Sentences with phrase «for general election in my country»

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U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May condemned the attack in a statement outside Downing Street early Sunday, and vowed that the country's general election would take place as scheduled on June 8, although both of the main political parties would suspend campaigning for the day.

In addition to being ahead of Trump in polls in pivotal states, Clinton has maintained a staff of about 700 for months, opened up offices across the country and already spent $ 67 million on general election adIn addition to being ahead of Trump in polls in pivotal states, Clinton has maintained a staff of about 700 for months, opened up offices across the country and already spent $ 67 million on general election adin polls in pivotal states, Clinton has maintained a staff of about 700 for months, opened up offices across the country and already spent $ 67 million on general election adin pivotal states, Clinton has maintained a staff of about 700 for months, opened up offices across the country and already spent $ 67 million on general election ads.

Japan's Abe secures supermajority Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe won a landslide victory in last weekend's general election, opening the way for a push to amend the country's pacifist constitution.

The state Conservative Party has given its nod to Elise Stefanik, one of two Republicans contenders (as of today) vying for the North Country House seat of retiring Democratic Rep. Bill Owens, ensuring her a ballot line in the November general election regardless of the outcome of the June GOP primary.

Such an outcome is a feature of the first past the post system used in the UK and other countries, combined with a purely constituency - based parliament, whereby a general election is, in effect, 650 separate elections, one for each constituency in the country.

«Despite that we have over 9,000 Youth Corps members in Ekiti State and it has been the general practice to engage the NYSC members in elections across the country, the APC in collusion with INEC has asked that students of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) be recruited as INEC ad - hoc staff for the election, instead of youth corps members.»

Then, in January 2010, with the general election just four months away and Labour heading for a seemingly inevitable defeat, Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt launched a desperate — and widely - viewed as hopeless — plot to unseat the PM before the country went to the polls.

In November 2018, 87 of these 99 chambers are holding general elections for a total of 6,069 seats — roughly 82 percent of the total state legislative seats in the countrIn November 2018, 87 of these 99 chambers are holding general elections for a total of 6,069 seats — roughly 82 percent of the total state legislative seats in the countrin the country.

26 April 2011 — UGANDA Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Verma on 21 March (WA 126 - 7), what assessment they have made of the allocation of the budget support for Uganda from the United Kingdom, in particular in relation to the increase in spending by the Government of Uganda prior to the last general election in that country.

The National Democratic Party (NDP) has backed the argument of the biggest opposition party in the country, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for a new voters register ahead of the 2016 general elections.

According to him, the NPP claimed prior to the 2016 general elections that there was enough money in the country for the then NDC government to solve all developmental challenges.

«The second general elections... represent an opportunity for all the stakeholders to promote their vision regarding the future of the DRC in a peaceful and constructive way and to the Congolese people to exert their fundamental rights to make a choice regarding the conduct of public affairs for the coming years... I believe that the country deserves our support in this effort... I wish her [Mariya Nedelcheva] and her team all success in their independent assessment of these important elections».

For most countries, smaller parties do better and governing parties suffer in European Parliament and local elections relative to national general elections.

A «Yes» victory would have been seriously damaging for his standing in his party and the country and would have raised the prospect of him possibly leading a lame duck government, in the event of a narrow victory in the 2015 general election.

We're all united in our determination to do what's best for the country, which is for Labour, led by Gordon Brown, to win the general election.»

By Garba Shehu The country is gearing itself up for the General Elections in February next year and with President Muhammadu Buhari announcing that he...

This was in response to moves by returning officers - affecting potentially hundreds of constituencies - which could have left the country waiting until the Friday afternoon for the result of the general election.

In the letter, President Mahama among others touted his government's achievements and also called on electorates to desist from what he calls «political malpractice» as the country prepares for the general elections.

It is big news: while a major general election campaign was happening in the EU's most populous country, this little region's impending vote was stealing the headlines for much of it.

In a more general category, many the new countries formed by the breakaway of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans did provide for many elections of rulers, although I do not have all of the details to decide if they meet your criteria or noIn a more general category, many the new countries formed by the breakaway of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans did provide for many elections of rulers, although I do not have all of the details to decide if they meet your criteria or noin the Balkans did provide for many elections of rulers, although I do not have all of the details to decide if they meet your criteria or not.

Mr. Koomson, in the run - up to the 2008 general election, warned he won't be comfortable in the unlikely event that his friend, Nana Addo, is voted as President of Ghana because, «it is not safe» for a great country like Ghana.

They were arrested and during investigation, the accused persons stated that they were brought into the country from South Africa by Captain Edmund Kojo Koda (retd) and Captain Kwesi Acquah (retd) to train New Patriotic Party (NPP) security personnel for the 2016 general election in Ghana.

One of the reasons why Nigerians voted for the candidate of the All Progressive Congress, General Mohammadu Buhari (rtd) during the last general election was his promise to fight corruption and end impunity in the cGeneral Mohammadu Buhari (rtd) during the last general election was his promise to fight corruption and end impunity in the cgeneral election was his promise to fight corruption and end impunity in the country.

The country is gearing itself up for the General Elections in February next year and with President Muhammadu Buhari announcing that he will bid for the governing Party, APC's ticket to run fo a second term, all hell has been let loose by the chaotic, ill - prepared opposition camp.

Term limits specifically might be unusual, but for election laws in general you could use something as simple as civil rights laws mandated nationally in many countries.

However, in order for us to bring about the change in this country that so many Labour voters so desperately need and want to see, the party needs to be united and ready for an early general election.

The governor, in a press statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, cited the case of the National Leader of the APC, Senator Bola Tinubu, who worked tirelessly for the victo ry of the party in the 2015 general elections in the country, but was abandoned by those he helped to put in power.

«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.

Governorship campaign posters of wanted former boss of Presidential Task Force for Pension Reforms, Maina Abdulrasheed, have surfaced in major cities across the Northern part of the country ahead of the 2019 general elections.

While the general election played out in the country today, within the Labour party, the focus has been on selections for the 14 seats where Labour MPs are retiring.

Sani argued that despite the Federal Government's failure to honour the late Abiola, the June 12, 1993 presidential election that the late businessman won, but which the military junta of General Ibrahim Babangida annulled, laid the foundation for the current democratic rule in the country.

The threats by pro-NPP group, «Let My Vote Count Alliance» (LMVCA), that it will make things difficult for the country's Electoral Commission (EC)-- to carry out its constitutionally mandated undertaking in respect of the upcoming November 7 general election, have been described as empty.

SUMMARY: This report is on the various presidential aspirants of the general elections slated for December 7, 2016 of the country, their political parties and what Ghanaians think about them in terms of popularity, peace and security that will improve their living conditions in terms of development projects, job creation etc..

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.

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu has called on the National Assembly to expedite action on the passage of relevant legislations guiding the conduct of elections in the country, to give the Commission ample time to prepare for the 2019 general elections.

This race could be one of the most entertaining in the country, however, assuming state Comptroller Caroline Keeton Strayhorn and musician and author Kinky Friedman qualify for the general election ballot as independents.

[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.

In the 2005 general election the LCA stood in seven Welsh constituencies, [8] fielding enough candidates to qualify for a party political broadcast which aired on Welsh television and was also viewable in other areas of the country due to cable television and FreevieIn the 2005 general election the LCA stood in seven Welsh constituencies, [8] fielding enough candidates to qualify for a party political broadcast which aired on Welsh television and was also viewable in other areas of the country due to cable television and Freeviein seven Welsh constituencies, [8] fielding enough candidates to qualify for a party political broadcast which aired on Welsh television and was also viewable in other areas of the country due to cable television and Freeviein other areas of the country due to cable television and Freeview.

Voter participation has been on the decline across the country for decades now, but is especially poor in New York, where only 29 percent of those eligible cast their votes in the 2014 general elections for state - level positions, including Governor.

Presidential Candidate of the Progressive People's Party (PPP), for the 2016 general election, Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom, has asked Ghanaians to vote for him in the upcoming elections if what they seek most in the country is employment.

He affirmed that the team would meet with other stakeholders in order to have a robust understanding of the challenges and expectations, as the country prepares for the 2019 general elections.

Being utterly bored with what passes for news in the media, in particular the endless opinion polls supposedly showing voting intentions 3 months before the general election — and how many of those questioned actually know why they will be voting for the party they choose; even more importantly, how many of those questioned even understand what democracy is or how politics works in this country — I thought a little light relief was called for.

He also noted that it would difficult for the ruling party to win the 2019 general elections without fulfilling the 2015 campaign promises, and properly addressing the security challenges in the country.

She also stated that «when Labour prospers the country suffers», calling for a big win in the general election in four years time to «make sure they don't prosper».

In his vote of thanks on before of members of the state working committee of APC, the chairman, Donatus Nwamkpa, thanked the party leaders and stakeholders for the confidence reposed on him, assuring members and all aspirants jostling for elective positions on the party's platform of a level - playing ground in the forthcoming 2019 general elections in the countrIn his vote of thanks on before of members of the state working committee of APC, the chairman, Donatus Nwamkpa, thanked the party leaders and stakeholders for the confidence reposed on him, assuring members and all aspirants jostling for elective positions on the party's platform of a level - playing ground in the forthcoming 2019 general elections in the countrin the forthcoming 2019 general elections in the countrin the country.

«The proliferation of illicit arms in the country, the existence of numerous land and chieftaincy disputes, the prevalence of terrorist activities in some neighboring countries of our regions all serve as triggers for violence and therefore pose real threats to the 2016 general elections,» he outlined.

In the cases, just this last couple of elections, where stem cell politics, for example, has been played out in the electoral process, stem cell research is [has] done better than the winning candidates for offices; and I think, apart from that, I think that we do have a serious problem in general education of the sciences and that accounts for the reluctance of a large segment of the population to accept the principles of evolution and think that there is still a debate about it, which there isn't — and that's a problem we need to solve, — but I still think there is an incredible constituency for science in this countrIn the cases, just this last couple of elections, where stem cell politics, for example, has been played out in the electoral process, stem cell research is [has] done better than the winning candidates for offices; and I think, apart from that, I think that we do have a serious problem in general education of the sciences and that accounts for the reluctance of a large segment of the population to accept the principles of evolution and think that there is still a debate about it, which there isn't — and that's a problem we need to solve, — but I still think there is an incredible constituency for science in this countrin the electoral process, stem cell research is [has] done better than the winning candidates for offices; and I think, apart from that, I think that we do have a serious problem in general education of the sciences and that accounts for the reluctance of a large segment of the population to accept the principles of evolution and think that there is still a debate about it, which there isn't — and that's a problem we need to solve, — but I still think there is an incredible constituency for science in this countrin general education of the sciences and that accounts for the reluctance of a large segment of the population to accept the principles of evolution and think that there is still a debate about it, which there isn't — and that's a problem we need to solve, — but I still think there is an incredible constituency for science in this countrin this country.