Sentences with phrase «opposition from some party members»

Carlos Ahenkorah, who contested Naa Torshie Addo, faced fierce opposition from some party members who accused him of not helping the party in the constituency.

Carlos Ahenkorah who contested the incumbent MP, Naa Torshie Addo, faced fierce opposition from some party members who accused him of not helping the party in the constituency.

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That will likely stir opposition from Tea Party members and fiscal conservatives in the House.

Allegations of sexual abuse have ranged from a charge of rape by an activist in the opposition Labour Party by a senior party member, to unconfirmed details of serial «sex pests» on a list reportedly drafted by aides and researchers in parliaParty by a senior party member, to unconfirmed details of serial «sex pests» on a list reportedly drafted by aides and researchers in parliaparty member, to unconfirmed details of serial «sex pests» on a list reportedly drafted by aides and researchers in parliament.

Of those, 56 % were from states represented by two Democratic senators — meaning 44 % faced the scrutiny of at least one member of the opposition party before they could be advanced in the Senate.

Looking ahead to Malaysia's general election — due before 2018 — parliament member Wong expects an improved performance from opposition parties if the 1MDB scandal goes unresolved.

The Attorney General is also being replaced and that's going to create a further bump in the investigation,» Wong Chen, a member of Malaysia's parliament from an opposition party told CNBC on Wednesday.

Opposition came in part from Grant Gibbons, shadow minister of economic development and a member of political party One Bermuda Alliance, who had concerns about the details and lack of economic impact assessment.

«We should be ready, if we don't have 100 percent participation and if Europe doesn't want to give us more money,» Christos Staikouras, a member of the Greek Parliament from the center - right New Democracy opposition party and its economic spokesman, said in an interview.

Despite some pushback from opposition party members, The Companies and Limited Liability Company (Initial Coin Offering) Act successfully navigated Bermuda's House of Assembly on April 27, 2018.

But he then drew opposition from some of the Democratic Party's most powerful members, particularly Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who held up his nomination for months.

The president has been trying desperately to push forward his overhaul of the tax code despite strong opposition from Democrats and members of his own party.

Former President John Mahama has urged the opposition NDC to desist from attacking members who have declared their intention to contest the party's flagbearer primaries.

Dozens of opposition leaders, including influential members of parliament were imprisoned before the bill that underlies and enables this referendum was introduced, and thus unable to vote or take part in the discussion; for example a dozen MPs from the HDP, including the entire party leadership are currently in prison.

He has therefore charged team members and supporters to desist from allowing themselves to be manipulated by the falsehood from the NPP and win back the seven seats with an additional four that have been for the largest opposition party.

[8] The English Democrats have welcomed defectors from the far - right British National Party into leadership roles and former members of the party have criticised informal links with other far - right organisations, though party leader Robin Tilbrook has stated that party members are expected to pledge their opposition to raParty into leadership roles and former members of the party have criticised informal links with other far - right organisations, though party leader Robin Tilbrook has stated that party members are expected to pledge their opposition to raparty have criticised informal links with other far - right organisations, though party leader Robin Tilbrook has stated that party members are expected to pledge their opposition to raparty leader Robin Tilbrook has stated that party members are expected to pledge their opposition to raparty members are expected to pledge their opposition to racism.

Despite more than 90 MPs signing the parliamentary motion against the proposals tabled by Audrey Wise MP, outbursts of anger at meetings of the PLP addressed by Harriet Harman, protests and vocal opposition from women Labour Party members and lone parent organisations — even Glenys Kinnock MEP added her name to a petition and letter against the proposals — the new batch of Labour women MPs were largely noticeable by their absence.

As the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), struggles to recover from its defeat in the 2016 elections, grassroots members of the party in the Ketu South Constituency in the Volta Region, have waded into the blame game by accusing Former President John Dramani Mahama and his wife, as being the major cause of their defeat.

The Council of Elders of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has admonished members of the party to desist from ventingtheir grievances in the media.

Apart from this opposition, some members of the PDP had petitioned the national leadership of the party, claiming that Wada was not a party member.

With the current Welsh Government being a minority government run by Welsh Labour, the main opposition party from May — mid October was Plaid Cymru but after one of Plaid's Assembly Members resigned from the party, it had equally the same seats as the Welsh Conservatives.

NPP Second Vice-Chairman Sammy Crabbe has rejected an invitation to appear before the party's disciplinary committee after two party members petitioned for his expulsion from the opposition party.

The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) chapter in the UK and Ireland has urged members of the party to desist from running to the media to blame each other for the party's 2016 electoral defeat.

Madam Dzifa Attivor speaking at a rally yesterday, called on members of the NDC and Voltarians to prevent the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), from coming into power because they have a grand agenda of jailing all Voltarians.

A top ranking member of the APC explained that Asiwaju chose to meet with Nyako and some stakeholders from the North - East states to mitigate the possible damage that could be caused by the defection of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to the opposition People Democratic Party.

Apart from the aggrieved APC members, Secondus told one of our correspondents in an interview in Abuja that the main opposition party would do everything legitimate with other opposition political parties, to wrest power from the ruling party.

Cameron is facing opposition from members of his own party, particularly when it comes to Europe.

According to him, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo who is only 10 months in office is performing marvellously earning the praise of some members of the opposition but the conduct of disgruntled party foot soldiers is giving him a bad name and taking the shine away from his good performance

A member of the opposition New Patriotic Party's (NPP) Electoral Committee, O.B. Amoah, has blamed the disqualified presidential aspirants and their parties for their respective disqualifications from the December 7 presidential race.

Labour MP Wes Streeting said: «This highlights his desperation to cling to office in the face of overwhelming opposition from MPs, a growing number of party members and the majority of trade unionists affiliated to the party.»

The motion which was however put to vote got a resounding «nay» from the opposition lawmakers, mostly members of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Several people have claimed that his anti-corruption war focuses more on the members of the main opposition party, the People's Democratic Party, which led the country from 1999 to party, the People's Democratic Party, which led the country from 1999 to Party, which led the country from 1999 to 2015.

The largest party in an election is likely to win a smaller number of proportional seats, so that governing parties may lose diversity, unless the members elected from the party list when it was in opposition then win local seats when the party gains enough support to form the government.

The BBC's chief political correspondent Norman Smith said it was interesting that opposition to the reforms had come from ordinary party members rather than trade unionists - perhaps underlining concern about how the changes would affect their own votes.

Democratic senator Mary Landrieu, a cosponsor of the «Three R's» bill, worked tirelessly, and against considerable opposition from members of both political parties, to increase the targeting of federal education dollars to low - income communities and schools in an effort to better support their school reform efforts.

However he is head of a minority government, and the Opposition parties, led by Stephane Dion, (second from left in the picture above, Michael Ignatieff to his right) just passed a private members bill that «would force Environment Minister John Baird to present a climate change plan within 60 days, providing a map for Canada to meet Kyoto's greenhouse gas reduction targets.

Through a recent tweet from Omar Ha - Redeye (@OmarHaRedeye), we learned that private member's Bill C - 304, An Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act (protecting freedom) passed third reading in the House of Commons without much media coverage, public attention or debate from the opposition parties.

The Bill was sent to Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights and, despite calls for significant amendments from many witnesses and members of the Opposition parties, only modestly amended.

Opposition to the proposals came from members of all main parties.

In the latter situation, existing well - established practice in Commonwealth constitutional Law and Conventions suggests that the Governor General, before acting to withdraw the mandate from an incumbent Prime Minister, is entitled to be satisfied, beyond reasonable doubt, of the political capacity of Opposition parties to be able to form, and then maintain for a sufficient time period, an alternative government that commands the support of a numerical majority of House members.

There is more in the way of opposition to this bill, and it comes from the member's own party.