Sentences with phrase «election as a mandate»

Westin is part of a wave of scientists, mostly Democrats, who saw the 2016 election as a mandate to get involved in politics.

Fossil fuel interests seized on the election as a mandate to gut the EPA, strip away clean air and water protections, open up public lands for exploitation, and renege on international climate commitments.

Not exact matches

Marceau presented the economic road map at a critical time for the minority PQ, which is widely expected to call a snap election in the coming weeks as polls suggest Marois is within striking distance of a majority mandate.

We will also add the costing of political party platforms to the PBO's mandate, as is the case in Australia and the Netherlands, so that starting in the next federal election, Canadians can review the fiscal plans of political parties from a credible and comparable baseline.

As a result of changes adopted by the NYSE to its broker voting rules, including changes mandated by the Dodd - Frank Act in connection with stockholder votes on executive compensation matters, the NYSE does not consider the election of directors (Item 1), the advisory resolution regarding named executives» compensation (Item 2), and the advisory proposal on the frequency of future advisory votes regarding named executives» compensation (Item 3) to be routine.

At the country level, Malaysia Equity Funds continue to post inflows as investors anticipate incumbent Prime Minister Najib Razak will emerge from next month's general election with a mandate to continue the existing economic policies.

In Japan, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called a snap general election for late October, in what was widely seen as a move to capitalize on his healthy lead in opinion polls and to secure a further mandate for current monetary and fiscal policies.

This is partly because it is difficult to view recent elections as truly democratic, and partly because Russia does not have a civic tradition that regards the will of the people as a convincing mandate.

Preus viewed his election to the church's presidency as a mandate to purge the denomination of liberalism.

This election serves as a reminder that the Christian mandate of controlling women's bodies, telling gay people they're evil and can't access our liberties, or that the future is something to be feared are not relevant in politics.

The Century interpreted the results of the off - year elections of 1934 as giving Roosevelt a clear - cut mandate that said, «Go left, Mr. President, go left»; it asserted that «many features of the 1934 election suggest that a union of forces for a vigorous offensive in support of an avowedly radical program is not impossible» (November 14, 1934).

Kofi Adams» explanation on how the former first lady left the NDC is borne out of the fact that President Mahama is accusing the NPP's Presidential Candidate, Nana Akufo - Addo of dividing the largest opposition party and as such, he will be a bad president for the country should Ghanaians give him their mandate in the 2016 elections.

Half of the 450 seats will be decided by competitions in regional constituencies, technically known as single - mandate districts, using a «first - past - the - post» system like that used in U.S. elections.

I call Algeria «semi-democratic» as a one - dominant party democracy, with quite a lot of restrictions on free association, though the government probably does have a broad mandate to govern from not entirely fair or free elections.

But SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, with 63 of Holyrood's 129 members, will continue as First Minister with a thwocking great personal mandate (and the election of six Green MSPs means there will continue to be a majority of pro-independence members in the Scottish Parliament).

Delegates faithfully try to execute the people's mandate and opinion as far as they can be discerned, and like all politicians, Blair became a delegate around election time.

According to him, Nana Addo will fail to fulfil all promises he made prior to the 2016 elections adding that he only have a four - year mandate as President.

As President John Dramani Mahama's government inches to the final year of its four year mandate, information reaching The aL - hAJJ (www.GhanaPoliticsOnline.Com) indicates the genteel and humble President is gearing up to announce what Flag Staff House sources described as final reshuffle of his government ahead elections in November 201As President John Dramani Mahama's government inches to the final year of its four year mandate, information reaching The aL - hAJJ (www.GhanaPoliticsOnline.Com) indicates the genteel and humble President is gearing up to announce what Flag Staff House sources described as final reshuffle of his government ahead elections in November 201as final reshuffle of his government ahead elections in November 2016.

As mandated by New York's Constitution, if New Yorkers approve a convention, New Yorkers will elect delegates at the next general election, hence the November 6, 2018 date.

As mandated by New York's Constitution, if New Yorkers approve a convention, the convention will convene on the first Tuesday in April following the election of delegates, hence the April 2, 2019 date.

Given Brexit talks are due to start on June 19, a weak minority government with no real mandate would undermine Britain's position in negotiations, leaving open the possibility of another election later this year, as happened in the UK in 1974.

As part of the requirements for the filing of nominations ahead of the 2016 elections, the EC has requested presidential and parliamentary aspirants to declare their assets, but the acting General Secretary of the NPP says there is no law that mandates that request.

Whilst the election results did not deliver the Conservatives the mandate to form a majority government, the coalition with the Liberal Democrats will not act as a progressive brake on the Conservatives.

Months ago, to ensure that military and overseas citizens» votes are counted this November, a federal judge mandated, as required by federal law, that New York move its primary election for members of Congress from Sept. 11 to June 26.

Plaintiff states again that C.I. 94 only re-state the mandate of the 1st Defendant vested discretion of determining the filing fees with respect to the 2016 general elections and not the specific fees to be charged and basis of the fees charged as required by law.

This meant he served as a Member of both the Scottish and Westminster Parliaments for a time with a dual mandate, although like other MPs elected to Holyrood (such as John Swinney, John Home Robertson and Donald Gorrie) he stood down from Westminster at the 2001 General Election.

The INEC Chairman told the RECs that as an election management body, the conduct of free, fair and credible elections was the Commission's most important mandate.

According to Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith the PM has called for a snap election as she wants a «strong mandate» to be able to go ahead and make Brexit decisions with the public's backing.

He said a new election that was conducted by the Caretaker Committee at the instance of the national body brought him in as the new chairman of the union in the state with a mandate to serve his full tenure.

Despite the fact that huge swathes of the electorate voted with Labour, believing it to be their best way to stop Brexit, the Tories were able to spin the last general election as giving a huge mandate to pro-Brexit parties.

«However, as a law - abiding party, we hereby urge our members and the people of Kogi state to remain calm and not despair over this slap on democracy as the courts would soon deliver justice with regard to the authentic governor with the mandate of the majority at the election.»

He said, the commonwealth election observers are given a mandate to observe and consider factors affecting the credibility of the electoral process as a whole.

President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo - Addo has revealed that he could have been finishing his second term as president instead of the commencement of his mandate if the Supreme Court had upheld the 2012 election petition brought before it.

the authority to carry out a policy, regarded as given by the electorate to a party or candidate that wins an election: he called an election to seek a mandate for his policies

Term limits specifically might be unusual, but for election laws in general you could use something as simple as civil rights laws mandated nationally in many countries.

Note that for the German federal elections, the representation was already proportional as there are only half as many districts (and direct mandates) as there are seats in the parliament.

«We have nothing to lose as the Supreme Court will seat on the case on Friday; we shall get justice and if PDP wins Saturday's election, we shall have our four years mandate to rule Ondo State.

As Bush has shown, you can LOSE an election and still act like you have a mandate.

I am however deeply disappointed with the discussion and by your failure to recognise that the turmoil after the Referendum vote, a likely Autumn election, the responsibility to hold the Labour Party together and the very wide - and ever widening - concerns about your leadership require a fresh leadership election, with you stepping aside as Leader to seek a new mandate if you aspire to lead Labour into the coming General Eelection, the responsibility to hold the Labour Party together and the very wide - and ever widening - concerns about your leadership require a fresh leadership election, with you stepping aside as Leader to seek a new mandate if you aspire to lead Labour into the coming General Eelection, with you stepping aside as Leader to seek a new mandate if you aspire to lead Labour into the coming General ElectionElection.

«The absolutely central question at this general election is less who is the prime minister on 9 June, and more what is the nature of the mandate, and in particular — because otherwise frankly this is a steamroller election — is it possible that we can return as many members of parliament as possible to parliament that are going to keep an open mind on this Brexit negotiation until we see the final terms?»

While largely ignoring the moves against him, he did make several references to his election as leader to highlight his overwhelming mandate from Labour members.

Mumuni regretted accepting the mandate to contest as the CPC candidate in the Lagos State governorship election, saying he would have defeated Senator Oluremi Tinubu in the 2011 Lagos Central Senatorial election.

It is often argued by the proponents of executive supremacy that a government effectively enjoys a direct democratic mandate because most voters in general elections believe they are voting for a party manifesto and a prime minister at the same time as selecting a constituency MP.

The threats by pro-NPP group, «Let My Vote Count Alliance» (LMVCA), that it will make things difficult for the country's Electoral Commission (EC)-- to carry out its constitutionally mandated undertaking in respect of the upcoming November 7 general election, have been described as empty.

This is to congratulate warmly my good friend and President of Cote d'Ivoire, S.E.M. Alassane Dramane Ouattara for his landslide victory in Sunday's, October 25, peaceful presidential election, which saw him re-elected with a stronger mandate as President.

By article 46, the first defendant is endowed with independence in the performance of its functions including the initiation, regulation and conduct of elections in the country... In our opinion and as part of our function to declare what the law is, the above words which are unambiguous insulate the Electoral Commission from any external direction and or control in the performance of the functions conferred on it under article 45... A fair consideration of the functions of the first defendant reveals that the demand which was made on it by the plaintiffs regarding the presence of ineligible and deceased persons and the latter's refusal to acquiesce in the said demands which provoked the action herein relates to its mandate under article 45 (a) «to compile the register of voters and revise it at such periods as may be determined by law».

Aside from his own considerable appeal as a candidate, Obama's election was largely a mandate on the war (until the economy replaced the war as the nation's top concern)-- a loud and resounding repudiation of Bush - era policies.

David Cameron was the one who called for the election in the first place as a way of Gordon Brown confirming that he had a mandate.

The training of the ad hoc personnel who will participate in the elections has already been concluded and they have been mandated to be civil and courteous to voters, election observers and party agents in the course of performing their duties as election officials.»

The result indicates a divide as Mr Corbyn bids to reunite his party after winning a landslide 62 % in the overall leadership election - a bigger mandate than last year.