Sentences with phrase «guaranteed free and fair elections»

While the opposition's request was simple, inter alia, guaranteed free and fair elections and the liberation of all political prisoners, the government was asking for amnesty and impunity for all the crimes it had committed during the past two decades.

There is no longer any way, with current legislation, of guaranteeing a free and fair election.

The simple reality is that INEC under this Buhari's kinsman, Prof Yakubu, who is fast becoming the classical example of incompetence, can not guarantee free and fair elections in this country.»

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Despite being nominally given the opportunity to choose, the way the Maduro government has set up the electoral process, committed fraud, repressed the opposition and systematically undermined the process of free and fair elections over the past years, all but guarantees authoritarian durability.

At our state conference last month, we overwhelmingly passed resolutions supporting guaranteed healthcare as a human right, free public education from pre-K through college or trade school, a living wage and fair compensation for all, investments in environmental protection and renewable energy, restoration of voting rights to former felons, public financing of elections to eradicate the corrupting influence of big money in politics, and other policies that serve the people.

Ahead of the December 7 elections, we look forward to our chiefs helping in their communities to guarantee a peaceful, free and fair election.