Sentences with phrase «faction of the party for»

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In WA, for instance, the right is presently divided into old and a new factions, largely because party strongman and former premier, Brian Burke, remains a formidable behind - the - scenes operative, to the displeasure of Premier Geoff Gallop and Attorney - General Jim McGinty.

The leader of a faction in British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative party demanding a clean break from the European Union, has denied issuing an ultimatum after asking her to drop a proposal for a customs partnership with the bloc.

Stephen Crabb today launched his bid for the leadership of the Conservatives, promising to bring together the factions of his party in a government of «unity and opportunity».

Unless and until that happens, the full weight of Labour's left factions - which include not just Momentum, but the Labour Representation Committee, the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy and Labour Briefing - is behind Corbyn.

Hajia Fati said she was told by her sponsored paymasters to attack the person of Mr. Afoko and others because to them they represented a big threat to their quest for controlling party funds in the run - up to the November 7th polls.Secondly, she said they were told of some agenda 2020 and were asked to undermine President Kuffour and anyone who was seen to be his loyalist in order to kill the Kufuor faction in NPP, leaving only the Akuffo Addo blog to project Dr. Mahamoudu Bawumiah after the flagbearer's tenure.

What remains to be seen is if Democrats run primaries against members of the Independent Democratic Conference or IDC, something Governor Cuomo does not want to see as he publicly calls for the two warring Democratic factions to come together in a show of party unity.

Once that democracy allows the formation of parties, then choosing to deny a faction based on their expression is a denial of that freedom that is required for democracy.

The congress held by Sylva's faction, which was attended by the Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri and other party members, elected the Chairman of Southern Ijaw Local Government Area, Jonathan Amos, as the chairman.

Also there was Niagara County GOP chairman Henry Wojtaszek, who took on Cox for the state chairmanship and was the favorite of a faction of unlikely allies, including Rudy Giuliani, Rick Lazio and George Pataki — the party's older guard.

In December 1972, the Coalition for a Democratic Majority, a centrist faction within the Democratic Party, was created after the landslide victory of Republican Richard Nixon over anti-war progressive Democrat George McGovern in the 1972 presidential election.

It was learnt that the Minister of State for Petroleum, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, is also pitching tent with the faction in what members described as a renewed effort to wrest the structure from the 2015 governorship candidate of the party, Olorogun O'tega Emerhor.

The unveiling of reports has been a weekly event for this four - member faction within the 62 - member Senate, meant to demonstrate their intention to operate outside the closed - door conference sessions of the two parties.

Party secretaries have been weakened by the rising power of internal factions, used as scape - goats after electoral defeats and blamed for both lack of charisma (Pierluigi Bersani) and excessive protagonism (Massimo D'Alema and especially Matteo Renzi himself).

The former governor, who was speaking at his Lagos residence on Sunday, while receiving the Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, commended the governor for working towards ending the differences that existed between factions of the party in the state.

The Senator Ahmed Makarfi and Ali Modu Sherrif led warring factions of the Peoples Democratic Party are set for truce.

The faction expressed worry that the state chapter of the party issued directive that only forms that come through the party office in the state would be valid for the ward election in the state contrary to the national position.

In the last parliament, with the Labour party looking more divided and disloyal than ever, some consultants adopted a strategy of picking off moderate MPs and Blairite factions within the PLP in a bid to get support for an issue or policy.

Breaking the mould with electoral reform would have transformed the political landscape, allowing a socialist and a social democratic party, a centre - right pro-EU Tory party and a hard - right faction for the likes of John Redwood and Liam Fox.

«WFP should learn from this rejection that power for working people comes from their independent political action, not acting as a faction of the Democratic coalition and handing over their votes to the corporate - dominated Democratic Party, which then takes their votes for granted and reduces their leverage and power to nothing.

Mr. Crabbe said the seeming instability in the party, disregard for the party's constitution and the factions created in the party are not good indicators of the party's preparedness to secure power in the upcoming elections.ghanapoliticsonline.com

This comes across a number of problems in the post-1789 world, and can't functionally apply to a pre-1789 world (The Party and the Faction, for example); it pre-supposes a bourgeois triumph over the aristocracy in terms of the dominant mode of production and property form.

A faction of New York Republicans has a message for those pushing state Sen. John DeFrancisco as the party's candidate for governor: Not so fast.

In one party Albany «reform» has a history of meaning only a faction switch — driven by competition for public money.

There is a clear pattern in the results since 2015 of MPs who belong to out - of - favour party factions putting themselves forward for select committee roles.

The Dogara APC faction had last week petitioned the party's state chairman demanding for the cancellation of the congress.

Cuomo, in exchange for an endorsement from the left leaning Working Families Party, promised to help reunite the two Democratic factions in order to achieve passage of several progressive issues, including public campaign financing, a women's equality act with an abortion rights provision, and a measure to give college aid to children of undocumented immigrants, known as the Dream Act.

The party's faction at a Concerned PDP Stakeholders Summit held at the Nicon Hilton Abuja said all actions taken so far by the NWC have been illegal saying the stakeholders see the May 21 National Convention of the party slated for Port Harcourt in Rivers state is illegal.

The ACN, the All Nigeria Peoples Party, the Congress for Progressive Change, and a faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance had merged to form a mega party which ended the PDP's rule after 16 yParty, the Congress for Progressive Change, and a faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance had merged to form a mega party which ended the PDP's rule after 16 yparty which ended the PDP's rule after 16 years.

Whichever party wins control of the New York state Senate on November 8, they will likely have to govern along with a breakaway faction of Democrats who have been key to the power structure for several years now.

The Federal Government has berated the Ahmed Makarfi - led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party for its comment on the recent release of 82 Chibok schoolgirls, adding that the PDP lacks the moral right to comment on the issue.

A statement by Adeniran, who is a former Minister of Education, said on Tuesday that this was the time for all the warring factions within the party to bury the hatchet.

They are nothing more than a faction of the GOP (WFP is the same for Democrats), not a real party like the Greens or Libertarians.

For years, Oguebego, who has Chief Chris Uba as the leader of his group and Prince Kenneth Emeakayi, who led another faction of the party and supported by the national leadership of PDP, had been in and out of court, fighting for the control of the party machinery in AnambFor years, Oguebego, who has Chief Chris Uba as the leader of his group and Prince Kenneth Emeakayi, who led another faction of the party and supported by the national leadership of PDP, had been in and out of court, fighting for the control of the party machinery in Anambfor the control of the party machinery in Anambra.

There is still a prominent Blairite faction within the senior ranks of the Labour Party, with Miliband himself holding Minister for the Third under Blair.

A faction fighting for control of the Women's Equality Party allied with Gov. Andrew Cuomo scored a victory in court this week as a five - judge panel struck down efforts by two competing groups to gain power over the ballot line.

Funnily enough, Conor Pope who works for Progress, the Blairite faction of the Labour Party, put it best earlier this year: «Either Jeremy Corbyn's time is now, or he doesn't have one.»

Adamant Sheriff led faction of the party had filed an application on July 4 for an interlocutory injunction seeking to halt convention scheduled for August 17.

Just last Saturday, a faction of the party in the state to which Hunkuyi belongs suspended the Governor for six months over alleged anti-party activities.

President Donald Trump aimed blame for Friday's failure to advance an Obamacare - repeal bill at the far right faction of his party, grouping them with Democrats, at whom he had pointed the finger in the hours after the stinging defeat.

A faction of the Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has risen from an emergency meeting in Ibadan where it affirmed its support for the Ahmed Makarfi - led faction of the pParty has risen from an emergency meeting in Ibadan where it affirmed its support for the Ahmed Makarfi - led faction of the partyparty.

A group made up of about five men led by Mr. Obi Nwosu had, last week, opened a parallel secretariat for the party in Abuja, saying it would also announce members of the National Working Committee of the faction group in January 2018.

A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party under the leadership of Senator Ahmed Makarfi has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend two of his ministers whose names were mentioned by some judges currently undergoing investigations for alleged corruption.

It was however gathered that the two factions of the PDP, especially the Senator Ahmed Makarfi - led National Caretaker Committee, were waiting for the outcome of the ongoing factions legal battle to determine the authentic leadership of the former ruling party.

Following news that the Rockland County Conservative Party is running a candidate for county executive instead of endorsing GOPer Ed Day, the leader of the Rockland County Conservative Party opposition faction, Sam Naemit, announced he is supporting another man, Simon Leschinsky, for the position.

However, what seems clear is that the battle for control of the Labour party in the event of a split is about more than just the assets of the Labour party, whichever faction of the Labour party is left controlling the party name and identity will inherit a chunk of voters who are loyal to the Labour brand.

The Makarfi faction is the bigger of the two factions fighting for the soul of the former ruling party.

13 % of current Labour voters are the opposite: in any party split they would go for whichever faction opposed Corbyn.

Speaking in Ado - Ekiti on Friday, the governor, who said Sheriff and members of his faction had been forgiven, added that they must show remorse for causing the party members so much trouble.

Warring factions of the Working Families Party Friday night moved toward backing Gov. Cuomo's re-election bid after threatening to dump him for another candidate, sources said.

Were the Labour party to split there would be some clear practical advantages for the faction that was left in control of the Labour party — they would keep the Labour party's assets and property, their campaigning data and arguably much of the «Short money» (state funding for opposition parties based largely on votes and seats won at the previous election).