Sentences with phrase «hold leaders of all political parties»
As we look ahead to COP21 and beyond, we must hold leaders of all political parties and at all levels accountable for taking action to combat the largest threat the world has ever faced.
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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.
«To be a political leader - especially of a progressive, liberal party in 2017 - and to live as a committed Christian, to hold faithfully to the Bible's teaching, has felt impossible for me.
Dictating the pace and pattern of political policy was Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Premier of the Northern Region who held sway in Kaduna as leader of the Northern Peoples Congress, NPC, the party that with its allies formed the largest bloc in the federal parliament.
Brown's thesis is a strong rebuttal to a commonly held point of view, arguing that a «strong» leader — defined as someone who «concentrates a lot of power in [their] hands, dominates both a wide swath of public policy and the political party to which [they] belong, and takes the big decisions» (p. 1)-- is ultimately an undesirable leader.
Today, Salit is President of Independent Voting, which holds itself out as the leader of independent voters in the United States, and which teaches that political parties are harmful to society.
The Independence party leader, finance minister Bjarni Benediktsson, whose name also appeared in the leaked documents in connection with a Seychelles - based company of which he once owned a third, was holding talks with Grímsson, who flew back early from the US to sound out all of Iceland's parliamentary party representatives as the island's political crisis deepened on Tuesday.
Lopez held onto the unpaid party position of district leader, and last year was widely rumored to be looking to make a political comeback.
Take this passage, from the aforementioned Gentian Violet: «The leaders of a modern political party require of their parliamentary candidates that they shall be biddable and either hold their tongues and vote as they are told or, if they speak, utter platitudes in support of the party line.
«To be a political leader, especially of a progressive liberal party in 2017, and to live as a committed Christian, to hold faithfully to the Bible's teaching, has felt impossible to me.»
A Communique issued after the Forum, the Parties agreed to among others the establishment of Peace Committees in Communities, Political Leaders Publicly denouncing trouble makers from their Parties and Holding Political Parties accountable for acts carried out in their name.
Although, Atiku has been silent on his next political move, but indications have emerged that he has begun holding series of meetings with leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Hoffay said allowing department heads to hold political party posts could create the appearance of conflict when, for example, a resident active in Republican Party politics seeks an assessment reduction from an assessor who also happens to be a Democratic district leparty posts could create the appearance of conflict when, for example, a resident active in Republican Party politics seeks an assessment reduction from an assessor who also happens to be a Democratic district leParty politics seeks an assessment reduction from an assessor who also happens to be a Democratic district leader.
In a further sign of the febrile atmosphere, the main broadcasters, including the BBC, have contacted the political parties to ask about their views on holding another televised leader debate.
Emerging from a district where socially conservative Evangelical Christianity has taken hold in recent decades — making it, in Torres» words, the Bible Belt of New York City — his ability to win over leaders across the spectrum, including most major unions, the Working Families Party, and politicians from reformer Gustavo Rivera to political dynasty scion Ruben Diaz, Jr., was striking.
But if the Munk Debate was truly following Parliamentary form, it would allocate speaking time of the political leaders in its debate based on the number of seats the party currently holds.