Sentences with phrase «hold free and fair elections»

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.»

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.

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.

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

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.