Sentences with phrase «parliamentary elections called»
In the parliamentary elections called for 25 May and 1 June, the National Front plans to stand 566 candidates for the 577 assembly seats and hopes to poll the 12.5 per cent necessary to proceed through to the second round.
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Theresa May called a snap election, hoping to increase her parliamentary majority and her negotiating power with Brussels.
The Conservative leader called the snap election to strengthen her parliamentary presence ahead of tough negotiations to take the country out of the European Union.
Ottawa — On the cusp of Thursday's federal election debate on the economy, the Trade Justice Network, (www.tradejustice.ca), a coalition of Canadian unions, environmental groups and citizens» groups, is calling on federal leaders to mandate the Parliamentary Budget Officer to do real fact - based analysis before they sign «free trade» deals that are destructive to Canadian -LSB-...]
Our parliamentary system of government allows an election to be called whenever the Assembly is dissolved or if the government loses the confidence of the Assembly.
Yes they are Parliamentary systems but when they call an election they spend much less and the election is over within 30 to 60 days of it being called.
«Following the 2015 election, the chair of the all - party group, Stephen Lloyd, was not re-elected as an MP, and so, as vice-chair of the Group, I called an AGM for the group on 1stJuly, and informed all officers of the group who served in the last parliament, as well as all other MPs and members of the House of Lords, in accordance with the strict parliamentary requirements for publishing proper notice of such meetings.
After many postponements for other reasons, the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the NPP, called for a re-run of all elections in the Manhyia North Constituency from the polling station level to the Constituency executive level before the election of a parliamentary aspirant could take place.
No doubt, there should be a thorough parliamentary debate on the issue, but instead of forcing a decision in this parliament, which could well be as controversial and divisive as the ill - fated referendum, I strongly agree with Nick Clegg that by far the best and most dignified way out of the current mess would be to ask the people in the proper constitutional way by calling an snap general election:
In several of these cases (1951, 1966 and Oct 1974) the parliament was either hung, or the Prime minister had a majority of less than 10 (which is not considered to be a «working majority» in the UK's parliamentary system) and so you can say that they «jumped» to call an election before they were «pushed» by losing a vote of no - confidence.
Theresa May has this morning announced that she intends to call a general election on June 8 in a bid to increase the size of her parliamentary majority and to reduce the ability of opposition parties to extract concessions from the government during Brexit negotiations.
As he argued in the debate which preceded the parliamentary vote to call the election, «this is a good day for Parliament.
For a general election to be called out of the fixed parliamentary term, a 66 % vote of all members of the House of Commons is required.
The FTPA is therefore best understood as an Act that restricts the prime minister's discretion to call early elections, not as an Act that fixes the parliamentary term.
If she called an early election she might win her own landslide majority, a much more formidable parliamentary context for her bumpy Brexit ride.
A review by Sir Eric Pickles into last year's general election called for parliamentary candidates to be in place in «battleground seats» by June 2018 «to ensure they are well - established within the seat before the next scheduled General Election on 5th May 2022election called for parliamentary candidates to be in place in «battleground seats» by June 2018 «to ensure they are well - established within the seat before the next scheduled General Election on 5th May 2022Election on 5th May 2022».
Later that year, Harold Wilson called an early general election where the party increased its parliamentary majority.
A group calling itself Concerned Members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Tema West Constituency of the Greater Accra Region, have accused the incumbent MP, Naa Torshie Addo, of scheming to campaign against the party's newly elected parliamentary candidate, Carlos Ahenkorah, ahead of the 2016 elections.
In a Westminster parliamentary system, the defeat of an appropriation bill in a parliamentary vote generally necessitates either the resignation of a government or the calling of a general election.
Plaintiff states that on Thursday September 8, 2016, she participated in an Inter-Party Advisory Committee, IPAC, meeting called by the 1st Defendant together with other registered political parties in Ghana during which the parties were informed by the 1st Defendant that the filing fees for Presidential and Parliamentary Elections would be GHC50, 000.00 and GHC10, 000.00 respectively.
The petition comes in the wake of calls by the Klottey Korle constituency Chairman of the umbrella family, Alhaji Bashiru Nii Narh Alema, that the party risks losing the parliamentary seat in the upcoming elections, should Zanetor Rawlings be disqualified from contesting.
In the run - up to the Scottish parliamentary elections due to be held in 2016, The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) is calling on Scotland's political parties to prioritise the four tax principles of Adam Smith: equality, certainty, convenience and economy, in their design of a new council tax system.
In the last of our series detailing what happened to the original 100 members of the party's so - called priority list of candidates, below we list the 26 who are still seeking a parliamentary seat for the next election.
These were the Parliamentary Liberal Democrat Party composed of MPs and Peers; the Federal Executive, effectively the Board of the Party and Chaired by our Party President; and a Special Conference of Party Members, called a week after the election.
«This is a major blow to Ed Balls» attempt to allow Gordon Brown to call a snap election on out - of - date and unfair Parliamentary boundaries.
Option A — DiEM25 calls upon French progressives to: (1) Vote in the 1st Round of the Presidential Election for any candidate other than Le Pen or Fillon, (2) Campaign for a single progressive internationalist list of parliamentary candidates in the legislative elections.
Whenever a leadership election becomes necessary on account of a vacancy arising suddenly, an interim leader (often informally called the interim prime minister in cases where this involves a governing party) will be selected by the parliamentary party, usually with the stipulation or expectation that the interim leader will not be a candidate for the permanent leadership.
The publication, which was in connection with a report that the NDC Parliamentary Candidate for Domeabra - Obom had called on electorates in the constituency to vote against President John Dramani Mahama in the forthcoming General elections for neglecting them, but to vote for her as Member of Parliament (MP), were not borne out of facts.
Whilst calling on the President to remain focused on delivering on his mandate to the people of Ghana, the Cadres appealed to the National Executive Committee to work hard to resolve all the differences among some of the Parliamentary candidates at the just ended NDC primaries and urged them to work hard to ensure the party's victory in the 2016 general election.
In the European elections, the SGP formed one parliamentary party with the Christian Union, called Christian Union - SGP.
In the following year, Attlee called a snap general election, hoping to increase his parliamentary majority.
For true political junkies, the Premier of Nova Scotia just called elections this week for June 13 (note how much more unpredictable and quick elections and campaigns are in parliamentary systems).
Robert Harris, writing not long before the election was called in the New Statesman, «can't quite understand how the members of the Parliamentary Labour Party can sit there day after day, month after month, year after year, knowing that they're simply heading towards a kind of mincing machine at the next election.»
The new Prime Minister, Theresa May, called in April 2017 for a snap general election with the stated aim of securing a majority for Brexit negotiations; [5] it received parliamentary approval the following day, and was arranged for Thursday 8 June 2017.
Calls for protest have been mounting since the parliamentary elections last Sunday, which domestic and international observers said were tainted by ballot - stuffing and fraud on behalf of Mr. Putin's party, United Russia.
He therefore called on them to support and vote the PNC to win the 2016 Presidential and parliamentary elections.
Galloway, who lost his Bradford West parliamentary seat in last year's general election, has said he will stand to be MP for Tooting if Labour incumbent and mayoral frontrunner Sadiq Khan wins the contest and calls a by - election.
I chaired two fringe meetings for the Parliamentary Labour Party, one of which was called «Winning the next election», with Angela Eagle, Steve McCabe, Jess Phillips and Lucy Powell on the panel.
The aggrieved branch executives are calling on the national executives to immediately investigate the parliamentary primary held in Ningo - Prampram if the NDC is to retain the seat in this year's elections.
Ghana's former President, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings has in a meeting with the new American Ambassador to Ghana, Robert Porter Jackson, called on all stakeholders in the forthcoming Presidential and Parliamentary elections to ensure the highest levels of transparency to guarantee a peaceful process.
But the prime minister indicated it might be held sooner during a tense meeting of the parliamentary Labour party last week where he faced calls for his resignation after a week of cabinet resignations and the European election drubbing.
The Coalition for Free, Fair and Transparent Elections is calling on the Electoral Commission to, as a matter urgency, disclose to Ghanaians, within three weeks, its budget and audited reports, for the conduct of the general and parliamentary elections it conducted in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, Elections is calling on the Electoral Commission to, as a matter urgency, disclose to Ghanaians, within three weeks, its budget and audited reports, for the conduct of the general and parliamentary elections it conducted in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, elections it conducted in 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012.
As Germany gears up for its parliamentary elections in fall 2013, the parliamentary group of the German Green Party has released a tool called betatext to allow supporters to comment on position papers, motions or legislative drafts.
Rawlings» outburst comes on the back of a call by a diplomat in the Mahama administration and a failed parliamentary candidate for Abuakwa North, Victor Smith, who believes that an overhaul of the NDC's executive structure is non-negotiable following the party's overwhelming defeat in the 2016 elections.
He therefore called on the constituents to vote massively for Dr. Samuel Sarpong in the upcoming parliamentary election.
On June 1, buoyed by overwhelming victories in by - elections for the Belize City Council and for a vacated parliamentary seat, Prime Minister George Price called for the governor general to dissolve the National Assembly on June 30 and hold general elections the following day, fifteen months before the mandate of his People's United Party (PUP) was due to expire.
Since 2011, parliamentary terms state calls to election every five years and, even before this, elections were commonly only called by prime ministers every four or so years.
The government's Prisons and Courts Bill, which was dropped owing to lack of Parliamentary time after the election was called, could therefore be revived.