Sentences with phrase «of elections in this country»

Nevertheless, misgivings persist about continued heavy policing and the militarisation of elections in the country.

Tat stated that the interest of U.S was to ensure that a free and fair election is being conducted in order to set a higher standard in organisation of election in the country.

By article 46, the first defendant is endowed with independence in the performance of its functions including the initiation, regulation and conduct of elections in the country... In our opinion and as part of our function to declare what the law is, the above words which are unambiguous insulate the Electoral Commission from any external direction and or control in the performance of the functions conferred on it under article 45... A fair consideration of the functions of the first defendant reveals that the demand which was made on it by the plaintiffs regarding the presence of ineligible and deceased persons and the latter's refusal to acquiesce in the said demands which provoked the action herein relates to its mandate under article 45 (a) «to compile the register of voters and revise it at such periods as may be determined by law».

Prof. Yakubu observed that since the next polls were only 470 days away (from 3rd November, 2017), early passage of the legal framework for the conduct of elections in the country would assist the Commission in planning adequately.

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu has called on the National Assembly to expedite action on the passage of relevant legislations guiding the conduct of elections in the country, to give the Commission ample time to prepare for the 2019 general elections.

Speaking prior to the approval on the EC's budget, Minority Leader Osei Kyei Mensah - Bonsu was concerned about the cost of the conduct of election in the country insisting it's too high.

According to him, the Brong Ahafo Region has become the decider of elections in the country due to...

He expressed the hope that Liberia's stakeholders would take another look at the electoral timetable for easy delivery of materials and reduction of the cost of election in the country.

According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, on Thursday, the envoy said the conduct of the poll should set a higher standard in the conduct of elections in the country.

At previous anniversaries, leading politicians and activists gathered at various locations to reminisce and commemorate the poll adjudged the freest and fairest in the annals of elections in the country.

Speaking earlier, the IGP said that his visit was part of «continuous synergy and cooperation» between the police and INEC towards ensuring peaceful conduct of elections in the country.

Not exact matches

In the election of an African - American president less than a half - century after the end of official racial segregation in much of the country, these Americans see the triumph of the values enshrined in the US Constitution over America's legacy of social, political, and economic prejudicIn the election of an African - American president less than a half - century after the end of official racial segregation in much of the country, these Americans see the triumph of the values enshrined in the US Constitution over America's legacy of social, political, and economic prejudicin much of the country, these Americans see the triumph of the values enshrined in the US Constitution over America's legacy of social, political, and economic prejudicin the US Constitution over America's legacy of social, political, and economic prejudice.

As the Netherlands prepares to vote in an election characterised by inflammatory rhetoric by both the prime minister, Mark Rutte, and hard - right challenger Geert Wilders, the country's most diverse city is having a moment of soul - searching.

A regional election in Sicily over the weekend could lift the party of former Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi, as the country gears up for a national vote next year.

Meanwhile, Portugal's Communist Party has support of as much as 10 percent of the electorate — and could help deny that country's Socialist Party a shot at taking back power from the governing center - right coalition in an Oct. 4 election.

Still, even if you take out the Obama Trauma, in which the stock market fell nearly 13 % following the current president's election in 2008 — and, to be fair, the country was in the middle of a financial panic — the average return in a month following the election is 0.4 %.

Italian stocks fell at the start of this morning's trading, after populist parties won almost half the vote in Italy's Sunday elections, and early results suggested the country is heading for a hung parliament due to no party or coalition of parties meeting the 40 % threshold for stable governance.

Last month's G20 meetings in Paris brought into tighter focus the ambitions of International Monetary Fund chief, and failed 2006 French presidential candidate, Dominique Strauss - Kahn to run in that country's next election as the Socialist party candidate.

«We are in the process in the context of Brexit negotiations of ensuring that we influence what are going to be historic decisions for this country... The last thing we need right now is an election in the middle of all that,» he told RTE.

Bollore fell 6 percent after French police questioned billionaire Vincent Bollore over allegations his group worked on the election campaigns of presidential candidates in two African countries in return for lucrative port contracts.

«Elections have consequences, and the consequences for our community have been dire, and if we do not change the balance of power, we question our ability to remain free in this country,» she said.

Clinton herself said in her acceptance speech that the election represented a «moment of reckoning» for the country.

In the days since the presidential election, states across the country have seen increased incidents of racist or anti-Semitic vandalism and violence, many of which have drawn directly on the rhetoric and proposals of President - elect Donald Trump.

The wave of demonstrations, that kicked off in second city Mashhad on December 28 and quickly spread, is the biggest in the tightly controlled country since unrest over a disputed election in 2009.

«We are watching very carefully the election campaign in this country,» Kislyak said Tuesday at a discussion of bilateral affairs at Johns Hopkins University's campus in Washington.

Maduro's approval ratings have tumbled amid the crisis to 28 percent, near the lowest in 16 years of socialist rule, and while there's no sign the sometimes violent street protests that overwhelmed the country a year ago will return anytime soon, polls indicate that the opposition will coast to victory in legislative elections expected to take place by year end.

In every election around the world, we keep improving our tools to help more people register and vote, and we hope to eventually enable hundreds of millions of more people to vote in elections than do today, in every democratic country around the worlIn every election around the world, we keep improving our tools to help more people register and vote, and we hope to eventually enable hundreds of millions of more people to vote in elections than do today, in every democratic country around the worlin elections than do today, in every democratic country around the worlin every democratic country around the world.

A fairly straightforward statement such as Ivy's letter («It is now time for all of us to work together to advance policies that help our country move forward») might not be out of place in another election.

The failure of coalition talks is unprecedented in Germany's post-war history, and was likened by newsmagazine Der Spiegel to the shock election of U.S. President Donald Trump or Britain's referendum vote to leave the EU - moments when countries cast aside reputations for stability built up over decades.

And as we've shared before, our teams have found and shut down thousands of fake accounts that could be attempting to influence elections in many countries, including recently in the French elections.

Indeed, over the period of time when Italy was in recession, the country's political scene has been nothing short of a mess, having gone from the scandal - hit tenure of billionaire businessman Silvio Berlusconi, to a technocratic government and two general elections in the space of a year.

After one of the most contentious and divisive election seasons in recent history, on January 20 the United States will swear in Donald J. Trump as the country's 45th president.

As Britons headed to the polls on Thursday, it's worth highlighting how the general election could influence the course of that country's exit, or «Brexit,» from the European Union — particularly as the race appears to have tightened in recent weeks.

But its housing market and banking system have stabilized, says Stephen Peak of Henderson Global Investors, and June election results eased fears that the country might flee the EU in a «Spexit.»

Following Switzerland is France, where the National Front earned around 14 percent of the country's vote in the past three presidential elections.

Italy faced political deadlock on Tuesday after a stunning election that saw the anti-establishment 5 - Star Movement of comic Beppe Grillo become the strongest party in the country but left no group with a clear majority in parliament.

The unprecedented failure of coalition talks has meant that another election could occur in January, four months after the country last went to the polls.

In Sweden, the country's far - right party, the Sweden Democrats, received more than 12 % of the vote in last year's electioIn Sweden, the country's far - right party, the Sweden Democrats, received more than 12 % of the vote in last year's electioin last year's election.

Established in 2006 by Australian activist Julian Assange as a means to anonymously divulge sensitive information about countries and institutions, Wikileaks was best known for its revelations about U.S. military operations, diplomatic activities, detention camps and abetting of NSA leaker Edward Snowden — until 2016, when the site involved itself in the U.S. presidential election by releasing troves of Democratic party emails allegedly supplied by Russian operatives.

But the extent of Russia's infiltration in election systems across the country last year remains unclear, and congressional investigators apparently are trying to find out more about what the Russians accessed and why.

«Those who expressed negative views stated that running elections in this country was the sovereign and exclusive responsibility of the states, and they did not want federal intrusion, a federal takeover, or federal regulation of that process.»

shocked the country when he defeated Republican Roy Moore in the Dec. 12 special election to replace then - GOP Sen. Luther Strange — and he's off to a fine start among voters in Alabama, where 47 percent approve of him and 25 percent disapprove.

Donald Trump's surprise U.S. presidential election victory promises to result in an overhaul of U.S. trade policy, including the immediate end of support for the Trans Pacific Partnership, the controversial trade pact involving 12 Pacific countries including Canada, the U.S., and Japan.

This assessment is based on the decentralized nature of our election system in this country and the number of protections state and local election officials have in place.

Search traffic also increased between the November 2016 election and the January 2017 inauguration for two additional countries: France, which has the best overall healthcare system in the world, according to the World Health Organization, and Belize, which offers one of the lowest costs of living in the Caribbean.

Changes in election financing would be a huge step towards diminishing the influence of those who are now actively planning to give our country away.

Some 50 dead at the hands of a self - declared ISIS supporter with an automatic assault weapon, in the midst of the most polarized presidential election the country has experienced in the post-war period.

The shutdown affected diverse countries from all over the continent: whether they had small populations like Gabon or big ones like Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo; whether in the south of the continent like Zimbabwe, in the north in Algeria, across the east in Burundi and Uganda, and in the west like the shutdown preceding the elections in The Gambia.

All of which is to say that, for the next one and a half years until the next provincial election, you can expect the noisiest chirping in the country to emanate from Alberta — much of it from the next opposition leader's Facebook and Twitter accounts.

For sure, Mr. Moore would be on surer footing here if the Conservative Party of Canada hadn't pleaded guilty to violating election spending limits in 2008 and if the Harper government wasn't the only government in this country's history to have been found in contempt of Parliament and if the RCMP wasn't said to be presently investigating Mr. Harper's former chief of staff and and if two Conservative MPs weren't presently in court with Elections Canada and if the Prime Minister hadn't left for Peru without facing the House on the first day that Parliament was in session after the deal between Mr. Wright and Mr. Duffy was revealed and if the Prime Minister hadn't fail to show up in the House on the following Monday and if Mr. Duffy hadn't remained a Conservative senator for awhile despite having apparently claimed a housing allowance he shouldn't have.