Sentences with phrase «own party member»

He added that a dutiful party member would choose to smoke in front of religious believers in order to demonstrate his or her commitment to secularism.

China's ruling Communist Party proposed the amendment last month and there was never any doubt it would pass as parliament is packed with loyal party members who would not have opposed the proposal.

Back home, Liberal party members were elated when he was recently touted as a possible leadership contender (a notion quickly quashed by the central bank).

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

«I think a lot of party members, supporters, and affiliated supporters were happy with the general direction I was trying to take the party, particularly opposition to austerity and offering a real economic alternative,» he said.

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 parliament.

When Chinese bank regulator Li Jianhua died at his desk last year finishing a report, his employer, the China Banking Regulatory Commission, released a statement saying he was a «model for party members and cadres.»

China's governing elite says playing golf is not unlawful as long as party members pay to play with their own money.

The SPD only agreed to ally with Merkel after promising a list of distinctive policies to secure the approval of party members, many of whom wanted the SPD to regroup in opposition after the last four years in coalition damaged its standing among voters.

It's also true that in the last leadership contest, Redford was the non-Tory party members» candidate.

Party members must also «champion simplicity and guard against extravagance».

«Party members must separate public and private interests, put the public's interest first, and work selflessly,» the report said.

They are applicable to all 88 million party members for the first time and also include a new ethical code.

Since November, Xi, the son of a reformist vice premier, has embarked on a campaign to end corruption in response to public anger that Communist Party members are above the law.

Party members will no doubt be worried that May and her government's popularity has slipped even further since then.

Winter storms can create a host of problems, from power outages affecting the venue to bridal party members, guests and vendors unexpectedly unable to travel in, said Anne Chertoff, trends expert for WeddingWire.

Tonight, in Cleveland, Silicon Valley billionaire, Facebook board member, and Donald Trump delegate Peter Thiel will address thousands of party members and journalists at the Republican National Convention.

The CBRC released a statement June 10 calling him «a model for party members and cadres of the China Banking Regulatory Commission.»

MBS's fight brings to mind Chinese President Xi Jinping's anti-corruption efforts, which have been ongoing since Xi assumed power five years ago and have led to the detainment or punishment of an astonishing 1.4 million party members, according to multiple sources.

Last night, seven Democrats and one Green Party member were in front of a packed crowd at the Peabody Heights...

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.

These tools enable the bagman to launch sophisticated campaigns that identify potential supporters and move them «up the support pyramid,» from casual ally to party member to donor.

But in a normally functioning political party, a president — who has to stand for reelection before a national audience — serves as a restraining force for congressional party members, who mostly have safe seats and can afford to indulge in ideological flights of fancy.

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx's birth, Huacheng FM will roll out a program starting on Saturday in which more than 20 Party members, who were selected from Guangzhou government organizations, will recite the Communist Manifesto.

Conservative Party members will gather in Manchester next week for the party's annual conference, against the backdrop of Mrs May having lost her parliamentary majority in a snap election and continued questions about cabinet unity over Brexit.

: Right now, Donald Trump is the Republican Party, writes Peter Beinart, and there's little evidence that rank - and - file party members will challenge him in 2020.

«It's like we've become House of Cards,» is how one Progressive Conservative Party member, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, described their party's candidate nomination process.

Twice denied an opportunity to run for the leadership of the Wildrose Party, controversial Conservative Party Member of Parliament Rob Anders is still lurking in the shadows of the deflated Alberta conservative opposition party.

And here's where things get weird, as PC Leader Jason Kenney and Wildrose Leader Brian Jean both run as fast as they can into the embrace of their rival's party members.

And despite the party's sometimes uneasy coalition of libertarian and social conservatives, it is reasonable to believe Ms. Smith would still receive a strong endorsement from party members in a leadership review (she received 90 % approval in a 2013 review).

«It's like we've become House of Cards,» is how one PC Party member described this year's round of PC nominations, which have been riddled with controversy.

B.C. Premier John Horgan's tenuous government hangs on support from three anti-pipeline Green Party members.

Zhu Guangyao, China's vice minister of finance, surprised the country's Communist Party members in November when he announced the government would allow more foreign investment in its domestic economy.

In 1993, after the Liberals won their largest vote share with 39.7 % and 32 seats, a group of MLAs and party members were not satisfied with official opposition status called for his resignation.

Perhaps the rank and file party members know that he doesn't have what it takes to take them to victory.

But when PC Party members delivered a stunning blow to Ralph Klein in a March 2006 leadership review, politics never seemed to get dull again in Alberta.

Meanwhile, in a fundraising letter for Mr. Kenney's campaign, former prime minister Stephen Harper urged Wildrose Party members to join the PC Party to force the merger of the two parties.

After years of wrangling over a merger with the Liberal Party, some Alberta Party members are reportedly now pondering a merger with the Progressive Conservatives.

The amount is the same as pledged in the People's Guarantee — the platform released late last year by Ford's predecessor, Patrick Brown, which was based on wide consultations with party members — but less than the $ 2.1 billion over four years in the Liberal budget.

On Saturday, August 25, Conservative Party members in the riding of Calgary - Centre will choose a candidate to carry their party's banner in an upcoming and yet - to - be called by - election.

Because of his track - record as a social conservative and Wildrose supporter, Mr. Kenney might not find a great deal of support among existing PC Party members, including the 1,001 who attended the party's annual general meeting earlier this year.

Unlike the Alberta Government's method of introducing policies from out of nowhere and without electoral consent, Jason Kenney is offering United Conservative Party members the opportunity to set the Legislative course Alberta will travel into the future.

«I have received scores of mostly obscene and sick calls, voicemails and text messages,» Pelosi said Saturday in a letter to party members.

As the United Conservative Party members move toward a May 2018 founding Annual General Meeting, members are hard at work democratically bringing forward ideas and policies they feel will benefit Alberta.

EDMONTON — Alberta MP Jason Kenney says he will still pursue a unity agenda even if he wins the Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership race but fails to get support from party members to merge with the right - centre Wildrose party.

The Green Party Member of European Parliament, a German citizen who looks even younger than his tender 35 years, shepherded the legislation through as vice chair for the parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

Party member Hong said that they had based the bill on research conducted between his office and the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) and reiterated that last years» government concerns could be addressed by more clarity: «The primary goal (of the legislation) is helping remove uncertainties facing blockchain - related businesses.»

The key figure was Jacques Corriveau, a senior party member who «enriched himself personally and provided funds and benefits» to the party.

We, along with our numerous allies, had no probelm intervening once sentences were passed regarding the fate of certain Nazi party members, who clearly were engaged in crimes against humanity - even though the laws didn't even exist during the time of Nurnberg.

The survey found that most Tea Party members reflect the views of religious conservatives, as opposed to libertarians, on social issues.