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Show 8 The Salt Lake Tribune. Monday, PH'embyr 15. 1IKO Filmmakers Find Ruins of City in Lake Autocratic, Aristocratic, Giscard Still a Slioo-I- n Ry Jeffrey Ulbrieh Associated Press Writer Few FrenParis chmen doubt President Valery Giscard d'Esta ing will sail untroubled into a second seven year term next spring, but increasing numbers are disenchanted by what they see as his haughty and regal attitude in wielding enormous power Abroad, Giscard dEs-tain- g is viewed as one of Europes most forceful and effective leaders But at home, with the political opposition foundering in disarray, his aloof, aristocratic conduct of government has emerged as the major issue in an otherwise rather sleepy presidential campaign Socialist leader Francois Mitterand, who most probably will face the president in a May 10 runoff, already has begun attacking Giscard dEstaing as a man who reigns, governs, judges and legislates France is no longer a democracy, the prestigious newspaper Le Monde began a frontpage article recently. The provisions of the constitution, pushed to their extreme, bestow on the chief of state, now elevated to king, powers that nothing can balance " Beyond De Gaulle When Charles de Gaulle created the Fifth Republic in 1958, he concentrated in its constitution presidential powers extending into every facet of government, unencumbered by trublesome checks and balances. But some critics feel Giscard dEstaing has accumulated power beyond that even imagined by De Gaulle. The president not only names his own premier, but is involved in government appointments down to the lowest level. He can dissolve Parliament, or bypass it via referendum. He exerts direct control over all foreign, economic and domestic policy decisions and his favored programs routinely sail through Parliament. charges Recent accuse him of the in meddling on sub- jects A periodic Delpey, who finally was released after more than six months in prison without trial, says the real reason for his detention was his plans to publish a book about Giscard dEstaings relations with Bokassa and because he has documents relating to the diamonds scandal. The presidential palace has refused to comment on the charges In two recent articles, Le Monde criticized detention as well as the State Security Court under whose jurisdiction he was being held That court, which works in secrecy, was set up by De Gaulle during the Algerian conflict to deal with internal security threats, and some question the continuing need for such an institu- Evening With the Presion television is dent much the same The exceptions to the general lack of criticism e are the satiric and weekly Le Canard Enchaine and, of late, the Le Monde, which though often dull, is still one of the worlds most highly regarded newspapers In the case of Le Monde, which has dared to suggest that court detion cisions may lie politically When Le Monde suginfluenced, the governgested the State Security ment finally showed its Court was under strong claws. It has taken the political influence in the newspapers editor and Delpey affair, the govone of its correspondents ernment finally decided to court, charging them to move. There is little under an obscure law doubt that the decision by with attempting to cast Justice Minister Alain discredit on judicial deciPeyrefitte to start legal sions in such a way as to action against the newsundermine the authority paper could have been of the judiciary and its made without express independence. approval of the Series of Articles Though the charges stem from a series of five ! articles published over the last three years, most observers are convinced that the action was taken because of the recent attention the newspaper has given to Giscard the President Giscard Absolute Ruler? 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