But President Saddam Hussein says they will be barred from entering any Government ministry because that would compromise Iraqi sovereignty.

This year, Devlet Bahceli, the party's leader, accused the A.K.P. of compromising Turkish sovereignty and giving away Cyprus for the chimera of E.U. membership.

In a dozen different ways he has told his audiences here and elsewhere that the treaty would compromise French sovereignty.

In contrast to debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-nature swaps do not compromise national sovereignty since no property exchange takes place.

Geopolitically, President-General Jorge Ubico compromised Guatemalan national, sovereignty, to US hegemony, when he allowed the establishment of American military bases in Guatemala.

He had accused Parliament of compromising Lebanese sovereignty after its remaining members signed the Arab League-sponsored peace accord in Saudi Arabia last month.

Until the referendum, Mr. Kravchuk could not be seen as compromising Urkainian sovereignty.

Not only are consumer sovereignty and political sovereignty not the same, but also, Sunstein writes, "a commitment to consumer sovereignty may well compromise political sovereignty."

His point-in his own words-was that "a commitment to consumer sovereignty may well compromise political sovereignty."

Meanwhile, U.S., British and French troops are inside Iraq, compromising Iraqi sovereignty and territorial integrity.