He is to step down as chairman of the institution after artists at the academy called for his resignation. |
The abrupt about-face followed mounting public opposition, protests calling for her resignation and growing pressure from her own allies. |
Santini's stepmother is ill, but the situation was not deemed serious enough to warrant his resignation. |
The resignations and ongoing conflicts with the Board of Governors were renewing the demands for the establishment of a student government. |
We're informed the number of resignations from the unit has also risen to unprecedented levels, as men choose family life over military duty. |
In a brief, grim speech to the nation late on Saturday, the president did not say if he accepted their resignations. |