Sentences with phrase «of partisan interests»

«We do not have to remind the High Commissioner that he must operate above party cronyism and the prioritisation of partisan interests above the supreme interests of the Ghanaian people.

We do not have to remind the High Commissioner that he must operate above party cronyism and the prioritization of partisan interests above the supreme interests of the Ghanaian people.

But we believe government should not shirk from making tough decisions in public... It's time to put the public interest ahead of partisan interests.»

Not exact matches

But J. Gerald Hebert, director of the Voting Rights and Redistricting Program at the public - interest Campaign Legal Center in Washington, said the states drew districts with more black voters than necessary to «dilute their voting strength in order to achieve a partisan gain.»

If for once the Liberals and the NDP set aside partisan politics and acted in the interests of Canada, it would be the beginning of a new era for us.

If at some point, Joe Anglin is interested in the Alberta Party, we'll talk to him, just like we're open to every Albertan who is fed up with the partisan nature of politics in Alberta.

He belonged to the ruling class in Judah but he refused to be a partisan of its class interests.

After all, beyond the marginalia of persuasion, partisans are already ready made, and past memories and present interests are foremost in the mind of the people.

Since the Industrial Revolution, the fault line running through partisan politics has been the diverging interests of labor and capital.

Candidates, officeholders, and voters stand where they stand, on the issues and in their partisan alignment, because of interests, convictions, and opinions on which the Holy Father is quite incapable of achieving some measurable effect.

Let us therefore banish the easy resort to partisan and narrow political interests in the conduct of our national affairs.

In our country, the highly partisan political atmosphere we have established does not allow any room for cross party consultation on matters of presumed national interest.

Instead, the people's behalf has been replaced by the parochial and debilitating practice of «what position will serve our peculiar partisan interests?»

It seems like a good test for partisan gerrymanders that are unfair, but there would be a lot of other factors or dimensions (as discussed in the other answers - things like common economic interests) that might also make a district's representation unfair even within the efficiency threshold.

My interest in this whole issue comes from the fact that if our law courts especially the highest court in Ghana, Supreme Court that is supposed to be final place in the country to deliver justice to all manner of persons regardless of one's political affiliation, religious beliefs, ethnic background etc in a just and fair manner is now seen to be turning into a place where citizens of Ghana who may belong to certain political affiliations do not feel confident or have trust in their handling of critical national issues in view of some of these «partisan» pronouncements on the part of some justices, then where would we be heading towards as a country?

Rule 3B (2) further states that ``... A judge shall not be swayed by partisan interests, public clamor, or fear of criticism».

Moreover, in the past weeks there has been a worrisome level of media manipulation, with a clear interested and partisan use of public media.

It wasn't a partisan ding - dong by any means and was all very consensual and pleasant — especially on the changes wrought by recession, which will heighten the importance of volunteering and community (and therefore the third sector, though it was interesting to hear Maude state very clearly that «there are of course no good effects of a recession», not wishing to fall into the Lansley trap), and mean money from charitable donations is likely to dry up.

«How they can support President Trump's tax plan, that decimates their own constituents and is a prime example of putting partisan politics over the best interests of the people they represent?

The pitch sold an idea of the party as a credible and reliable force, stressing competence, common - sense values and a willingness to defend the national interest rather than extreme partisan ideologies.

I also believe that as a journalist who holds in high esteem professional ethics of truth, public interest and unbiased balanced view, you should remove the cloak of your deep partisan politics and be a vanguard of objectivity and fair reportage.

No doubt all politicians keep the party implications of political reforms in mind but Labour's own partisan interests, particularly representing 41 of the 59 Scottish constituencies in the House of Commons, would appear to be playing a significant role in the party's difficulty in articulating any coherent view about England's place in the evolving constitution of the United Kingdom.

In «Democracy and its Crisis» published this week, philosopher Professor A C Grayling concludes with a study of Trump and Brexit: «No constitutional system should allow a partisan group to hijack the interests of the whole: this is happening in the UK and the US as these words are being written.»

While voters may punish Mrs May for calling an early election for partisan interest, that punishment is unlikely to overwhelm their underlying approval of her leadership and of her government's performance.

«The 2012 redistricting process was business as usual in Albany, with the majority parties controlling the process and lines being drawn for partisan purposes rather than in the best interests of voters, with greater candidate choice and more contested elections,» said Dick Dadey, Executive Director of Citizens Union.

It is not about the partisan political interest of parties.

«It's disappointing that Governor Cuomo and some state lawmakers — pushed by powerful, labor - backed special interests — continue to pursue the use of tax dollars to fund partisan political campaigns,» said the group's executive director, Brian Sampson.

Although interest in killing the Electoral College grew out of the 2000 debacle, it really isn't a partisan issue.

Fourthly, Lib Dem and swing voters especially will not forgive Lib Dems for precipitating the demise of the Coalition government, probably two years before it is due to end, not on a point of principle, such as on tuition fees, tax policy, social policy like gay marriage, Trident, the European treaty veto or the health or welfare bills but on... an issue of narrow partisan electoral self interest, i.e. unhappiness at boundary changes (which they had already voted for in February 2011).

«The Senate's constitutional advice and consent role will only be preserved if senators put aside short - term partisan interests to protect the enduring interests of the Senate regardless of who's in the White House,» the California Democrat said.

Earlier in his own speech, Comrade Celestine Akpobari, the Coordinator of Ogoni Solidarity Forum, said that he had not been a partisan person and that as a civil society activist, he supports Ogoni interest and cause.

«The Republican agenda puts special interests and partisan ideology ahead of what's best for everyday Americans and Pat Toomey is the poster boy for those misplaced priorities,» said Shripal Shah, a spokesman for Senate Majority PAC.

Furthermore, regardless of his other policies, doesn't Gov. Andrew Cuomo have a valid point that our congressional representatives should have the state's best interests above partisan dogma?

It's interesting that if user18 posted a question that baselessly accused someone of lying for partisan reasons, it'd have been downvoted to oblibion.

Democrat Sean Eldridge accused Republican Rep. Chris Gibson of putting «partisan politics before the best interests of his constituents» for refusing to support a strings - free debt limit extension.

«After his preferred candidate gets crushed in 7 seven weeks at the polls, hopefully the Governor will choose to be a little less partisan and political for the best interest of New Yorkers.

«No amount of shallow partisan barbs can change the fact that at every turn, Andrew Cuomo has put his own political interest ahead of promoting real economic growth in New York State,» Laska said.

«What makes their ranting more pathetic is that they do not offer credible alternatives,» he said, adding, President Mahama would not sacrifice the long term interest of the nation for short term partisan political gains.»

OccupyGhana in a statement released on Wednesday, 1 November, said: «OccupyGhana is disgusted and appalled by High Commissioner George Ayisi - Boateng's discriminatory comments that pitched partisan interests above those of other Ghanaians.

It added, «INEC as a statutory body has the full complements of technical hands in its legal department to advice it appropriately and we wonder why it had to wait for directives from the AGF, an external party, if not for partisan and subjective interest.

According to him, in other jurisdictions such as in the US, it is the committees of Parliament that take matters of public concern seriously and investigate with no partisan interest.

«It is very worrying for people who are expected to know better (especially if some happen to be leading members of the august House of Parliament) to conveniently join the streets wagon in pursuit of petty partisan parochial interests to churn out deliberate falsehood to perpetuate the fallacy that access to the President has to be secured with financial inducements»

Second, and related, the partisan makeup of Scotland's MPs was at least 90 % non-nationalist, which ensured that they would be whipped by pan-British (excluding Northern Ireland) parties to vote, theoretically at least, in pan-British interests.

The old politics of vested partisan interest has reasserted itself with a vengeance.

Supporters of the amendment contend the measure will remove the highly partisan process that has resulted in gerrymandered legislative districts and place it in the hands of a less self - interested body.

«I believe most of the members believe as I do that the constitution is a document we want to protect from the whims of special interest money from outside the state that would like to see partisan changes to the constitution,» he said.

Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause New York, said the current challenges and uncertainty surrounding the board's operations could actually serve as «an incentive to the right person, who is interested in election administration and not partisan politics.

The Common Cause proposal would directly task LATFOR with drawing districts for the Senate, Assembly and Congress that consider «communities of interest,» such as ethnic neighborhoods of similar towns, and forbid it from considering addresses of incumbents or the partisan enrollment of voters in a given area.

A spokesman for Jack Straw said of the move on confidence votes: «For all the phoney talk about a «new politics» this proposal is simply about crudely seeking to fix the electoral system to suit partisan interests.

This is of interest to third partisans for two reasons.