Sentences with phrase «election of a new leader»

After the rallies, immigrant rights groups will join LGBTQ, African - American and women's organizations this summer to push for the election of new leaders, Salas said, adding that they hope to see more support from Americans who aren't immigrants.

News outlets went wild Wednesday after the surprisingly quick election of a new leader for the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, flooding social media and online news feeds with countless articles on Pope Francis.

The UKIP conference didn't even get a mention although there was real news in the election of a new leader.

The Labour conference will be dominated by the election of a new leader, the winner to be announced on the Saturday night.

Mondello, 80, who in March was nominated by President Donald Trump as U.S. ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago, said his exit will allow election of a new leader at the same time candidates are nominated — so his replacement «can see the campaign through until the election.»

Acting leader between the resignation of Menzies Campbell on 15 October 2007 and the election of a new leader on 18 December 2007.

[161][162] On 10 May, Brown announced his intention to resign as leader of the Labour Party and instructed the party to initiate the election of a new leader.

Not exact matches

Democrats said Republican leaders, flexing their new political muscle after big wins in the midterm elections that will give them control of both chambers of Congress next year, had gone too far in trying to roll back Dodd - Frank.

Most recently, he held an election for the new team leader of the customer service department.

And the election of Donald Trump in the U.S. hasn't dented that support — if anything, this survey suggests that the new U.S. leader's position actually makes Canadians more inclined to support clean energy here at home.»

New comments by President Trump and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani about a payment to Stormy Daniels place the president at the center of questions about possible campaign - finance violations, two former Federal Election Commission leaders said.

A trial had been scheduled to run Oct. 16, 2017 to Feb. 22, 2018 and would likely have overshadowed the election of a new BC Liberal leader on Feb. 3.

At last year's meeting of the Asia Business Leaders Advisory Council (ABLAC), fears about the backlash against globalization and the election of new populist leaders with protectionist tendencies cast a pall over the discuLeaders Advisory Council (ABLAC), fears about the backlash against globalization and the election of new populist leaders with protectionist tendencies cast a pall over the disculeaders with protectionist tendencies cast a pall over the discussions.

Former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras arrives to an election debate with the leader of the Greek conservative opposition party New Democracy, Evangelos Meimarakis in Athens, Greece on September 14, 2015.

VICTORIA — In the wake of serious revelations about Christy Clark's fundraising tactics, B.C. New Democrat Leader John Horgan is calling on the government to provide Elections BC with sufficient resources to complete its investigation before British Columbians vote.

Venezuelan crisis intensifies after vote, arrests Following a disputed election for a new legislative body last weekend, in which voting tallies were reportedly manipulated, and the arrest of two high - profile opposition leaders, Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro faces increased pressure both from within Venezuela and without.

11.20 a.m. With elections in Canada's most populous and richest province less than two months away, Andrea Horwath, leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party, tells Larysa her plan to boost the province's economy.

Following his election as party leader, Stelmach announced a new cabinet that included all of the leadership contenders who had supported him in the second round of voting.

Speaking after the election of Diane James, the former UKIP leader said he would support her in her new role but had «done his bit.»

CNN: Survey: Catholics divided on political issues, as adherent numbers decline As important as the Catholic vote is in the 2012 election, a new survey finds that the group is far from monolithic and is not largely focused on the issues that get a lot of attention from church leaders — abortion and gay marriage.

Washington (CNN)-- As important as the Catholic vote is in the 2012 election, a new survey finds that the group is far from monolithic and is not largely focused on the issues that get a lot of attention from church leaders — abortion and gay marriage.

Christianity Today: What Egyptian Christians Think About Their New Islamist President In the most democratic elections since 1952, the people of Egypt have freely chosen their leader.

Opposition leader Mr Raila Odinga, whose legal challenge to the election results led to the vote being nullified, withdrew from the new election, saying the process was not credible because of the lack of electoral reforms.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

South Australian Liberal leader Steven Marshall has promised a «new dawn» for South Australia after his party won the state election and ended 16 years of Labor Government.

It's important he uses his time as leader to bring in new talent so by the time of the next election there's a more diverse face [in charge].»

The loss of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2016 general elections was not only a defeat but a rejection, hence the party needs a new leader for successive elections, former President Jerry John Rawlings has said.

When this new alliance - the European Conservatives and Reformists - was created after the 2009 Euro - election with «a bunch of homophobes, anti-Semites and climate - change deniers» (as Nick Clegg later described them in a TV leaders debate) I objected and was expelled from the Conservative Party.

The new allegations emerge as the Ukip leader told his party conference that the coming «Romanian crime wave» will be at the centre of their European election campaign.

Over past months pressure has been building on Gordon Brown to stand aside so that a new leader can go into a general election with the tailwind of a honeymoon bounce.

«With the recent election of Todd Kaminsky replacing former Republican Leader Dean Skelos and today's poll, it is clear that the people of New York are demanding real change,» said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins.

Embattled UK opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says he will stand in any new party leadership election amid calls for his resignation in light of the referendum result.

More than 2,000 leaders, executives and supporters of the main opposition New Patriotic Party have been suspended as of the last count, the governing National Democratic Congress» Director of Elections, Samuel Ofosu - Ampofo has said.

In those cases the election of the leader of the majority party to head the new government would be a formality.

Republican Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan indicated he was open to a conversation about making it easier to vote in New York, but questioned the cost of early voting days in advance of Election Day.

It was the full nature of this new group, announced after the last European elections in 2009, which led to my protest and eventually leaving the Tories (I had been Leader of their MEPs 1997 - 2001) and, as a lifelong pro-European, joining the Liberal Democrats in 2010.

Chryssanthos Laziridis advises Antonis Samaras, leader of New Democracy which is ahead in the polls at around 28 % — Samaras could well be the new prime minister after elections in late April or early May (the date yet to be announceNew Democracy which is ahead in the polls at around 28 % — Samaras could well be the new prime minister after elections in late April or early May (the date yet to be announcenew prime minister after elections in late April or early May (the date yet to be announced).

Using Obama's own organizing experience as a hook, the campaign pitches the Obama Organizing Fellowships as «a program that's going to train a new generation of leaders — not only to help us win this election, but to help strengthen our democracy in communities across the country.»

If it succeeds, its own leader, vice-president Michel Temer, is the next in the line of succession and will be the new president of Brazil until elections take place in late 2018.

CLARENCE, N.Y. — In early June, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo joined forces with Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader, and declared in no uncertain terms that he would do whatever he could to help unseat six Republican members of New York's congressional delegation in next year's midterm elections.

As the public continues to bear the brunt of pain after budget cuts to services, schools, and safety net programs, community leaders came together to demand that our elected leaders in the State Senate and Assembly ensure the priorities of Central New York are met by passing Fair Elections.

The 2017 New York City elections are for the three citywide posts of Mayor, Public Advocate and Comptroller; the five Borough President positions; all 51 City Council seats; the Brooklyn and Manhattan District Attorney posts; and other down ballot offices like some civil court judges and some district leader positions.

On Monday, members of the New York Leadership for Accountable Government — a bipartisan coalition of business, civic, and philanthropic leaders dedicated to reforming elections laws in the state — delivered an open letter to the Senate Independent Democratic Conference.

▸ After our last Presidential election (and a subsequent Olive Garden carb binge), I became a founding team member of The Arena, focused on recruiting a new generation of bold, progressive leaders to take the reins.

The leader and founder of Glorious Wave Ministry, Prophet Emmanuel Badu Kobi says the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) presidential candidate has 16 spiritual problems he has to fix if he wants to win the the upcoming election.

With Speaker Bercow barely able to warm his new big green chair, the daggers were already drawn, with some unpleasant off and on the record briefing against him, a less than gracious welcome by Alan Duncan, Shadow Leader of the House, and a quite distasteful contribution from Nadine Dorries parading herself round the media outlets the day after Mr Bercow's election.

Danny Donohue, president of New York's largest public employee union, the Civil Service Employees Association, is coming off a tough election battle, running to be leader of the national union AFSCME.

Yesterday, the Rev. Jason McGuire, executive director of New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms, and the organization's founder / senior lobbyist, the Rev. Duane Motley, re-released a June 2011 open «letter» to Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos in which they warned that a «pound of flesh» would be taken from the GOP in the 2012 elections if same - sex marriage came to pass in New York.

Syriza's leader, Alexei Tzipras, called for a new election and a new government to renegotiate the terms of the Greek bailout.

Perhaps the party, and its new leader, would have benefited from the open debate of a contested election but playing the gallant losing candidate did not appeal.