Sentences with phrase «elections following the country»

The international community have shown a keen interest in Ghana's elections following the country's enviable record in holding peaceful polls in spite of high pre-election tension.

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Still, even if you take out the Obama Trauma, in which the stock market fell nearly 13 % following the current president's election in 2008 — and, to be fair, the country was in the middle of a financial panic — the average return in a month following the election is 0.4 %.

She was shocked to see the reports on the country two weeks later following uprisings after the 2009 elections.

Following Switzerland is France, where the National Front earned around 14 percent of the country's vote in the past three presidential elections.

For sure, Mr. Moore would be on surer footing here if the Conservative Party of Canada hadn't pleaded guilty to violating election spending limits in 2008 and if the Harper government wasn't the only government in this country's history to have been found in contempt of Parliament and if the RCMP wasn't said to be presently investigating Mr. Harper's former chief of staff and and if two Conservative MPs weren't presently in court with Elections Canada and if the Prime Minister hadn't left for Peru without facing the House on the first day that Parliament was in session after the deal between Mr. Wright and Mr. Duffy was revealed and if the Prime Minister hadn't fail to show up in the House on the following Monday and if Mr. Duffy hadn't remained a Conservative senator for awhile despite having apparently claimed a housing allowance he shouldn't have.

The country is preparing for June 17 elections, following an inconclusive May 6 ballot.

• Instead of the birth of Iranian democracy, the crisis that followed the June elections may portend the irreversible decline of an ancient country.

We have seen this syndrome surface again in recent days, following the elections in Italy, particularly in respect of that country's fastest - growing political movement, Lega (The League)-- formerly Lega Nord, or Northern League.

I think we see it all the time — I mean, look at the mildly insulting «safaris into Trump country» that littered publications following the election.

With a general election due the following spring and a small but vocal group of Conservative rebels prepared to fight the agreement all the way, the prime minister faced a choice: bring forward a bill to ratify Maastricht now and risk going to the country with his party divided and weakened, or postpone until he was safely re-elected.

In the six years that Mahama ruled Ghana, first as an emergency President following the death in 2010 of his principal, H.E President John Evans Atta - Mills, and winning the election in 2012 to begin his first tenure, Ghana, has experienced a great infrastructural turnaround in all facets of the country's economy including a complete overhaul of the Kwame Nkrumah Interchange, now famously called Ghana's Dubai, which is the first of its kind in sub-Saharan Africa.

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

Western countries have already condemned the elections as a sham, following the lead of resistance leader Aung San Suu Kyi who called for a boycott when they were announced.

The district, which covers the sprawling North Country region in the state, has been considered a tossup in recent election cycles following the victory of Democratic Rep. Bill Owens.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a 2016 GOP presidential contender, said that lawmakers should be held accountable during this fall's midterm elections for their inaction on gun laws following a number of high - profile mass shootings around the country.

There are reports of similar incidents in other parts of the country, following the election of opposition leader, Nana Akufo - Addo, as president - elect in the December 7 elections.

Scotland and Wales are going to be hugely interesting during this election, with the potential resurgence of the Conservatives in both countries a real talking point following their exceptional local election showing.

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board, Joseph Boahen Aidoo, has revealed that the new administration has saved the country some Ghc80 million, following the review of a fertilizer and chemical supplies contract of over GHC500 million, awarded by the John Mahama administration shortly before they left office, after losing the 2016 election.

The BNI says it picked up the two following the comments because of the current volatile security situation in the country as the country approaches 2016 general elections.

Following the local elections in May, up and down the country, David Cameron said, the Tories had made big gains in what were once Labour and Liberal strongholds.

Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has warned against military action in the Gambia following that country's presidential election, saying such action could threaten the security of the entire sub-region.

According to the party, it will not be swayed into busing supporters from across the country to attend a launch to create an impression that it has a huge following ahead of the December elections.

He deplored the «amount of blood on the ground» and called for Britain to accelerate its planned withdrawal of troops from the country, following similar moves by Australia and his by - election victory.

In a not too distant land, our sister country Nigeria has conducted an election that meets internationally acceptable best practices and according to the then commissioner of Nigeria (Prof. Attahiru Jega) «it's illogical not to change a register that has so many irregularities in it», and after changing the Nigeria voters register, his team went ahead to clean it from 73.5 million to 58 million people all in an effort to follow best practices and ensure transparency in order to win the trust of the citizenry in the Commission.

There were reports of isolated cases of attacks and destruction of public properties in some parts of the country following the declaration of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo as the winner in the December 7 presidential election.

He said, «You will recall that shortly before the 2011 presidential election, I had said it was the last time I would offer myself for elective position and I meant it, but the following years, we saw our country virtually falling apart on all fronts.

«Those who have been following the unsavoury developments in some parts of the country since the last general election would have noticed that MEND, its paymasters and other unscrupulous elements in the South - South region have been striving fruitlessly to exploit the ensuing confusion by surreptitiously working for the fulfilment of its yet - to - be declared political agenda.

Following last year's General Election, the country faced a dreadful crisis in monetary, fiscal and financial terms: inflation was well below target; the budget deficit was of eye - watering proportions; and the banks were feeble and hesitant.

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John Mahama had recently been ridiculed after he led a Commonwealth Observer mission to monitor the elections in Kenya, the country that had its presidential election results later overturned by the Supreme Court following alleged malpractices.

The Korle Klottey constituency is considered as one of the seats in the country which would be keenly contested in the December general elections, following the internal wrangling within both the NPP and the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC).

He said, following the elections, the country can be touted as one of the few countries in Africa with the most matured democracies.

As we have demonstrated in the period following the elections and a year after the polls, we are a Party that believes and has demonstrably exhibited our strong commitment to strengthening our country's democratic credentials and building a peaceful and stable economy.

John Mahama's comments came as the country marked a year following the 2016 general elections which saw the NDC lose power in what is widely seen as the worst defeat for a sitting President in Ghana's history.

In the coming year, ECONEC plans more Needs Assessment and Solidarity missions to other member countries planning elections, and follow - up missions for the implementation of ECOWAS Election Observation missions» reports / recommendations.

National Commissioners, AVM Ahmad Muazu (left) and Prof. Anthonia Simbine (middle) with Chairman, Sierra Leone Electoral Commission, Ambassador Mohammed N'fah - Alie Conte after the Commission's Press briefing following the smooth conduct of the country's general elections on March 7, 2018.

Speaking at the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria (EU - SDGN) project launch held in Abuja on 1st February, Karlsen said all objectives of the new initiative were anchored on the federal government's priorities, while also building on the recommendations of the EU Election Observation Mission which visited the country in 2015, followed by another visit led by Mr. Santiago Fisas, a member of the European Parliament last October.

[66] Interviewed the following Sunday by Andrew Neil and asked about «the game plan», Farage welcomed the «average 13 % vote» across the country, and stated that the party was preparing for county council elections in 2013, European elections in 2014 and a general election in 2015.

Asking whether Mr Miliband would now say what he supports, foreign secretary William Hague said: «Or will he follow the unions who fixed the election for him, and Ed Balls and Gordon Brown who tutored him, in running away from the biggest problem facing the country and abandoning the centre ground of British politics?»

The Deputy Labour leader told ITV News the country is «looking at an early general election» and taking on Theresa May's Conservative government must be the party's «sole priority», after members re-elected Jeremy Corbyn as leader following a challenge from Owen Smith.

In his letter to Trump, sent on Dec. 6 (and embedded below), Adams wrote of the «deep tensions that have persisted around our great country in the weeks following a long and arduous national election,» resulting in «a disturbing and dangerous pattern of hate crimes in big cities and small towns across America, especially here in our hometown of New York City.»

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board, also revealed that the new administration has saved the country some Ghc80 million, following the review of a fertilizer and chemical supplies contract of over GHC500 million, awarded by the John Mahama administration shortly before they left office, after losing the 2016 election.

«This shows that the author has been following with keen interest elections held in the country and the petitions arising from them.

MEPs blithely ignored their advice in 2013, ahead of elections the following year, settling instead on a «pragmatic» division of seats that violated the principle of degression several times over; there were many examples of a bigger country having more MEPs per million citizens than the next biggest country or countries.

Jeff Deutchman's follow - up to «11/4/08» is being directed by more than 40 filmmakers, all capturing footage from around the country on Election Day.

Eighteen filmmakers each followed a different narrative across Election Day last year, planning to document the crowning of the country's first female president, and instead... well, you know how things turned out.

The election was monitored by numerous international missions representing over 170 countries, and regional bodies such as the OAS and UNASUR supported the result, while encouraging a dialogue between the government and opposition to prevent any further post-election violence, which had claimed seven lives in the days following the contested poll.

Following the announcement of a snap election, Jeremy Corbyn has announced that Labour would seek to create four new bank holidays on the days that celebrate the patron saint of each UK country.

and education blogs across the country have been asked to post the following message and link about an important study that is being conducted about teachers and the Election of 2016.

Some political observers and many Egyptians in travel and tourism are optimistic that the calm following the election of President Abdel - Fattah el - Sissi in May will inspire visitors to return to the country in large numbers, following a 35 % drop in arrivals since 2010.