Sentences with phrase «national leadership election»

In 2013, the Liberal Party of Canada membership elected Justin Trudeau as party leader through IRV in a national leadership election.

Ribble Valley and Nottingham Lib Dems are the first local parties to vote for a new national leadership election to be held.

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With a dozen years under her belt in Germany's highest political office and a national election approaching in September, this was supposed to be the year that Merkel's leadership came under threat.

Some members of the party's national council are calling for a leadership election as early as May 2016, which would give an advantage to members who are already well - organized.

Visit the Leadership Opportunities page to learn about different national leadership positions, as well as the nominations and elections process and committee descriptions.

He went on to graduate at the top of his class with first class honours in Politics and Modern History at Manchester University, winning the Robert McKenzie Prize for political science, his first book contract and election to the (sabbatical) leadership of the students» union, Labour Students» National Committee and NUS National Council.

And the ongoing row over a cut - off date for the leadership election led to McDonnell attacking the «small clique» on the National Executive Committee that was trying to restrict the vote to members who had signed up before 12 January.

The Central Regional NDC 2016 Elections Campaign Task Force under the leadership of Hon Cassiel Ato Forson was duly inaugurated by His Excellency the Vice President yesterday, ably assisted by two members of the National Campaign Team - Hon Faustina Nelson and Hon Kofi Adams.

The party's national executive committee meets today and is expected to vote down moves to change the leadership rules and discuss a review of the general election campaign.

According to him, though he knew many National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporters were disenchanted with the party's leadership, he chose to endorse Mr Mahama because the former president reached out to console him after the Electoral Commission disqualified him from contesting the elections.

This was a reference to the events of late July and early August 2008 which followed Labour's defeat to the Scottish National Party in the Glasgow East by - election when, with a demoralised Gordon Brown on holiday in Suffolk, with Labour as many as 25 points behind in the polls, and with MPs insurgent and openly discussing a leadership challenge, Miliband made his move.

Jerome Bonso, Chairman of the National League for Free and Fair Elections, told IRIN in Kinshasa underlines that these elections are taking place in a different context from 2006: «We have to consider events such as the Arab spring where the population spearheaded change in their countries» leElections, told IRIN in Kinshasa underlines that these elections are taking place in a different context from 2006: «We have to consider events such as the Arab spring where the population spearheaded change in their countries» leelections are taking place in a different context from 2006: «We have to consider events such as the Arab spring where the population spearheaded change in their countries» leadership.

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.

Yussuf was believed to be a close associate of Governor Rauf Aregbesola of the state before the two fell out after the outcome of the leadership election at the lower chamber of the National Assembly.

National Executive Committee, 13 May 2015 This special executive was called to consider the arrangements for Labour's leadership and deputy - leadership elections.

So, it has been a statement by the National legal adviser saying that he wrote a letter to the state leadership that the primary elections of the party ought to be done in accordance with the constitution, and they refused.

The National Movement rose to prominence as a result of the legislative and European elections in 1989, when under the leadership of Pierre Peters.

The National leadership of the party tasked a special Committee led by Prof. Kwesi Botchwey to tour the country to listen to concerns of party members after it was evident the many of the party's supporters were not happy with the results of the election.

After a tense few hours of Labour's National Executive Committee meeting yesterday, the party's ruling body decided by 18 votes to 14 that Jeremy Corbyn would have an automatic right to be on the ballot in the leadership election against Angela Eagle.

On 19 February 2017, during the PD National Assembly, Renzi resigned as Secretary of the party, announcing his candidacy for the next leadership election.

The general membership of the party should bear with the national leadership at this time and remain focused in the hope that the necessary mechanisms are being put in place to ensure that the party emerges victorious in next year's general elections.

«By including public financing of elections in the budget, Governor Cuomo has demonstrated national leadership,» said Karen Scharff, the executive director of Citizen Action, in a statement that was released by the group Fair Eelections in the budget, Governor Cuomo has demonstrated national leadership,» said Karen Scharff, the executive director of Citizen Action, in a statement that was released by the group Fair ElectionsElections.

But speaking on Newsfile on Multi TV Saturday 6 May about the race for leadership of the NDC ahead of the 2020 national elections, Nana Akomea said Mr Mahama stood tall among his contemporaries.

But whether this is more about asserting his standing within the party, in advance both of an anticipated reshuffle and a potential leadership election at some stage, than the national leadership Darling sought can be debated.

What is emerging is that this particular election may present the NPP with the most undiversified national leadership, as almost all the elected positions may be filled from the Akan sub group.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- In a sign that the national Republican leadership is lining up behind Doug Hoffman, House GOP campaign Chairman Pete Sessions will endorse the Conservative Party candidate in the New York special congressional election, a senior Republican source tells CNN.

A variant of QE for the people is People's Quantitative Easing, a policy proposed by Jeremy Corbyn during the 2015 Labour leadership election, which would require the Bank of England to create money to finance government investment via a National Investment Bank.

According to a piece published in Le Figaro on 22 November 2017, Najat Vallaud - Belkacem, former Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research and defeated candidate in the 2017 legislative elections, sought to lead the Socialist Party (PS) list in the 2019 European elections as a condition of her becoming a candidate for the party leadership, in addition to asking that the post of general secretary be paid in the event that she obtained the post.

It also highlights the difficulties that the national leadership of the main political parties will face in making a concerted pitch to win over urban voters at the next general elections.

(REM) list for the 2019 European elections has been subject to significant speculation, with Alain Juppé himself evoking the possibility of leading a «grand central movement», [2] apparently in part to express his irritation with the probable victory of Laurent Wauquiez — who he accused of being open to the ideas of the National Front (FN) and the extreme right — in the leadership election of The Republicans (LR), [24] with other speculated list leaders including Édouard Philippe, François Bayrou, Nicolas Hulot, Nathalie Kosciusko - Morizet, [1] Sylvie Goulard, Daniel Cohn - Bendit, [25] and Michel Barnier also mentioned.

The Leader / Founder said the committees would prepare the grounds for the election of constituency and regional executives, «the leadership has declared 2018 as the year for the national delegates» congress where national executives as well as Presidential Candidate would be elected».

Babangida in the initial letter further stated that «the next election In 2019 therefore presents us a unique opportunity to reinvent the will and provoke fresh leadership that would immediately begin the process of healing the wounds in the land and ensuring that the wishes and aspirations of the people are realized in building and sustaining national cohesion and consensus.

The outcome of the election is a clear vote of confidence in the sterling leadership provided by Alassane Ouattara, who, over the last four years, has transformed a war - ravaged country into a rare African bright spot, the stand - out performer in the Region, and has accelerated the process of national reconciliation.

He however asserted that PDP would strive to fulfil all conditions given by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for political parties participating in the election, nonetheless, its leadership crisis.

What is emerging is that this particular election may present the NPP with the most undiversified national leadership, as almost all the elected positions may be filled from the Akan subgroup.

The moderate won a crowded GOP primary this year, but in the general election Democrats were successfully able to argue that a vote for him was a vote for the GOP's national leadership.

It is just some weeks gone past the last election and as a party, the national leadership has just put in place a 13 - member committee to look into all that led to that abysmal performance of our party in terms of the results of the 2016 election.»

Flagbearer hopeful of NDC, Sylvester Mensah A leading flagbearer hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Sylvester Mensah, has lamented what he described as a «political campaign of corruption» which is being conducted by some persons within in the lead up to the party's leadership elections.

Labour's National Executive Committee (NEC) has decided to ban new members of the party from voting in the upcoming Labour leadership election.

Major stakeholders of the party within the state, this reporter gathered, are of the opinion that the national leadership of the party should not leave the current exercise of choosing the party's governorship candidate for the November 16 election in the hands of the cronies of any of these factional leaders.

Investigations revealed that the party's leadership at the National level is tinkering with the idea of getting members of its Board of Trustees [BOT] who hail from Anambra State, to act as the clearing house for the forth coming congress that will choose that PDP Governorship flag bearer for the election.

The PDP candidate's Campaign DG had earlier joined the APC and the LP to call for a boycott of the supplementary election, despite a contrary view by the national leadership of the party.

The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress has forwarded the name of Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) to the Independent National Electoral Commission in Abuja as its governorship candidate in the November 26 governorship election in Ondnational leadership of the All Progressives Congress has forwarded the name of Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) to the Independent National Electoral Commission in Abuja as its governorship candidate in the November 26 governorship election in OndNational Electoral Commission in Abuja as its governorship candidate in the November 26 governorship election in Ondo State.

The leadership of the incumbent National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Upper West Region, has unveiled a campaign to maintain its political dominance in the region ahead of the 2016 election.

The national chairman of the PDP, told Punch that «the national leadership and other stakeholders of the party were working hard to make sure that the party would win the 2019 elections.»

«The national leadership of the party has asked us to continue with the campaign because the campaign is not for any candidate but for the party which is contesting the election.

The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Anambra State has said that it has uncovered plot by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Anambra State Office, under the leadership of Prof Chukwuemeka Onukaogu to «tidy up» the loose ends in the electoral documents used in the last discredited governorship election.

However, before contenders submitted their forms, former Director of Communications, Nana Akomea was quoted as saying, «this particular election may present the NPP with the most undiversified national leadership, as almost all the elected positions may be filled from the Akan subgroup.

Political parties without established offices, leadership and reasonable presence may not be allowed to contest the 2019 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission has said.

Other issues according to the source include, leadership crises at the National level and the Ondo election that saw the emergence of former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, as the party's candidate in the upcoming governorship election in the state.