Sentences with phrase «governing elections in the country»

«Election to Parliament is on a competitive basis with the participation of political parties and independent candidates who meet the requirements set by the Constitution and other relevant laws governing elections in the country,» he stated.

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France's youngest leader since Napoleon swept the presidential elections in May, obliterating the two - party system that had governed the country for generations.

Meanwhile, Portugal's Communist Party has support of as much as 10 percent of the electorate — and could help deny that country's Socialist Party a shot at taking back power from the governing center - right coalition in an Oct. 4 election.

Another core issue of the 2008 election campaign is political leadership or, more specifically, public confidence in the abilities of the party leaders to govern the country.

Why not say what is true - reforming local candidate selection is fine, but does nothing to address the question of how and whether voters influence who gets to govern the country in a General Election.

During the election campaign, decision makers from Bucharest have backed the current governing coalition, a move that, in theory at least, could have significant implications for relations between the two countries if Igor Dodon, the leader of Moldova's opposition Socialist Party and the pre-election favourite, manages to win the contest on 30 October.

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

«The result of the election was emphatic - the people of Scotland once again placed their trust in the SNP to govern our country,» Ms Sturgeon said.

Berlusconi won three elections in 1994, 2001 and 2008, governing the country for almost ten years as Prime Minister.

I think with the election of Fillon, the stability of the two main governing parties in Spain, the calm change of government after Renzi lost his foolish referendum, a slow fight - back in Poland and reasonable stable governments in the Nordic countries and the Netherlands, as well as Merkel's re-election we may have seen Peak Populism in 2016.

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.

In 2010, the UK's underspecified caretaker conventions caused the «Squatter in Downing Street» controversy, when Gordon Brown remained in office after Labour's election defeat, and the country still lacks adequate rules to govern caretaker situationIn 2010, the UK's underspecified caretaker conventions caused the «Squatter in Downing Street» controversy, when Gordon Brown remained in office after Labour's election defeat, and the country still lacks adequate rules to govern caretaker situationin Downing Street» controversy, when Gordon Brown remained in office after Labour's election defeat, and the country still lacks adequate rules to govern caretaker situationin office after Labour's election defeat, and the country still lacks adequate rules to govern caretaker situations.

The Korle Klottey constituency is considered as one of the seats in the country which would be keenly contested in the December general elections, following the internal wrangling within both the NPP and the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC).

«Let me borrow my friends words, we don't need a grandfather to govern this country because we are focused on moving Ghana forward,» he said in support of similar comments by Jacob Osei Yeboah, an independent presidential candidate in the 2012 elections.

According to him, although recent political trends show the Ashaiman constituency was a stronghold of the NDC, most of the electorates in the area will vote for the NPP in this year's elections due to the untold economic hardship the governing NDC has led the country into.

An electoral history lecturer at the University of Ghana, Alex Kaakyire Frempong has stated that the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) will win this year's presidential election if it secures wins in the four swing regions of the country.

Indeed, analysis shows that for at least a third of the past century, the country was governed by parties which had failed to win an election in their own right but had created temporary mergers with another party in order to form a ruling coalition.

He said: «We've got a prime minister who was more interested in spinning himself into a General Election campaign, than actually governing the country.

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) says the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) must focus of ensuring peace in the country while developing it as promised Ghanaians during the 2016 election campaign.