Sentences with phrase «boycott of the parliamentary elections»
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Following a boycott of the December 1992 Parliamentary elections by the main opposition party, the New Patriotic Party, under allegations of malpractices in the presidential, there was a decision to hold both elections on the same day so as to be able to prevent a similar boycott in the future.
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An earlier precedent can be found in Egypt where over 1,000 judges threatened to boycott presidential and Parliamentary elections in 2005 unless the government took steps to control corruption, and even earlier in 1968 the judiciary was so outspoken about Nasser's war policy that he dismissed them in what became known as the «massacre of the judiciary».