Sentences with phrase «lead the opposition party in»

This was disclosed through separate letters read by Speaker Yakubu Dogara where they attributed it to the factionalisation within the leading opposition party in the country.

The NDC has reportedly asked the various regional caucuses to submit possible names to lead the opposition party in Ghana's next Parliament, which will commence on January 6, 2017.

According to him, «information at my disposal indicates that a leading opposition party in Oyo State tried to penetrate the ranks of our party in order to explore the petition we had earlier filed before the Election Petitions Tribunal for the purpose of pulling down Governor Ajimobi.

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McConnell, then in the Senate minority, led a fierce, relentless opposition to virtually everything President Obama's party proposed.

While approval is not a given since the ruling coalition government led by Abe's LDP does not have a majority in the upper house of parliament, most analysts do not foresee any problems given signs this week that main opposition parties will not block the nominations.

Layton was, for most of the last decade, the tireless leader of the New Democratic Party (traditionally Canada's «third» party), and eventually led it during its historical first turn as the Official Opposition in the House of ComParty (traditionally Canada's «third» party), and eventually led it during its historical first turn as the Official Opposition in the House of Comparty), and eventually led it during its historical first turn as the Official Opposition in the House of Commons.

After returning to Serbia in late 2015 after 12 years in detention, Seselj led his party back into parliament last year as the strongest opposition force, and he now hopes for success in a presidential election due in April.

Rodrigues, a member of the opposition Rede party (led by former presidential candidate and environment minister Marina Silva), has proposed blocking the president's decree, and plans to file lawsuits in Amapá and Pará to carry out the preventative measure.

Opposition leader Julius Maada Bio of the Sierra Leone People's Party led with 43.3 percent of the vote in the first round of elections but failed to secure a majority vote needed to win, according to the electoral commission.

The Liberals, still led by former Tory MLA Raj Sherman, are still adjusting to their new role as the third - party in the Assembly after being bumped out of Official Opposition by the Wildrose.

Edith Nawakwi, a former finance minister in Zambia and now leader of an opposition party, said large infrastructure projects were often wasted opportunities that failed to lead to economic development.

Borrowing aggressive tactics from the federal Conservatives in Ottawa, who are organizationally tied at the hip with the Wildrose, Ms. Smith's party is leading the most aggressive and partisan official opposition in recent memory.

After nine years in opposition, the party was mired with internal and financial problems which led him to resign in 1982.

A quick read of the list of individuals below could easily lead most Albertans to determine some of the most thankless jobs in our province indeed belong to leaders of provincial opposition parties.

Liberal candidate Susan Wright placed fourth with 1,519 votes, leading many of Mr. Clark's supporters to lament the vote split among the two centrist opposition parties (Ms. Wright, aka Susan on the Soapbox, is supporting the NDP in the 2015 election).

Edmonton - Gold Bar Liberal MLA Bettie Hewes became the first woman to lead a major political party when she served as interim leader of the Official Opposition in 1994.

Pro-business opposition parties warn that it will lead to a loss of jobs, and in particular hurt students who only have time to work at the weekends.

The onset of a long period in opposition for social democratic standard - bearers such as Labour in Britain and the SPD in Germany, coupled with continuing slow growth, high unemployment and falling unionisation, led the parties of the Socialist International into a comprehensive accommodation with neo-liberalism — albeit one wrapped in soothing social market rhetoric and homeopathic concessions at the margins.

Charles Kennedy, who in his heyday led his party in their vote - winning opposition to the war in Iraq, looked like adding to their number.

At 12:15 p.m., concerned citizens, led by Altamont Main Street USA and including members of MoveOn.org, Citizen Action of NY, the Working Families Party and others gather outside the offices of U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand for a peaceful rally in opposition to Trump's cabinet appointees, Leo O'Brien Federal Building, N. Pearl Street and Clinton Avenue, Albany.

In the years prior to Tony Blair's Labour Party taking office in 1997, the opposition led the Conservatives by 20 - 30 pointIn the years prior to Tony Blair's Labour Party taking office in 1997, the opposition led the Conservatives by 20 - 30 pointin 1997, the opposition led the Conservatives by 20 - 30 points.

Their demands were anathema to the two ultra-Orthodox parties, Shas and United Torah Judaism, which will now sit in a 52 - strong Knesset opposition led by the Labor party.

The anti-EU UK Independence Party led by populist Nigel Farage scored major gains and was leading the opposition Labour party and Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives in early results from Britain, where voting took place last ThurParty led by populist Nigel Farage scored major gains and was leading the opposition Labour party and Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives in early results from Britain, where voting took place last Thurparty and Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives in early results from Britain, where voting took place last Thursday.

Majority of taxi of drivers interviewed by The aL - hAJJ in the capital city, Accra, on the leadership struggle in the opposition National Democratic Congress over who leads the party into the 2020 elections, endorsed Mr Mahama as the marks man to kick out the Akufo - Addo government.

And despite opposition from his party's leadership, he also led the effort to remove a State Senator convicted of a domestic violence crime — the first state legislator to get the boot in 90 years.»

While British forces are taking part in air strikes on IS targets in Iraq, they are not involved in the US - led coalition targeting Syria due to resistance from opposition parties still mindful of previous unpopular interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

We recommend that the President also extent a hand to the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, undoubtedly the country's leader of the opposition, to a similar meeting to discuss their differences, and set the tone for peaceful presidential and parliamentary campaigns, leading to the vote in December 2012.

The final decision rests with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), but Lord Goldsmith's position as a close ally of Tony Blair and a former Labour party donor have led to concerns from opposition parties that his role in this case could be considered a conflict of interest, possibly undermining the inquiry.

It will be recalled that after the NDC's defeat in the 2016 election, the party set up a 13 - member committee led by Prof Botcwey to find out what accounted for its massive defeat to the then flag - bearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), now President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - party set up a 13 - member committee led by Prof Botcwey to find out what accounted for its massive defeat to the then flag - bearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), now President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Party (NPP), now President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo.

He was a leading performer in the election and it was felt that had the Conservatives lost he might well have won the party leadership and been Leader of the Opposition, while if they won he would probably be given Trade and Industry, the job he had always wanted.

Some leading members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) have been spotted at the New Patriotic Party's ongoing National Delegates Conference in the Central Region.

Ashcroft — who gave the Conservatives # 8m while the party was in opposition and led a drive to win marginal seats — has said he decided to write the book when Cameron declined to reward him with a sufficiently senior job in government when he came to power in 2010.

That was the objective of Minister when he was in opposition in the lead - up to the general election last year and it was supported by the then Opposition parties in respect of an amendment to the Representation of the People Act 1983, which my amendment seeks to replicaopposition in the lead - up to the general election last year and it was supported by the then Opposition parties in respect of an amendment to the Representation of the People Act 1983, which my amendment seeks to replicaOpposition parties in respect of an amendment to the Representation of the People Act 1983, which my amendment seeks to replicate.»

Opposition to the new standards — which establish guidelines for what students should learn in math and English in each grade — has been led nationally by both conservative Republicans and tea party leaders and by teachers unions, which tend to lean left.

The Labour leader needs to remind himself of this fact and also bear in mind that he can't afford to lose his bloc of ex-Lib Dem voters, who have ensured his party has had a poll lead since 2010 and who won't be keen on an opposition that brings back the nasty «British jobs for British workers» rhetoric of the New Labour days.

In previous general elections, voters unhappy with the governing party would either shift their vote to the leading opposition or to the Lib Dems.

The ruling immediately led opposition parties to call for resignations in the face of regular data losses by the government

The Supreme Court judgment of last Friday that recognised the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, executive in Anambra State putatively led by Chief Chris Uba has again exposed the fault lines in the opposition party in the sParty, PDP, executive in Anambra State putatively led by Chief Chris Uba has again exposed the fault lines in the opposition party in the sparty in the state.

According to those rooting for the Bole - born historian - turned - politician, he is the most marketable and visible candidate among all those who have either openly declared their intention of leading the party, or rumored to be interested in contesting the 2020 elections on the ticket of the biggest opposition party.

The intelligence report, corroborated by numerous security sources, reveals that the The Democratic Union of Africa (DUA) an association of rightists / conservative political parties in various African countries on whose ticket Mr Mac Manu was traveling to Kenya as an observer of the elections, and the National Super Alliance (NASA) led by opposition leader Raila Odinga are doing everything possible to manipulate the Kenyan election in favour of the National Super Alliance (NASA) and its Presidential candidate Raila Odinga.

The opposition NDC with their hidden agenda continued with their propaganda as usual thereby weakening the grassroots of the party further and these led to the NPP going into opposition in 2008.

After spending torrid years with then Candidate Akufo - Addo in opposition, leading all the fierce attacks on his fellow Northerner, former President John Mahama, and hoping to play a key role in a New Patriotic Party administration, Information Minister, Mustapha Abdul Hamid, is instead, reported playing second fiddle to his deputies.

The position traditionally goes to a longstanding MP in the main opposition party and TP's sister title Civil Service World asked three of the leading contenders why they wanted the job.

The Conservatives will have a significant majority whoever leads them and the opposition vote will splinter — to the SNP in Scotland and in the rest of the country a smattering to Labour, a rump to UKIP and loose change to a Liberal Democrat party that left power regretting it so much that it fled without a credible position to challenge from.

The Labour leadership election is about choosing someone to be leader of the Opposition for the next 4 and 1/2 years, give David Cameron a hard time at PMQs every Wednesday, and lead the Labour Party into the next General Election in 2020.

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Some youth of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), are calling for strict sanctions against the 10 regional chairmen of the party who called on Ex-President John Mahama to consider calls to lead the party in the 2020 general elections.

Former President John Dramani Mahama and other bigwigs of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), led thousands of party faithful in a Unity Walk in the Central Regional capital, Cape Coast, on Sunday morning.

According to him, the opposition party in its bid to paint the Mahama - led administration black has issued the «spurious» statement.

The Teshie - born Rev. Martey, has been in the news for collecting US$ 100, 000 and 4 - wheel Toyota Land Cruiser from a flagbearer of an opposition political party to lead attacks on the John Mahama government under the guise of a voice of God.