Sentences with phrase «legitimacy by election»

The political branches of government claim legitimacy by election, judges by reason.

Not exact matches

Add to this the accusations of forging the elections, and extending them to occupied territories, which by itself voids the result (see other answers), murdering political opponents (Boris Nemtsov), and we have Putin's legitimacy severely compromised.

«What the country needs more than ever is certainty, and having secured the largest number of votes and the greatest number of seats in the General Election, it is clear that only the Conservative & Unionist Party has the legitimacy and ability to provide that certainty by commanding a majority in the House of Commons.

There may be a conservative and also an uncomfortable pragmatic utilitarian defence of the status quo — where liberal ends are often achieved by these undemocratic means — but the Lords» increasing influence makes the question democratic legitimacy, whether by election or other means, can not simply be ducked.

The democratic principles of legitimacy and representativeness are better met by lottery («sortition») than by election.

As we enter the run - up to the 2018 midterm elections, Trumpism is weakening under its own self - inflicted wounds, the ambivalent legitimacy of Trump's election by a popular minority due to the eccentricities of the Electoral College, and a spreading realization that behind the economic populism of his campaign rhetoric is the most reactionary Republican economic and social policy agenda since the late nineteenth - century era of Social Darwinism and Jim Crow.

The former Governor had ealier declared the election illegal and unconstitutional, in a letter addressed to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, which was co - signed by the factional National Secretary, Wale Oladipo, urged INEC not to give legitimacy to what happened in Edo, saying his faction would conduct a proper primary in the state.

Rep. John Lewis, who drew Trump's ire after questioning the legitimacy of the 2016 election because of Russia's alleged interference in it, avoided mentioning the president - elect by name at an MLK event in Florida as he called on young people to stand up when they perceive injustices.

Backed by only one Westminster MP in Scotland and with no mandate from a general election, however, May does lack legitimacy north of the border.

As national parliaments appear to bring greater legitimacy than the European Parliament, he argues that the EU should consider returning to a system in which MEPs are appointed by national politicians rather than through European elections.

For a nation that was waiting for a messianic vision and direction from his government, President Buhari does not have the privilege or the right to remain silent on issues such as the current fuel scarcity (save for a one - page press release signed by him), the Mainagate, the NNPC $ 25bn contract scandal, the continued Fulani herdsmen attack on communities, despite their being listed as the fourth deadliest terror group in the Global Terrorism Index, and the full report of the Presidential Panel of Inquiry set up to investigate a former Secretary to Government of the Federation, Lawal Babachir, and a former DG, National Intelligence Agency, Ayo Oke, because beyond election, the validation of the legitimacy of any government through good governance rests on this core element which is communicating.

The Conservatives shocked everyone by winning a small majority at the 2015 General Election, despite predictions of a hung parliament and the possibility of constitutional wrangling over who had legitimacy to form the next Government.

Although this from of governance is often buttressed by populist, majoritarian justifications, the recent elections in Armenia, Kenya, Venezuela, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Zimbabwe brought into question the legitimacy of not only the supposed winners, but also the entire social and political system that enabled these disputed victories to occur.

The «output legitimacy» of a body composed of experts who do not enjoy the input legitimacy of election by the individuals who are the political subjects and legal objects of the constitutional order would be insufficient.

That is, even with the costs incurred by campaign contributions, judicial elections are legitimacy - ENHANCING institutions.

Conventional wisdom states that White has heightened the politicization of judicial elections by facilitating expensive, below - the - belt exchanges that aharply attenuate the incumbency advantage and threaten the legitimacy of state courts.