Sentences with phrase «on holders of this office»

It does seems that the Monarch will step aside when he or she feels that age is inhibiting her work, but whether that is 85 — as with Charles — or 91 — as with William — depends on the holder of the office and the pressure they are subjected to by the wider political community.

Not exact matches

The Federal Election Commission has previously ruled that candidates and federal office holders may spend campaign funds on legal fees that are part of legal actions that would not have been necessary if they were not a candidate.

On top of their generous political donations, Suncor, Nexen, Cenovus and CNRL have also lobbied provincial office holders.

It would make the sale through the offices of the Fed Bank of NY, by offering them on the financial market at attractive (low) prices relative to the annual dollar payments the securities promise their holders.

Just as the lordship of Christ made demands for public justice on office - holders in the New Testament (Luke 4:15), the same is true for those who rule as citizens.

«The issuance of a new executive order on refugees and immigrants acknowledges that there were significant problems with the first executive order that caught up green card holders and others as they tried to enter the United States,» said Tim Breene, CEO of World Relief, the evangelical refugee resettlement agency forced to close five offices and lay off 140 employees in the wake of Trump's decision to halve America's intake of refugees from 110,000 to 50,000.

Consultation on the 2017 — 18 plan has occurred with South Australian Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources (including the South Australian Murray - Darling Basin Natural Resource Management Board), New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage, Victorian Environmental Water Holder, Victorian Catchment Management Authorities, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries - Fisheries, Water New South Wales, the Murray — Darling Basin Authority, the Murray - Darling Wetlands Working Group, Nature Foundation South Australia, Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority, Renmark Irrigation Trust, scientists engaged in monitoring the outcomes of Commonwealth environmental water use, the Murray - Lower Darling Environmental Water Advisory Group and various community groups and individuals.

LAGOS — Serving and former elected office holders on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, weekend, adopted resolutions to retool the former ruling party, including a decision to jettison the principle of zoning in the election of a new national chairman.

And that's just one of several big events the party generally puts on every year — events that have, in the past, been headlined by the Democrats» top office - holder, which, since 2006, has been the governor.

Members of the Onondaga County Sheriff's Office Pistol License Unit will be on hand at the show to answer questions regarding state pistol license applications issued by the county and will be processing amendments to acquire handguns to county - issued pistol license holders.

The march, which drew a number of high - profile office holders at the city, state and federal level, walked along the boulevard Saturday afternoon, prompting store owners and employees to step outside and cheer them on.

The selection is also complicated by the fact that both of New York's senators and its governor, three office holders who historically made the call on the next U.S. attorney, are Democrats with no say in this process under a Republican president.

For us, this is not only an endorsement of the humungous achievements of President Mahama whilst in office, but a clear demonstration of the fact that President Mahama's unique and selfless leadership has set a standard for political office holders on the whole continent.

According to the Presidential Committee on Emoluments which was set up by President John Mahama in accordance with the constitution of Ghana, all Article 71 office holders are to enjoy a 10 % increase in their monthly salary and must be retrospective to cover 2013.

Citizens Party office holders are forbidden to represent or lobby on behalf of any foreign government or corporation for a period of (8) eight years after the end of their service.

The Inspector - General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris, on Monday ordered an immediate withdrawal of police officers attached to some political office holders and very important personalities,...

Announcing his plans to withdraw the policemen on private guard duty, the IGP said, «In view of the current security challenges in the country, it has become expedient for the Nigeria Police Force to streamline the deployment of its personnel attached to political and public office holders, aimed at enhancing effective and efficient policing of the country.

Pressure on incumbent office holders i.e. Faso / Amedore / Lopez to support our view of representative government?

Mahama's request is contrary to the approved recommendations set by the Prof. Dora Francisca Edu - Buandoh committee on Emoluments and Conditions of Service for Article 71 office holders, which only prescribes the payment of 40 % of the retiring President's salary to him to cater for his rent.

(d) Although a Democratic organization, club or association described in paragraph (a) may, in its discretion, permit within its membership persons holding membership in more than one such organization, in all votes taken for endorsement of a nominee for public office or party position such multiple membership holder may not vote on such endorsement in any such organization if the member has already voted on such endorsement in any other such organization.

The full spreadsheet of those who have claimed expenses to pay for their ERG subscription is here, although it is not clear that this is the full membership of the organisation, as a number of people listed on ERG letters and other publications — including office holders — are not included, and the list is significantly shorter than the 50 - 100 members that its leading figures sometimes claim to have.

He argues that prebendalism is the most appropriate conceptual notion for explaining Nigeria's politicians intense and persistent struggle to control and exploit the offices of the state and defines prebendalism in terms of «the historical association of the term «prebend» with the offices of certain feudal states which could be obtained through services rendered to a lord or monarch or through outright purchase by supplicants... the adjective «prebendal» will refer to patterns of political behaviour which rest on the justifying principle that such offices should be competed for and then utilised for the personal benefit of office holders as well as their reference or support group.

Robin Johnson said it was a «matter of regret» when public office holders comment on ongoing court proceedings, but I thought I'd be helpful and translate this into layman's speak.

He said if the president is ready to wage war on corruption then the constitution must be followed which includes the declaration of asset by high public office holders.

I submit that our current crop of office holders on every level of government, in all 50 states, from fire and water districts to school districts, town, counties, cities, states and federal legislatures are so bad that the term limit should be about 30 days.

On the other side, during the long tenure of Governor George Clinton, very rarely an office holder was removed, and the Council only filled vacancies as they occurred by resignation, death, declination of re-appointment, or term limit.

The new home secretary is the first BAME holder of one of the great offices of state, a former investment banker and Margaret Thatcher devotee who is on the right of the Conservative party.

The strongly worded statement called on the president to publish the salaries and emoluments of all appointed public office holders so Ghanaians can appreciate the true of cost of governing the country.

A Ghanaian lawyer, Elikplim L. Agbemava, has commenced an action at the Supreme Court seeking clarification on some of the benefits enjoyed by Article 71 office holders as well as other public servants in that category.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- The Latest on Tuesday's primary elections (all times local): 10:30 p.m. Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor has become the first holder of the office to lose in a primary election.

Accordingly, the Center implores the President to reduce the number of deputy ministerial nominees sent to Parliament for vetting and approval; and additionally calls on the President to publish the salaries and emoluments of all appointed public office holders so Ghanaians can begin to appreciate the true of cost of governing the country.

The Guardian interviewed Labour chairs, secretaries and other office - holders, past and present, as well as councillors from 101 of the 632 constituencies in England, Scotland and Wales on Thursday, Friday and Monday.

Then Zeldin sought to turn the table on Democrats by saying that by his own personal definition of racism many office holders on both the federal and state level could be accused of being racist in their campaigns and lawmaking.

However it is unclear what power the position brings based on the history of the position of Secretary of State and its recent office holders.

As the holder of such a sensitive office that had all the information about security and other sundry issues at his disposal, Dasuki opined that security agencies in the country particularly the military had their hands full presently and were focused on routing the Boko Haram terrorists menace, whose success will also benefit the elections as internally displaced persons would be able to go back to their communities and vote.

Rutherford is guaranteed to face a familiar opponent, however; Gary Koniz, an NPA candidate who is in the habit of sending long, discursive emails to office holders and press outlets, is on the ballot.

Professor of Political Economy, Patrick Utomi, and a former governorship aspirant in Lagos State under the Peoples» Democratic Party, Mr. Jimi Agbaje, have both called on political office holders in Nigeria to exhibit more integrity while carrying out their duties.

They also agree on the need to create a public online database of all county contracts, strip pensions from elected officials convicted of corruption and institute term limits for countywide and legislative office holders.

Mahama's request came on the back of recommendations made by the Prof. Dora Francisca Edu - Buandoh committee tasked to review emoluments of Article 71 office holders including the former president's retirement package.

Human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the flamboyant salaries and allowances of Nigerian Senators and public office holders...

Then, standing amid former Oval Office holders, members of Congress, senators, Supreme Court Justices and his opponent, Hillary Clinton, with one hand on the Bible and the other raised to Chief Justice John Roberts, Trump swore he would uphold the Constitution.

He called on political office holders and leaders to put the interest of the country above theirs, so that the nation can remain united.

He explained that since the Ekiti State governor's tenure and his counterpart's in Osun State will expire on 15th October and 26th November 2018 respectively, Section 178 (2) of the country's 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Section 25 (8) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) had stipulated that election into the office of governor should be held not earlier than 150 days and not later than 30 days before the expiration of the term of office of the last holder.

The letter is a thinly veiled attack on her chief rival, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who has scored endorsements of 46 past or current office holders, including U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl, retired U.S. Rep. Dave Obey and 21 members of the Legislature.

Governor Andrew Cuomo, lieutenant governor candidate Kathy Hochul and former City Council speaker Christine Quinn announced a «women's equality pledge» today, calling on all seekers and holders of state office to sign it.

Asked to comment on the meeting this weekend of South East Governors and Igbo Leaders, Uko said the current developments are beyond political interest and considerations of any individual or office holder, maintaining that only the truth can save the situation and the truth is that Nigeria must be urgently restructured in order to give all sections a sense of belonging thereby enthroning true federalism without delay, any other solution will not work.

While Mr. Bishop of Southampton was able to survive 2010's Republican / Tea Party groundswell against carpetbagger and outsourcer magnate Randy Altschuler — who Mr. Bishop went on to handily defeat in 2012 — Mr. Zeldin, a combat veteran and sitting elected office - holder, proved too much for the Democrats and their ailing party.

Maintaining that the bailout is different from the regular federal allocation that can not be monitored by the allocating authority, it accused Fayose of playing with facts and the law to avoid scrutiny on how he spent the special funds specifically approved to pay backlog of salaries, pensions and other entitlements to former political office holders.

Also, the National President, National Association of Resident Doctors, Dr. John Onyebueze, chided the Senate for allegedly throwing away a bill that would have set up the office of the Surgeon General or Chief Medical Officer of the federation, which would assess the health status of any political office holder and give authoritative statements on their health status.

The Coordinator, Federation of Middle - belt Group, Mr. Manasseh Watyil, also called on the National Assembly to amend the constitution to make it mandatory for the President and other public office holders to declare their health status publicly.