Sentences with phrase «held free elections»

a: government by the people; especially: rule of the majority b: a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections

b: a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections

When communism fell and countries that were previously part of the Soviet Union were able to hold free elections again, they found many nationalist candidates putting themselves forward.

Russian officials have also insisted that the Ukrainian government's refusal to hold free elections in Donbas is a violation of the Minsk Accords.

It's unclear why Tony Blair is better placed to advise the country on its profound human rights issues than the skilled global NGOs and international organisations who have, year after year, offered Kazakhstan advice on how, for instance, it can hold free elections, not murder striking workers and not silence bloggers or the country's few remaining independent journalists.

Not exact matches

The White House said Pence would use his address to the Organization of American States to call on nations to increase pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to address the country's humanitarian crisis, release political prisoners and hold free and fair elections.

MILESTONES: BURMA By Thomas Clouse Suu kyi: Free at last Burma held its first election in two decades in early November.

On November 29, the West African nation of 17 million held its first free elections in almost three decades.

The only surprise yesterday was the GOP strangehold over the House being held — so we'll have to step up the vote at the next election to free the House from the poison too.

For example, business leaders in the aftermath of the popular protests that challenged U.S. involvement in Vietnam complained about too much democracy in the United States.6 In a similar way, free elections are held up by U.S. leaders as essential for democracy unless political parties opposed to U.S. interests win.

A by - election to replace Cox will eventually be held, but a party spokesman confirmed the Conservatives would give Labour a free run at the seat.

All candidates must accept and recognize the results of the elections held on 10 October, which the European Union, the Carter Center, and the National Democratic Institute endorsed as free, fair, and legitimate.

In 2006, Staffan Lindberg published his influential argument that the repeated holding of elections increases the quality of democracy in a country, measured in terms of respect for civil liberties, even if the elections are not fully free and fair.

Only states that hold free and fair elections on a regular basis, safeguard the rights of the minority and possess an independent judiciary fall within the province of this definition.

At 7 p.m., Assemblywoman Sandy Galef holds an election law reform forum, The Croton Free Library, 171 Cleveland Drive, Croton - on - Hudson.

Paradoxically, only by redressing the current centre - periphery imbalance can Libya achieve the security required to jump - start its economy and hold free and fair elections.

He said it was refreshing that many African countries had held democratic elections that were seen as free and fair.

The U.S. urged Zimbabwe's leaders to hold «free, fair and inclusive elections» as it offered congratulations on the resignation of long - time president Robert Mugabe.

Though Doubting - Thomases are still sceptical if security chiefs would allow the rescheduled elections to hold, the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshall Alex Badeh and Inspector General of Police Abba Suleman have assured eminent members of National Peace Committee on General Elections led by former Head of State, General Abubakar Abdulsalami that «the elections will be free, fair, credible and violence - freelections to hold, the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshall Alex Badeh and Inspector General of Police Abba Suleman have assured eminent members of National Peace Committee on General Elections led by former Head of State, General Abubakar Abdulsalami that «the elections will be free, fair, credible and violence - freElections led by former Head of State, General Abubakar Abdulsalami that «the elections will be free, fair, credible and violence - freelections will be free, fair, credible and violence - free.»

Respondents misplace their reliance on Smith v. Allwright, 321 U. S. 649, and Terry v. Adams, 345 U. S. 461, which held not that party affairs are public affairs, free of First Amendment protections, see, e. g., Tashjian v. Republican Party of Conn., 479 U. S. 208, but only that, when a State prescribes an election process that gives a special role to political parties, the parties» discriminatory action becomes state action under the Fifteenth Amendment.

Our democracy should not only be about holding free, fair and transparent elections; it should be about the totality of efforts to broaden access to healthcare, education, provide potable water, reliable power supply and other social amenities to the citizenry to make human habitation in Ghana a sight to behold.

«INEC does not have the capacity to hold free and fair elections.

«This autumn both David Cameron and Nick Clegg should ask their parties to approve a binding agreement to fight the 2015 general election as coalition partners... If the voters choose to keep our current system of electing MPs, as I fervently hope they will, the pact would give parliamentary candidates in constituencies in seats held by a coalition party a free run against other parties.

In order that the Palestinians govern themselves according to democratic principles, free and general political elections would be held for the Council.

In his words at the public hearing on constitution and electoral reform held at Ogun State Cultural Centre, Abeokuta today, Governor Fayose said; «Even when it inherited a working system that conducted elections adjudged as free and fair by local and international communities, INEC has failed consistently to replicate the inherited working system due to overzealousness and rabid passion to work as appendage of the federal government.

However, the Conservative election pledge to hold a free vote on repeal «early» after polling day has been abandoned, senior officials at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs admitted on Friday.

The final pledge in the mid term review is the most obscure «we will help 13 countries to hold free and fair elections».

«Unless security agencies agree for free and fair elections to hold, the unity of the country may come under severe threat.»

The Coalition for Free & Open Elections (COFOE) held its annual board meeting on July 15 in Baltimore.

While the Commission remains resolute in our commitment to sanitize the nation's electoral process and deliver free, fair and credible elections, we can not be held directly or vicariously liable for an exercise outside our legal purview.

It also proposes the creation of new free - standing Science, Engineering and Technology Committee, although the panel noted that this shouldn't happen until sometime after the next U.K. general election, which must be held no later than 3 June 2010.

Therefore, in the first free and democratic elections held in nearly twenty - five years, Kenyan citizens voted in a new administration, with Mwai Kibaki (1931 ---RRB- serving as president.

In 1965 the country declared its independence with the first free elections held in 1979.

In 1991 the first free elections were held.

After decades of dictatorships, under which shady financial dealings and corruption perpetuated a vast social disparity and a virtually crippled economy, Brazil held its first free election in 1985 — though remnants of the old system continued to hamper its progress.