Sentences with phrase «of electoral corruption»

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Cuomo has not yet formally proposed any electoral reforms in the wake of last week's back - to - back corruption scandals, but he has talked about the possibility of rescinding the Wilson - Pakula law following Democratic Sen. Malcolm Smith's arrest for allegeding trying to bribe his way onto the GOP line in the New York City mayor's race.

Before the 2016 election, Mr Martin Amidu levelled so many allegations against former President Mahama, the NDC and the Chairperson of the electoral commission including planned vote rigging, corruption etc..

Labour lost because they: a) broke manifold electoral promises b) lied shamelessly to the people and parliament c) engaged in industrial - scale corruption and lame cover - up d) wilfully enraged their newest supporters e) eschewed democracy at every opportunity f) treated the electorate like idiots g) alienated a vast constituency of voters with strong personal interest in the well - being of our servicemen h) inherited the most benign of economies and recklessly maxed out the public debt i) devoted inordinate time and effort to policies based on immature class war antics j) engaged in open internal dissent while being too cowardly to take any definitive action k) offered a wholly negative electoral campaign Unless confidence is restored in these areas, Labour will continue to be despised.

Besides, having vigorously campaigned for a presidential candidate that shielded corruption and treasury looting, and that candidate having lost to an anti-corruption candidate in the democratic election of 2015, many appear unable to recover from the electoral loss.

Petra's research looks at the implications of electoral systems and democratic institutions for governmental corruption, democratic survival, cabinet formation and termination, electoral accountability and policy diffusion.

Fayose said President Buhari should have simply told the whole world that he hated the Nigeria Judiciary because he lost the petitions that he filed against his electoral defeats in 2003, 2007 and 2011, instead of hiding under the fight against corruption to ventilate his anger.

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said contrary to what some people want Nigerians to believe, the present administration was working assiduously to meet its electoral pledges, especially in the critical areas of developing the economy as well as fighting corruption and insecurity.

Hurl unsubstantiated allegations of corruption, use social media to churn out fake news, make heavenly promises of jobs, accuse the electoral commission of collusion with government, reject the voters register and prepare the mind the people's that the only GENUINE outcome of the election is for Raila to be elected.

Corruption attacks the foundation of democratic institutions by distorting electoral processes, perverting the rule of law, causing human rights abuses and creating bureaucratic quagmires leading to public sector corruption which in turn drives private sector cCorruption attacks the foundation of democratic institutions by distorting electoral processes, perverting the rule of law, causing human rights abuses and creating bureaucratic quagmires leading to public sector corruption which in turn drives private sector ccorruption which in turn drives private sector corruptioncorruption.

The employees have accused Mrs. Osei of corruption, breaching public procurement regulations and disregarding administrative procedures in her management of the electoral body.

But Jay Jacobs, Nassau Democratic chairman, sees the party picking up Senate seats because President Donald Trump's unpopularity and the Nassau corruption scandals have created «a tidal wave of electoral dissatisfaction» that will give both GOP incumbents and big donors pause.

The Tory MP argued that recent episodes of electoral fraud in local contests illustrate a wider problem of corruption whereby votes are cast in other people's names.

In his words, «The wide acceptance of NYSC Scheme both at the national and international levels is borne out by the noteworthy contribution of Corps members to such exercises as the electoral process, the effective nationwide campaign against HIV / AIDs, Road accidents, Drug Abuse, Human Trafficking, Corruption, Illiteracy and the implementation of various aspects of the SDGs programme.

The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), had accused the President of abusing incumbency and indulging in electoral corruption, for distributing the outboard motors among other items.

«This office and the FBI take a zero tolerance approach to corruption of the electoral process,» Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement.

Although Teachout, author of Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United, showed how irked many upstate and liberal Democrats were with Cuomo two years ago — the New York Times noted that she was the «strongest challenge to an incumbent governor since primaries for the office were established in New York in 1970» — she hasn't had much electoral success.

The INEC Chairman stated that while the word «electoral corruption» appeared repeatedly in Section 6 of the Bill, «it is submitted that for clarity, the word (electoral corruption) should be included and defined in Section 48 which is the interpretative Section of the Bill.

13 years of corruption and criminality in power and two lost elections including complete eradication in Scotland means they are electoral poison.

Eliot Spitzer, a former state governor and attorney general, argued that because New York City is overwhelmingly Democratic, corruption is even more prevalent in local Republican organizations struggling to make an electoral impact with relatively little amounts of money and influence.

Edgar is known for his involvement in reforming corruption in the City of Cudahy by leading electoral campaigns.

Robert Harris, the world's master of innovative historical fiction, lures us into a violent, treacherous world of Roman politics at once exotically different from and yet startlingly similar to our own — a world of Senate intrigue and electoral corruption, special prosecutors and political adventurism — to describe how one clever, compassionate, devious, vulnerable man fought to reach the top.