Sentences with phrase «leader of a minority government»

Overnight, at her own hand, May had gone from the prime minister of a majority Tory party to the leader of a minority government.

The leader of a minority government will also often call an election in hopes of winning a stronger mandate from the electorate.

Mr. Tsipras is the leader of a minority government.

Not exact matches

Leaders of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops endorsed a congressional resolution Monday condemning attacks on religious minorities in Iraq and urging both Iraqi and U.S. government officials to do more to protect religious groups considered to be at risk there.

On Tuesday, Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrissu, wondered if the government is in show of gratitude for the company's help to ferry in the South Africans in 2016 to help it win the election.

The Minority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah is reported to have accused the government of masterminding Wontumi's arrest.

Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos has seized on today's scathing IG report on AEG as proof that state government is suffering mightily under the «arrogance» of single - party rule.

«We set the bar on what progressive government and what progressive society looks like and we set that bar for the rest of the nation to follow,» Cuomo said at the event, which was also attended by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer rejected the president's suggestion that hundreds of vacancies across the federal government exist due to «obstructionist» Democrats, saying the Trump administration has failed to select a nominee for 442 of the 500 vacancies.

«It seems like almost everyday new allegations of corruption and abuse of the public trust are leveled at state government,» said Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins at a news conference this morning.

At that point, one of the leaders would have to show they could form a minority government that had the support of other parties.

Scotland's first minister and leader of the SNP told the Guardian: «With fixed term parliaments, it gives parties in a minority government situation --(where) hopefully the SNP will be in a position of influence — huge ability to change the direction of a government without bringing a government down.....»

While May has announced herself as the prime minister of a minority government, with support from Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, her position is now so untenable that another general election, with a different Conservative leader, is extremely likely before the end of 2017.

Another element to minority governments in recent Canadian elections is the changing of political party leaders.

Here's Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos insisting to CapTon's Mike Whittemore than it «doesn't matter how you vote» on today's budget bills because the threat of a government shutdown has essentially been averted by the two - way deal.

The minority leader also mentioned that the legislature already holds a handful of full legislative sessions in Riverhead each year, giving East Enders access to their county government.

Speaking on the Floor of Parliament, the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, criticized the government over its communication of what he described as a «sensitive matter.»

Addressing the press conference, dubbed `' The true state of the economy and a government in a state of denial: The NPP's response to the Senchi Consensus, and connected matters» Minority leader of the NPP, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu said, `' assessment of the Ghanaian economy so far point to an economy with weak and deteriorating fundamentals.»

«If the President pursues this path, against the wishes of both Republicans and Democrats, as well as the majority of the American people, he will be heading towards a government shutdown which nobody will like and which won't accomplish anything,» Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D - N.Y.) said.

A minority Tory government might well fall if Lib Dems took against them; the Tories would lose an autumn election to Labour - cleansed of Brown under a fresh new leader.»

The Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has predicted that the Office of the Special Prosecutor will fail should it concentrate only on prosecuting past government officials.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said they «again spotlight the failings of New York state government» and Senate Minority Leader John Sampson, a Brooklyn Democrat, was more muted in calling them «serious charges.»

But speaking to Citi News, the Minority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu said «they [Minority in Parliament] have evidence that government in collaboration with the Bank of Ghana unlawfully withdrew $ 177 million of the stabilization fund without recourse to parliament.

Lending his voice to the development, Godswill Akpabio, senate minority leader, noted that the new government's change campaign should have necessitated a total removal of fuel subsidy so that the market forces would determine the price of product.

However, the Tory leader may not be as fearful of leading a minority government as some suggest.

As Salmond pointed out this morning, he is «one of the few leaders» in British politics who has the experience of running a minority government (he did so in Holyrood for four years).

Less than a week after a man detonated a pipe bomb strapped to his chest in a crowded subway corridor in Manhattan, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer urged the federal government on Sunday to speed up the rollout of a technology that can detect concealed explosives in crowded areas.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi abruptly pulled out of a planned meeting today with Trump after he attacked them on Twitter, casting doubt on the prospects for a quick agreement to avert a government shutdown at the end of next week.

Nearly every Democratic senator considering running for president in 2020 voted against reopening the government, as furious liberals accused Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer of selling out the base in the immigration fight.

The federal government should pick up the ballooning cost for the 200 NYPD cops who protect Trump and the First Family in Manhattan at an estimated cost of $ 500,000 a day, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins in an interview on Capital Tonight on Monday suggested some changes may be supported in order to accommodate concerns raised by local governments as well as the expected infusion of infrastructure projects due to be proposed next year.

Deputy Minority Leader, James Avedzi, has mocked President Nana Addo's appointment of over 100 Ministers to steer the affairs of his government, saying he may as well appoint Ministers specifically for Whatsapp and Twitter if need be.

Senate Minority Leader John McKinney of Fairfield and Sen. Len Fasano of North Haven — both of whom voted against confirming the Democratic governor's nomination of Schriro — made their comments Tuesday in the wake of a weekend Courant Government Watch column.

The minority in a statement signed by its Deputy Leader, James Afedzi, said the contradictions were an indication of confusion within the government hence its call to President Akufo - Addo to expatiate further.

Senate Democrats, who are the minority party in that house, held a news conference with government reform advocates to push for public financing of campaigns, a bill Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson says will lessen the influence of big money special interests in politics.

As senate minority leader since 2007, John was a highly qualified state - government - experienced social moderate and fiscal conservative who was intimately knowledgeable about the inner workings of our state legislature and eminently qualified to get things done.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins said that Democrats are trying to be united at every level of government, and do not intend to mount primary challenges against members of the IDC, unlike 2014, when they ran candidates against some IDC members.

The eight - page county resolution — sponsored by Minority Leader Hector Rodriguez, a New Paltz Democrat, and officially called «A Policy to Maintain a Safe, Inclusive Government and Ensure the Protection, Order, Conduct, Safety, Health and Well - Being of All Persons in Ulster County» — spells out how county government officials can and can not interact with immigrants and federal immigration Government and Ensure the Protection, Order, Conduct, Safety, Health and Well - Being of All Persons in Ulster County» — spells out how county government officials can and can not interact with immigrants and federal immigration government officials can and can not interact with immigrants and federal immigration officials.

It already been nearly a decade since the federal government first undertook the project of creating a veteran's cemetery, and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer doesn't think veterans in Western New York should have to wait any longer.

Majority leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu on his part said the argument by the minority defeats same action undertaken by former President Mahama's government in respect of the appointment of a Deputy Local Government Minister, government in respect of the appointment of a Deputy Local Government Minister, Government Minister, Oti Bless.

Minority leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins, a Democrat from the Bronx, said, «arrest after arrest has shattered the public's faith in good government,» and that the Legislature should act to avoid «another session of empty promises in the wake of yet another scandal,» referencing the arrest of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

«The goal of this law is to promote transparency in government, which is why I am seeking applicants through a fair selection process,» said Minority Leader Lorigo.

In the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer is urging the federal government keep a close eye on gas prices.

The Deputy Minority Leader also downplayed the significance of abolishing import duty taxes on spare parts, as he explained that government had relinquished the stake it had it their trade.

Government is undermining the authority of local government and efforts at decentralisation by scrapping tolls paid by head potters also known as «Kayayei», the Deputy Minority Leader, James Avedzi has Government is undermining the authority of local government and efforts at decentralisation by scrapping tolls paid by head potters also known as «Kayayei», the Deputy Minority Leader, James Avedzi has government and efforts at decentralisation by scrapping tolls paid by head potters also known as «Kayayei», the Deputy Minority Leader, James Avedzi has intimated.

The bill signing, attended by a host of Assembly Democrats, State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan and U.S House minority leader Nancy Pelosi, was a set piece designed to highlight Cuomo's faith in his own method of government, which he repeatedly characterized Tuesday as bipartisan compromise in the spirit of «getting things done.&Leader John Flanagan and U.S House minority leader Nancy Pelosi, was a set piece designed to highlight Cuomo's faith in his own method of government, which he repeatedly characterized Tuesday as bipartisan compromise in the spirit of «getting things done.&leader Nancy Pelosi, was a set piece designed to highlight Cuomo's faith in his own method of government, which he repeatedly characterized Tuesday as bipartisan compromise in the spirit of «getting things done.»

But according to the Minority Leader, this was likely to suffer, given government's announcement that the existing legislation that dictates the estimation of grants to government units like the GETFund, were being reviewed with intent to constrain them to a ceiling of 25 percent of tax revenues.

Labour leader to tour Tory marginal seats in preparation for any potential collapse of Theresa May's minority government

«I don't agree with the methods,» said Minority Leader Dave Donaldson, once a slavish devotee of the executive form of government, «but sometimes the results are what you want.»

I'm fortunate because I am one of the few leaders, probably the only one that's run a minority government.