Sentences with phrase «factions of the party in»

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».

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.

All 18 Democrats representing New York State in the House of Representatives signed a letter today demanding that the three clashing factions of their party in the State Senate reunite, so as to make Albany the seventh solid - blue state capital nationwide.

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.

Osoba reportedly commended Amosun for working towards ending the differences that existed between factions of the party in the state, adding that «it is a sure step to protect and sustain the legacies of statesmen like the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo.»

The Democratic National Committee waded into the bitter fray between clashing factions of the party in the State Senate — demanding that nine members currently cooperating with the Republicans form a majority with the larger 23 - seat caucus.

The Eddy Olafeso - led faction of the party in the zone had appealed a November 8 ruling by the Federal High Court, Ado - Ekiti, which declared the Ogundipe - led executive as the authentic leadership of the party in the zone and forbade the Olafeso - led group from parading itself as members of the South West zonal exco and from participating in the forthcoming national convention as representatives of the zonal exco.

Two supporters of the All Progressive Congress were reportedly injured on Friday as the two factions of the party in Abia State clashed at the party secretariat in Umuahia, the state capital.

The appellants led by Biyi Poroye are the state executives of the Sheriff faction of the party in the various states in the South - West zone, are backing Jimoh Ibrahim, who was only removed and replaced with Jegede as the party's governorship candidate in Ondo State by the judgment delivered by the Court of Appeal, Abuja on Wednesday.

Not exact matches

He led a neo-Maoist faction in the party that favours old - style patriotism and central control of the economy.

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 Progressive Conservatives, meanwhile, are in the middle of a leadership race that has exposed a growing rift between party factions.

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.

In many cases it [impeachment] will connect itself with the pre-existing factions... and in such cases there will always be the greatest danger that the decision will be regulated more by the comparative strength of parties than by the real demonstrations of innocence or guilIn many cases it [impeachment] will connect itself with the pre-existing factions... and in such cases there will always be the greatest danger that the decision will be regulated more by the comparative strength of parties than by the real demonstrations of innocence or guilin such cases there will always be the greatest danger that the decision will be regulated more by the comparative strength of parties than by the real demonstrations of innocence or guilt.

A senior activist from the leftwing Social Liberal Forum of the party says Cable's leadership fills that faction with «dread», given he was in charge of the business department that pushed through the fees rise.

Andy gave an awesome — and I suspect intentionally perverse — speech, were he spent most of his time discussing the various factions that were present at the foundation of the Labour Party in 1900, and the values they aspired to.

In the process, they usually try to forward the overall interests of their particular party or faction as best they can.

Although the different factions within the Party are strongly divided over policy, they agree on the ultimate objective of keeping the CCP in power.

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.

Cuomo has come under fire from the left wing of the Democratic Party and its allies in the Working Families Party who do not believe he has done enough to assist the so - called regular Democrats in reuniting with the breakaway, eight - member IDC faction to help them re-take the majority in the Senate.

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.

The faction of the party led by former minister of Information, Professor Jerry Gana has refused to renege in its plan to hold its own convention.

Individuals (or small groups) tend to make mistakes, but the looming risk of losing power make the ruling faction to listen up to the opposition: to the electors if there are elections, or at least, to the opposition factions existing in the same political party; this is how, basically, the self - regulation works everywhere;

But Koppell is apparently siding with the progressive wing of the Democratic Party that feels the reunification of the warring Democratic factions in the Senate, which was engineered by the governor a few weeks ago as he started to significantly feel pressure from his own primary challenger, actress and activist Cynthia Nixon, is too little, too late.

Conversely, whatever the result of the referendum, Boris coming out in favour of Leave places him at the helm of the increasingly dominant faction in the Tory party and well placed to win the subsequent leadership election.

But the Binabo faction, comprising party stalwarts such as the Bayelsa representative on the board of Niger Delta Development Commission, Prof. Nelson Brambaifa, Mr. Preye Aganaba; among others, returned the acting chairman of the APC in the state, Joseph Fafi, as the substantive chairman.

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 electioIn 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 electioin 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 state Democratic Party, led by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, is offering carrots and sticks to two rival factions of Democrats in the state Senate in an effort to get them to reunite and potentially rule the chamber.

The faction had as its leaders, the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu; governorship aspirant of the party in the state, Prof Adeolu Akande; Senator Monsurat Sumonu; eight members of the House of Representatives; party leaders; and 22 out of the 26 former executive members of the party in the state.

Rattling sabers amid a standoff, Democratic Party officials presented a pair of ultimatums to two warring factions in the state Senate if a reconciliation is not achieved in 2018, along with an outline of a possible deal to end the long - running feud.

Klein, who was accused on Wednesday of forcibly kissing a former staffer in 2015, is the leader of a key bloc of votes in the Senate and agreed to a unity deal that would unite the factions of Democrats in the chamber by the spring, potentially handing control of the Senate to the party.

This could, of course, ultimately result in their expulsion from the Labour Party — though this would be likely to depend on whether the Corbyn faction retained a majority on the party's National Executive CommiParty — though this would be likely to depend on whether the Corbyn faction retained a majority on the party's National Executive Commiparty's National Executive Committee.

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 policIn 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 policin a bid to get support for an issue or policy.

This renewed offensive was as a result of the recent Supreme court ruling placing his own faction at a disadvantage and ending the reign of his control over the State Executive committee of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ogun state, which were all secured through various controversial court orders without any democratic process whatsoever.

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.

(«Unanimous» in this case means all of the people who were present, since those allied with the so - called «rogue faction» led by the «notorious Haggerty brothers» — the party's words, not mine, and it makes them sound like outlaws in a bad Western movie — et al attended the other meeting).

He told Afia Pokua that the former statesman finds himself in a tight corner as his wife leads the National Democratic Party (NDP), a breakaway faction of the NDC.

«None of this was done in Rivers State, rather a faction of the party, led by the minister, proceeded with the exercise in disdain of rights and privileges of other members.

I'm appealing to the two factions to come together and resolve whatever might be their differences in the interest of the party.

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

Though the query and warning letter emanated from a faction of the party, known as «The Restoration APC» in the state, its Acting Chairman, Danladi Wada, claimed he is the authentic chairman duly recognised by the national headquarters of the APC in Abuja.

Since the party came into power in May, 2015, it has been enmeshed in crisis, leading to the formation of three factions of the APC in the state.

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.

Bauchi APC gubernatorial aspirant, Captain Bala Jibrin exclusively told DAILY POST in Bauchi that the action of the faction is aimed at rescuing the party from further sliding.

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.

But it's clear that Gregorius, as Democratic majority leader, is not enamored with a county legislature that has more members of his own party seated (13 - 10), yet is controlled by Republicans in league with a small Democratic breakaway faction that, together elected Democrat John Parete as its chair.

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.