Sentences with phrase «for the parliamentary election on»

In his first interview since Macron was elected, the outgoing Finance Minister said that Macron could achieve a majority despite stiff competition from right - wing politicians when the country goes to the polls once again for its parliamentary elections on June 11 and 18.

Chancellor Angela Merkel addressed supporters of her conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party at a Saturday event in the industrial city of Dortmund, joining the final stage of the campaign for the parliamentary election on September 24.

Not exact matches

Sharma was accused of risking the global deal on trade for potential political dividends during India's parliamentary elections next May.

London was high on Caisse's priority cities for investment, but the fund turned cautious after Prime Minister May lost her parliamentary majority in her snap election gamble in June, weakening her ability to negotiate the U.K.'s exit from the EU.

Critics like University of Victoria professors Rob Gillezeau and Jeffrey Ansloos point, for example, to the Parliamentary Budget Officer's analysis that shows the federal government may not have allocated enough money to fulfill the Liberals» key 2015 election promise to eliminate the gap between federal spending on First Nations students and kids attending provincially funded schools.

«Following the 2015 election, the chair of the all - party group, Stephen Lloyd, was not re-elected as an MP, and so, as vice-chair of the Group, I called an AGM for the group on 1stJuly, and informed all officers of the group who served in the last parliament, as well as all other MPs and members of the House of Lords, in accordance with the strict parliamentary requirements for publishing proper notice of such meetings.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Ghana believes in the principles that democratic societies provide individuals with the best conditions for political liberty, personal freedom, equality of opportunity and economic development under the rule of law; and therefore being committed to advancing the social and political values on which democratic societies are founded, including the basic personal freedoms and human rights, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; in particular, the right of free speech, organization, assembly and non-violent dissent; the right to free elections and the freedom to organize effective parliamentary opposition to government; the right to a free and independent media; the right to religious belief; equality before the law; and individual opportunity and prosperity.

As a reminder of Unite's importance though; Unite are still the biggest funder of the party (in the first week of the election campaign they gave # 2.4 m of the total # 2.7 m received by Labour), they have upwards of one million members they can encourage to register as supporters in a leadership election (and indeed activate in Parliamentary candidate selections), Unite has three seats on the NEC and of course Len's chief of staff, Andrew Murray, was seconded to Jeremy's team for the general election campaign.

If a parliamentary general election is to take place as provided for by subsection (1) or (3), the polling day for the election is to be the day appointed by Her Majesty by proclamation on the recommendation of the Prime Minister (and, accordingly, the appointed day replaces the day which would otherwise have been the polling day for the next election determined under section 1).

A review by Sir Eric Pickles into last year's general election called for parliamentary candidates to be in place in «battleground seats» by June 2018 «to ensure they are well - established within the seat before the next scheduled General Election on 5th May 2022election called for parliamentary candidates to be in place in «battleground seats» by June 2018 «to ensure they are well - established within the seat before the next scheduled General Election on 5th May 2022Election on 5th May 2022».

I think activists can work to get Greens and Respect elected in a handful of FPTP seats and we must all hope for an embarrassingly massive Tory landslide (300 seats or so) on < 50 % of the vote that will make everyone see what an absurd situation we are in, make Cameron's parliamentary party more unruly and nekedly nasty and — crucially — smash the Labour Party so hard that both its right and its left give up all hope of ever winning a FPTP election again, and destroy the hubris that decrees that they never collaborate with other progressive / left forces.

He had opposed British involvement in the war at its outbreak in 1914, a highly principled position to take in the face of its huge popularity among members of his own party, resigned his position as the leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party in consequence and then had his illegitimate birth raised by the newspapers in an attempt to get him to resign his seat as an MP (they argued that as he'd used a different name during his life from that on his birth certificate he'd stood for election on false pretenses and deceived his constituents).

The 1996 Presidential and Parliamentary elections and all similar subsequent elections have been held on December 7 but there have been arguments that the process does not make ample room for the organization of a run - off and the subsequent handover on January 7.

The second parliamentary and presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since independence in 1960 in a few days time on 28 November 2011 are a crucial indicator for the state of the country.

However, speaking in an interview with Class 91.3 FM's parliamentary correspondent Ekow Annan on Tuesday 21 March, Mr Naabu said Mr Mahama will perform poorly in the 2020 elections if he decides to run for president again.

The Electoral Commission has given approval for the 2016 Presidential and Parliamentary elections to be held on November 7 as part of proposals for electoral reforms.

Helena Catt, chief executive of the Electoral Commission in New Zealand, analyses how the Mixed - Member System for parliamentary elections there has bedded down and is effect on New Zealand's politics

This has continued since the election as the Liberals have sacrificed many of the manifesto pledges that they used to pose themselves to the left of the Labour Party, such as the scrapping of Trident, proportional representation, an amnesty for illegal immigrants and opposition to nuclear power — the latter on which it will now abstain in any parliamentary votes rather than oppose it as its manifesto had stated.

That's why, as MPs start the second reading of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill on 6 September, I am tabling an amendment that would rewrite the referendum question to allow people to choose from a wider range of voting systems, including properly proportional options such as the additional member system (used in elections for the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Assembly and Greater London Assembly) and the single transferable vote (used in Northern Ireland).

• Elections to be held on a regional basis, using partial open lists, in a similar electoral system as for European parliamentary eElections to be held on a regional basis, using partial open lists, in a similar electoral system as for European parliamentary electionselections.

As someone who began working for an MP on his first day in Parliament, to losing my position at the 2015 general election, here are my top tips for surviving as a parliamentary researcher.

Plaintiff states that on Thursday September 8, 2016, she participated in an Inter-Party Advisory Committee, IPAC, meeting called by the 1st Defendant together with other registered political parties in Ghana during which the parties were informed by the 1st Defendant that the filing fees for Presidential and Parliamentary Elections would be GHC50, 000.00 and GHC10, 000.00 respectively.

Political parties contesting this year's Parliamentary election have voted for positions on the ballot papers.

The EC invited all the parties for Thursday morning's decision on how Parliamentary candidates were to be positioned on the ballot paper for Election 2016.

A tragic military error with a hideous civilian death - toll, a disastrously corrupt election, and the resignation of a Parliamentary Private Secretary at the MoD, the auguries for Gordon Brown's speech on Friday could barely have been worse.

On Friday, Mr Murphy said he would remain leader of the party in Scotland and stand for a seat at Holyrood in next year's Scottish parliamentary election.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Parliamentary Candidate for Ashaiman, Ernest Norgbey, has advised his political opponents and their assigns to concentrate on their campaign as the November 7 elections will not be won by badmouthing others.

But the consensus around European issues in general tends to reduce the temperature of debate on the Belgian political landscape — and the fact that, for the first time, federal, regional and European elections will be contested on the same day makes the European parliamentary elections less visible to most people.

Some German youths are looking to British Eurosceptic leader Nigel Farage for inspiration in the lead - up to the European parliamentary elections on 25 May.

Readers may like to know that the Australian Labor Party - a sister Party of British Labour with a very similar history and values to our own - has rules which insist on mandatory re-selection for all Federal MPs before each Federal Parliamentary election.

Whenever a leadership election becomes necessary on account of a vacancy arising suddenly, an interim leader (often informally called the interim prime minister in cases where this involves a governing party) will be selected by the parliamentary party, usually with the stipulation or expectation that the interim leader will not be a candidate for the permanent leadership.

The publication, which was in connection with a report that the NDC Parliamentary Candidate for Domeabra - Obom had called on electorates in the constituency to vote against President John Dramani Mahama in the forthcoming General elections for neglecting them, but to vote for her as Member of Parliament (MP), were not borne out of facts.

When he lost the first officially scheduled Klottey - Korle parliamentary election on the ticket of the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), I advised Mr. Philip Addison to desist from following through with his decision to have the primary election rerun, on the dubious grounds that the time and day scheduled for the election had not favored his supporters.

The newly constructed Cape Coast stadium, will play host to the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) on Sunday, tomorrow August 14, 2016, as the party launches it campaign for the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections.

MP for Bolgatanga East constituency, Dr. Dominic Akuritinga Ayine The MP for Bolgatanga East constituency, Dr. Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, on Sunday, took the lead to launch his campaign for the December 07 Parliamentary elections in Zuarungu in the Bolgatanga Municipality of the Upper East region.

This observation and assertion is grounded on the clear understanding and full knowledge of the Traditional NDC Members and even the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the NDC, that the Parliamentary Primaries which was held on the 22nd November, 2015 to elect a candidate was fraught and marred with violence, intimidations, fraud and false accusations spearheaded by Sam George, one of the candidates, for which reason the result of that elections could not be said or taken to represent the Will and aspirations of the majority of the NDC membership in the constituency and the country at large.

Following an election, it is conventional for the government to hold a Parliamentary vote on its legislative programme soon afterwards.

On Sunday morning, Mrs. May's Conservative Party and the opposition Labour Party announced that they were suspending campaigning for the parliamentary elections — for less than a full day, in the case of Labour — out of respect for the victims.

«We also propose to address an oversight in existing legislation passed during the previous Government's time in office which allows a candidate standing for a single party in a UK parliamentary election to use an emblem on their ballot paper, but does not allow jointly nominated candidates to do so.

So when voting as a member of the parliamentary party, the authority and magnitude of the vote each MP has depends on the votes cast for the Party in the election.

Yet we need to see it do more to support politics on the backbenches and an extended role for shaping Conservative policies at the next election, helping to deliver a Conservative majority in 2015 and dominating the Parliamentary agenda.»

Europarties have the exclusive right to campaign for the European elections; their parliamentary groups are strictly forbidden to campaign and to spend funds on any campaign - related activity.

It was the first nationwide referendum to be held for some thirty six years and was legislated for under the provisions of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 and the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000 and is to date the first and only UK - wide referendum to be held on a domestic issue.

«In a Guardian interview, the Ukip leader said people would vote for the «real thing» on Europe and immigration rather than support David Cameron who is occupying «our turf» under the influence of the Tory strategist Lynton Crosby... But the Ukip leader has ambitions that go way beyond England's town halls as he said he hopes to follow in the footsteps of Ashdown, who steadily built up the Lib Dem parliamentary presence after grassroots success in local elections.»

Calls for protest have been mounting since the parliamentary elections last Sunday, which domestic and international observers said were tainted by ballot - stuffing and fraud on behalf of Mr. Putin's party, United Russia.

Such complicated arrangements incline me strongly to support adopting the practice of some countries, long backed by the Electoral Commission, the 2007 Councillors Commission and others, of a single four - yearly national or at least regional Local Elections Day for all councils — though not, as in Sweden, on the same day as parliamentary elections with different coloured ballot papers, and probably not in mid-November, like DElections Day for all councils — though not, as in Sweden, on the same day as parliamentary elections with different coloured ballot papers, and probably not in mid-November, like Delections with different coloured ballot papers, and probably not in mid-November, like Denmark's.

I chaired two fringe meetings for the Parliamentary Labour Party, one of which was called «Winning the next election», with Angela Eagle, Steve McCabe, Jess Phillips and Lucy Powell on the panel.

As Ghana draws closer to the presidential and parliamentary elections in December, the Executive Director of the National Road Safety Commission, Mrs Mary Obiri Yeboah, has expressed the commission's gratitude to President Rawlings for agreeing to host the delegation at his office and for his advocacy on road discipline and sought his continued support

Speaking ahead of the European parliamentary elections on the 22nd of May, Ms. Bennett said the European Union needs to become more democratic and work for the interests of its people rather than big multinational companies.

A senior source within the Parliamentary Labour Party has signalled discussions have started on whether to introduce elections for the Shadow Cabinet.