequent JJ . SENT In IN June NP alone RB , , there EX were VBD several JJ attacks NNS against IN military JJ targets NNS in IN Dagestan NP , , including VVG a DT helicopter NN division NN of IN the DT border NN troops NNS , , an DT OMON NP division NN and CC a DT military JJ convoy NN . SENT Nezavisimaya NP gazeta NP , , 25 CD Jun NN 98 CD For IN more JJR detail NN on IN the DT May NP coup NN attempt NN , , see VVP Editorial JJ Digest NP , , Vol NP . SENT 3 LS , , No UH . SENT 8 CD . SENT The DT Constituent NN Assembly NN is VBZ composed VVN of IN deputies NNS from IN Dagestan's NP legislature NN and CC representatives NNS of IN local JJ and CC regional JJ governments NNS . SENT In IN accordance NN with IN the DT 1994 CD constitution NN , , the DT process NN of IN choosing VVG the DT highest JJS republican JJ executive NN authority NN is VBZ indirect JJ and CC open JJ to TO manipulation NN by IN the DT entrenched JJ interests NNS . SENT Magomedov's NP critics NNS charge VVP that IN the DT existing JJ system NN , , managed VVN through IN back JJ room NN deals NNS and CC intrigues NNS , , unfairly RB prohibits VVZ others NNS from IN participating VVG and CC perpetuates VVZ the DT corruption NN , , poverty NN , , and CC violence NN that WDT has VHZ characterized VVN Dagestani NP life NN in IN recent JJ years NNS . SENT Various JJ public JJ figures NNS , , ranging VVG from IN Nadir NP Khachilaev NP , , the DT Duma NP deputy NN who WP led VVD the DT May NP coup NN , , to TO Ramazan NP Abdulatipov NP , , the DT vice NN premier NN of IN the DT Russian JJ government NN , , have VHP suggested VVN that IN Dagestan NP would MD be VB better RBR served VVN by IN direct JJ elections NNS of IN a DT republican JJ president NN . SENT Some DT have VHP conjectured VVN that IN the DT two CD were VBD working VVG together RB . SENT Moskovskiye NP novosti NP , , 24 CD 31 CD May NP 98 CD . SENT FBIS NP SOV NP 98 CD 177 CD Magomedov NP , , a DT Dargin NP , , has VHZ wielded VVN political JJ power NN in IN Dagestan NP since IN Soviet JJ times NNS and CC was VBD elected VVN chairman NN of IN the DT State NP Council NP in IN 1994 CD . SENT When WRB his PP$ term NN expired VVD in IN 1996 CD no DT elections NNS were VBD held VVN due RB to TO the DT tensions NNS and CC hardships NNS caused VVN by IN the DT war NN in IN neighboring VVG Chechnya NP . SENT As IN a DT result NN , , Magomedov NP has VHZ governed VVN for IN a DT term NN of IN four CD years NNS although IN he PP was VBD elected VVN for IN only RB two CD years NNS in IN 1994 CD . SENT The DT constitution NN was VBD amended VVN on IN 19 CD March NP 1998 CD to TO make VV Magomedov's NP reelection NN possible JJ . SENT On IN that DT occasion NN the DT People's NP Assembly NN repealed VVN Article NP 93 CD of IN the DT constitution NN which WDT prohibited VVD persons NNS of IN the DT same JJ nationality NN from IN occupying VVG the DT position NN of IN State NP Council NP chairman NN for IN two CD consecutive JJ terms NNS . SENT See VV Magomedkhan NP Magomedkhanov NP , , Rents VVZ in IN the DT Fabric NN of IN Government NP , , Perspective NP , , Vol NP . SENT 8 CD , , No RB . SENT 4 LS , , March NP April NP 1998 CD . SENT The DT original JJ intention NN was VBD to TO rotate VV the DT highest JJS executive NN position NN among IN the DT deputies NNS of IN the DT 14 CD constituent NN nationalities NNS represented VVN on IN the DT State NP Council NP . SENT That DT provision NN was VBD an DT important JJ component NN of IN the DT delicate JJ power NN balance NN among IN the DT different JJ nationalities NNS of IN Dagestan NP . SENT Its PP$ repeal NN brought VVD closer RBR the DT danger NN of IN inter VV ethnic JJ strife NN . SENT On IN the DT eve NN of IN the DT election NN Izvestia NP speculated VVD that IN Magomedov NP would MD have VH been VBN elected VVN even RB under IN democratic JJ procedures NNS . SENT The DT paper NN suggested VVD that IN the DT majority NN of IN Dagestanis NP fear VVP the DT militant JJ tactics NNS of IN the DT opposition NN more RBR than IN they PP disapprove VV of IN the DT continuous JJ decline NN of IN their PP$ republic NN under IN the DT existing JJ leadership NN . SENT That DT seems VVZ like IN a DT reasonable JJ conclusion NN in IN view NN of IN all PDT the DT violence NN that IN the DT republic NN has VHZ already RB endured VVN and CC suggests VVZ that IN the DT refusal NN to TO hold VV national JJ elections NNS was VBD extremely RB shortsighted JJ . SENT Little NP has VHZ been VBN achieved VVN other JJ than IN the DT alienation NN of IN members NNS of IN the DT opposition NN from IN the DT peaceful JJ political JJ process NN . SENT