Sentences with phrase «electoral commission»

It is not just that the state electoral commissions are barely independent, it has also been observed that the opposition parties and their candidates for the local council elections have limited chance.

Others reported how inspired they'd been by the hundreds of thousands of electoral commission workers in the 33,000 polling stations who spent a long, hard day making sure everyone could vote.

Iraq's electoral commission says a political coalition led by influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al - Sadr has won the most seats in Iraq's national parliamentary elections, according to the release of complete results.

The tribunal had adjourned sitting to February 14, after the petitioners closed their case, to enable INEC, which was listed as the first respondent, to open its case, decrying the failure of Mr Onyinye Anunonye, counsel to the Independent National electoral commission (INEC) to call witnesses in its defence in a petition before it.

The 27 came from a larger pool of 779 big donors who stood out on electoral commission records.

«The South - West in addition wanted the elections to be organised and conducted by regional / zonal electoral commissions in order to have free, fair and credible elections.

«He should stay off and intruding into the operations and activities of the independent electoral commission of Ghana.

Disputes emerge between electoral commission, political parties over unofficial results of Saturday's poll

«There has been no major incident to report of a technical nature and the voting was peaceful,» noted electoral commission chief Francis Korkoya.

Police in Kenya have arrested a 17 - year - old girl in connection with the death of electoral commission officer Chris Msando, local media report.

Read more: Head of Gambia's electoral commission flees to Senegal However, President Yahya Jammeh has said he will not step down before a Supreme Court decision on disputed elections, a ruling now not expected until May.

19 October 2010 — ELECTORAL COMMISSION Question: To Ask Her Majesty's Government what was the cost to public funds of the case by the Electoral Commission against the United Kingdom Independence Party.

The head of The Gambia's electoral commission declared Adama Barrow, 51, as the winner of the 2016 presidential election, with 263,515 votes to Yahya Jammeh's 212,099 votes.

Most of the protesters who were interviewed were surprised the British government will be extending courtesies to a man who had a serious case against him, together with the country's electoral commission before the Supreme Court of Ghana.

That is changing the game, for political gain, and is illegal.The electoral commission should examine this.

Speaking at an Inter-party Advisory Committee meeting today chairperson for Ghana's electoral commission Charlotte Osei said the decision to slash the polling centers is to enable it work within the limited budget.

«Secondly, the manner in which elections are conducted by the state independent electoral commissions where the ruling party in state wins all positions is worrisome.

Labour says that an analysis of electoral commission figures for subscriptions found that 70 % of Tory associations in the marginal seats saw their membership income fall in 2013.

Conveniently, the head of the country's central electoral commission is a staunch Putin supporter who is on record as saying that «Putin is always right.»

«The consensus was that President Jammeh needed to respect the result of the December 1 election, which he had earlier accepted, congratulated the winner, only to recant a week later, calling for fresh polls «to be conducted by a God - fearing electoral commission.»

Nigeria's electoral commission officially declared the 72 - year - old general the winner of the presidential election early on Wednesday morning.

Earlier in his opening remarks, the Director, Voter Education and Publicity, Mr. Oluwole Osaze - Uzzi said that the workshop was significant in exposing the staff to the gains of a gender responsive electoral Commission.

A key Kenyan electoral commission employee has been found dead just days before the 8 August elections.

In an interview with VOA, Eric Dzakpasu, electoral commission spokesman, said the accusations are without merit.

The Kwara electoral commission boss, however, promised a credible, reliable and fair election even without the card readers.

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«The political opposition united by COPA 2016 has decided to withdraw from the electoral process under way (and) demands that its representatives withdraw from (national electoral commission) CENI,» he said.

The Commission Chief and ECONEC believe the body of electoral commissions will bounce back, having been inactive over the last two years.

Suicide bombers stormed Libya's electoral commission in Tripoli on Wednesday, killing at least a dozen people in an attack claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group.

All of them, that is why we suggested that all the so - called state electoral commissions should be abolished in order to have fair, free and credible local government elections in the country.

11 October 2010 — ELECTORAL COMMISSION Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reform the Electoral Commission.

While we have accommodated him sweeping off the civil and public service and replacing them with officials of the New Patriotic Party, we unable to accept and live with any attempt by him to erode public confidence in the independent electoral commission,» he said.

Opposition leader Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People's Party led with 43.3 percent of the vote in the first round of elections but failed to secure a majority vote needed to win, according to the electoral commission.

The orders follow the interpretation - confusion that ensued between the electoral commission and Abu Ramadan, the plaintiff who went to court to seek an interpretation of the legality or otherwise of such names in the electoral roll.

Kenyatta had nearly 58 percent of the vote after 5,455 of 40,883 polling stations had reported results, the electoral commission website said at 1700 GMT.

Thursday Questions — Environment, food and rural affairs, church commissioners, public accounts commission and the speaker's committee on the electoral commission Business Statement - Leader of the House Business - Proceedings on the supply and appropriation main estimates bill Adjournment - Female genital mutilation among at - risk girls - Jane Ellison

Odinga said the electoral commission as currently constituted should not be permitted to conduct the fresh election saying it was complicit in electoral fraud.

If the electoral commission hasn't taken action, then they must believe that all parties are technically within the law, or they are not aware of any flagrant breaches of the law.

The court voted 4 - 2 to nullify Kenyatta's election saying they found the electoral commission had performed irregularities and illegalities in adding up the presidential vote.

The Supreme Court nullified Kenyatta's win announced by the electoral commission on Aug 11.

Kenyatta, however, has said the electoral commission should not be interfered with and warned the court against taking action on the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.

Before the 2016 election, Mr Martin Amidu levelled so many allegations against former President Mahama, the NDC and the Chairperson of the electoral commission including planned vote rigging, corruption etc..

If you believe that there are examples where a candidate has clearly broken the law, the RPA creates an electoral commission, with the power to enforce election law.

As allegations of vote rigging surrounded «the worst violence since Kenya gained independence», [iii] particular international support has been given to Kenya's electoral commission.

Meanwhile, the PDP through its spokesperson, Taofiq Gani said, «The sole administrators were appointed «to continue to occupy the councils in proxy for the APC, for another period not less than three months, instead of allowing the LASIEC (state electoral commission), to announce date for council polls.

Mr President, the desperation so far exhibited by your person and your government in manipulating sensitive agencies of state like the judiciary and now the electoral commission to further your bid to win the 2020 election is totally against the spirit of democracy and peace bestowed by the NDC in conceding defeat at the Presidential election.

Your attempt to handcuff the judiciary and the electoral commission is a subtle to foist full blown dictatorship on Ghanaians.