1. The incident has strengthened the hand of legislators who want to amend the constitution to give the civilian president the right to hire and fire military commanders. 2. In addition to doing away with the appointees in the Senate, Frei wants to remove a constitutional clause that prevents him from firing military commanders. 3. It also came just hours after Yeltsin fired the commander of the strategic Black Sea Fleet. 4. Soldiers who went on a rampage after their army commander was fired returned to their barracks Tuesday, ending a two-day insurrection, the Defense Ministry said. 5. The constitution prevents the president from firing military commanders. 6. The government deployed hundreds of soldiers in and around Dhaka on Tuesday to defend the capital from rebellious troops after the president fired their commander. 7. The government fired the commander of the army Monday after he prompted soldiers and police to refuse to work with foreign mercenaries hired to crush the rebellion on Bougainville. 8. The government deployed hundreds of soldiers in and around Dhaka on Tuesday to defend it from rebellious troops whose commander was fired by the president. 9. Yeltsin fires navy commander. |