Sentences with phrase «free elections for»

Your existence is without God you have condemned yourself to this existence by your free election for what ever reason you come up with.

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We will continue working with the government to understand the full extent of Russian interference, and we will do our part not only to ensure the integrity of free and fair elections around the world, but also to give everyone a voice and to be a force for good in democracy everywhere.

If it sounds like Edwards still needed to apply FEC rules and limits, consider this: Scott Thomas, a former commissioner of the Federal Election Commission testified that he did not consider that the payments would have come under his agency's auspices — in part because they were not used directly for the campaign and did not free up any of Edwards» own money to be spent on the campaign.

Some have even embraced potential Russian involvement in the election like a get - out - of - responsibility free card: You can't blame us for getting it wrong.

Pipelines took central stage at home, while protectionism came back into play abroad, with the election of Donald Trump heralding a new phase for free trade

«Elections have consequences, and the consequences for our community have been dire, and if we do not change the balance of power, we question our ability to remain free in this country,» she said.

«He's a strong voice for free trade,» Sands said in an interview before the election, adding that Portman may be a key voice for Canadian interests when Trump takes TPP back to the table.

The U.K. is currently providing # 91 million in aid to Zimbabwe for the 2017/18 financial year, including an additional # 5 million announced in February to support free and fair elections in the country.

The Conservatives dangled several pricey promises during the 2011 election campaign that were contingent on them balancing the books, including tax - splitting for couples with children under 18, doubling the annual tax - free savings account limit and doubling the children's tax credit.

Among those who have criticized Putin in the past is 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, who questioned whether Russia's 2011 elections were «free, fair, transparent» and called for a «full investigation» of the election's irregularities while she was Secretary of State.

As blame fell to Facebook for Trump's election, word of Facebook prototyping a censorship tool for operating in China escaped, triggering questions about its respect for human rights and free speech.

The week - long vote is open to all registered members (anyone with a dot - ca domain registration can become a registered member for free, but must have become a member before the start of the election in order to vote).

Ontario's Liberal government says it plans to offer free child care for thousands of preschoolers across the province starting in 2020, a promise that comes as it faces a looming spring election.

The complaints, filed by Common Cause and Free Speech for People, a group that seeks to limit corporate money in politics, argue that AMI paid to bury the story of Trump's infidelity and thereby influence the presidential election.

For the peso, jitters over the North American Free Trade Agreement adds to uncertainty over Mexico's July presidential election.

Alberta's next provincial election is more than two years away, but for Jason Kenney — and the thousands packing his town halls to hear him speak about uniting the province's two free enterprise parties — the «project» to dismantle Rachel Notley's NDP reign is well under way.

The report includes facts about lobbying spending that hit $ 2 billion in the last election cycle, and continues unabated, Wall Street executives in the Trump administration and regulatory agencies, tax cut windfalls for the finance industry, and a deregulatory free - for - all.

With their support for a free public option, the BC Greens have laid out one of the most ambitious childcare strategies so far this election.

He could raise the GST, but the Prime Minister has ruled that out; he could fulfill an election commitment by undertaking a serious simplification of the income tax system, which could yield substantial revenues (about $ 3 to $ 5 billion), but he seems reluctant to do that; or, he could take the easy way out and simply cut his fiscal prudence in half and «miraculously» free up $ 3billion annually for his cabinet colleagues.

That claim got turned into a banner wrap on Premier Clark's election tour bus for a «debt - free BC» and also hints at tax cuts and increase public services to boot.

If the Greek elections fail to convince investors that Greece is prepared for austerity measures — or, worse, set the stage for Greece to abandon the euro — expect the eurozone's currency to go into something of a free fall.

McDougal has sued to break free of a confidentiality agreement that was struck in the months before the 2016 election, for which she was paid $ 150,000.

Hardly an election at any level is free of calls for improving our schools, and presidential candidates avoid the topic at their peril.

The entire staff of CNN has been forced to convert to mormonism ahead of the election out of fear of what concentration camp they will go in for their belief in free speech if romney wins.

In an election year when reality seems as remote as a Pluto flyby; a year already marked by bombastic promises of walls, jobs, «a future to believe in» and free stuff for everybody, maybe we should take a quick break from the narcoleptic snooze imposed on us by the mass media.

But the Jacob stories emphasize a central point of interpretation: Israel's election is understood not as merited or earned, but as the free choice of Yahweh, for reasons known only to himself.

And free discussion is, for Rorty, «simply [my italics] the sort which goes on when the press, the judiciary, the elections, and the universities are free, social mobility is frequent and rapid, literacy is universal, higher education is common, and peace and wealth have made possible the leisure necessary to listen to lots of different people and think about what they have to say» (CIS 84).

«The election comes at a time of unprecedented popularity in Russia for the church» reports Radio Free Europe.

(CNN)-- The Obama administration's key Catholic ally on its controversial plan to require health insurers to provide free contraceptive coverage is dropping support for the plan, potentially complicating the president's relations with Catholics in an election year.

For example, business leaders in the aftermath of the popular protests that challenged U.S. involvement in Vietnam complained about too much democracy in the United States.6 In a similar way, free elections are held up by U.S. leaders as essential for democracy unless political parties opposed to U.S. interests wFor example, business leaders in the aftermath of the popular protests that challenged U.S. involvement in Vietnam complained about too much democracy in the United States.6 In a similar way, free elections are held up by U.S. leaders as essential for democracy unless political parties opposed to U.S. interests wfor democracy unless political parties opposed to U.S. interests win.

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has promised that voters in upcoming elections will be free to decide who to vote for.

Among them are life, liberty, security of person, freedom from slavery and from torture and inhumane treatment; equality before the law; the right to judicial remedies for wrongs; freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention; fair trials and due process of law, including the presumption of innocence; privacy; freedom of movement; equal rights in marriage; freedoms of speech, press, assembly and association; and free elections.

Christians are therefore free from the strategic pressures of voting, and should not vote for a less preferred candidate who simply has a greater likelihood of winning an election.

In electing Hamas in free and democratic elections — as far as elections under occupation can be free and democratic — the Palestinians voted for a government that promised to resist any Israeli or U.S. unilateral dictate.

This is much to be regretted, not for any reasons of personal ambition, which I abjure completely, but because in the cause of postpartisanship (if not postmodernism) I believe a participant from the Culture 11 group (may it rest in peace) would add immeasurably to the depth of the dialogue going on within the administration, mixing it up with the likes of Susan Rice and Samantha Power (reminding them there was a free election in Iraq on Saturday), or with Lawrence Summers (recalling to him, since he failed so conspicuously in stimulating the women at Harvard, how one might do better with the economy).

For Holmes, the ruling majority based its claim to rule not on any principle affirming the rightness of ruling human beings with their consent and free elections; rather, the majority found its sufficient claim to rule in the brute fact that the majority, by force of numbers, could overpower the minority.

Glory is unequal, hierarchically distributed as in a Fra Angelico painting, for the relationship between God and humankind is not a generic condition but a person - specific one, composed of divine election and our free response.

Today we are introducing the NationBuilder Election Center — a free nationwide voter file that also includes an API designed for developers.

«The security council regrets that the campaign of violence and the restrictions on the political opposition have made it impossible for a free and fair election to take place on June 27th,» the statement, read by Washington's UN ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, said.

The signing of the accord which took place at the Creek Motel in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, had the candidates expressed their commitment to allow for a hitch - free election.

Then 2020 to 2025 would see the UK - EU free trade deal hammered out while we operate under the rules of the transitional deal, with the deal being ratified in time for the general election.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Ghana believes in the principles that democratic societies provide individuals with the best conditions for political liberty, personal freedom, equality of opportunity and economic development under the rule of law; and therefore being committed to advancing the social and political values on which democratic societies are founded, including the basic personal freedoms and human rights, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; in particular, the right of free speech, organization, assembly and non-violent dissent; the right to free elections and the freedom to organize effective parliamentary opposition to government; the right to a free and independent media; the right to religious belief; equality before the law; and individual opportunity and prosperity.

More than the need for freedom, democracy and free elections, dignity is fundamental to human existence.

As I always say, a petition - free post-election period will be the ideal that election management should aspire to, just as it has been in the U.S except for the year 2000 Florida saga and in the United Kingdom where, for about 99 years, all election results were accepted from the polling units as annouced up to the final point of declaration of a winner.

In the next place, as each representative will be chosen by a greater number of citizens in the large than in the small republic, it will be more difficult for unworthy candidates to practice with success the vicious arts by which elections are too often carried; and the suffrages of the people being more free, will be more likely to centre in men who possess the most attractive merit and the most diffusive and established characters.

For many countries, then, the challenge is keeping the population constructively engaged in the democratic process following successful free and fair elections.

I suppose after the Tories misled voters at the general election with a manifesto that could be filed on the fiction shelf, impersonation is an obvious principle - free option for Conservatives without scruples.

In 2006, Staffan Lindberg published his influential argument that the repeated holding of elections increases the quality of democracy in a country, measured in terms of respect for civil liberties, even if the elections are not fully free and fair.

The Supreme Court is now the only hope for the future use and sustenance of the card reader to sanitize, promote free, fair and credible elections in this country.

But Okudzeto Ablakwa chose to give the impression in his feature article devoted to insulting me with reckless abandon that he respects elders, at least in the NDC, and excuses his attacks on me for exercising my right to free speech in congratulating the Kenyan Supreme Court for the Court's decision annulling the 8th August 2017 elections on the flimsy ground that I had attacked «the former President» whom I believe is supposedly dumb figuratively and therefore unable to speak for himself.