Sentences with phrase «parliamentary elections which»

I chaired the largest - ever parliamentary observer missions — 30 MEPs — to the last Palestinian elections, the election of President Abbas (Abu Mazen) in January 2005 and then the parliamentary elections which saw the victory of Hamas in January 2006.

In response to the protests, Borisov resigned prompting new parliamentary elections which were held on May 12, 2013.

Not exact matches

The same way we're in a propaganda war against Islam, as Bloomberg put it, we have been fed propaganda about Hamas, the group which was almost unheard of until they won parliamentary elections in 2006.

In the run - up to the Scottish Parliamentary elections, BASC launched a unique campaigning website which allowed all those interested in shooting to lobby candidates and seek their views on shooting and conservation.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Ghana believes in the principles that democratic societies provide individuals with the best conditions for political liberty, personal freedom, equality of opportunity and economic development under the rule of law; and therefore being committed to advancing the social and political values on which democratic societies are founded, including the basic personal freedoms and human rights, as defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; in particular, the right of free speech, organization, assembly and non-violent dissent; the right to free elections and the freedom to organize effective parliamentary opposition to government; the right to a free and independent media; the right to religious belief; equality before the law; and individual opportunity and prosperity.

First, there is the numerical victory of the 2010 parliamentary elections, in which — despite gerrymandering and other governmental shenanigans — the opposition won 48 % of the vote.

Certainly, the urge to get women involved some 60 years ago can not be downplayed with the involvement of Dr. Nkrumah himself in affirmative action policies and appointment of women propaganda secretaries and organisers right from inception of his government, It is remarkable that parliament under the CPP in 1960 passed Representation of the People (Women Members) Bill into law which amongst others made it possible for women to stand for parliamentary elections unopposed and subsequently saw the election of first ten female parliamentarians into the first session of the first parliament.

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:

My research (currently under review, a draft of which is available here) suggests that three factors are particularly important: rules, elections and parliamentary institutions.

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.

Which this isn't an election to form a national government it is technically a parliamentary election.

In some recent research, Valerie Belu and I show that compared to regular elections (defined as elections which occur within 6 months of the end of a parliamentary term), strategically timed opportunistic elections have allowed governing parties to realize an average vote - share bonus of just under 6 percent and seat - share bonuses of 12 percent, doubling the probability that the Prime Minister survives in office -LRB-.80 versus.40).

As he argued in the debate which preceded the parliamentary vote to call the election, «this is a good day for Parliament.

The Fidesz parliamentary bloc, which enacted constitutional changes without including or consulting any opposition party, slashed the size of the parliament in half, redrew all of the individual constituencies unilaterally, changed the two - round system to a single first - past - the - post election for individual constituencies, and altered the way votes were aggregated.

If a parliamentary general election is to take place as provided for by subsection (1) or (3), the polling day for the election is to be the day appointed by Her Majesty by proclamation on the recommendation of the Prime Minister (and, accordingly, the appointed day replaces the day which would otherwise have been the polling day for the next election determined under section 1).

This May will be the first time 16 - and 17 - year - olds will be eligible to vote in a Scottish Parliament election and follows a change in the law last year which allows this age group to vote in all Scottish parliamentary and council elections.

I've just returned from a remarkable fringe meeting at the party's annual autumn conference, in which Ian Dexter, a Ukip member, former candidate in county and district elections and potential parliamentary candidate for 2015, outlined his strategy for winning over Labour voters.

Brown makes good use of up - to - date political science research to dispel myths which «strong» leaders often believe of themselves; namely that they have a determining effect on election outcomes and a voter's party affiliation though he notes that obvious discrepancies will exist between parliamentary and presidential systems in these regards.

«Spiritual intimidation» was invented as a concept in the late 19th century to justify overturning Irish elections in which the RC clergy had intervened; the Meath cases from 1892 (Dalton v Fulham) are the clearest example of it being used (although that was a dispute between the Parnellite and Anti-Parnellite wings of the Irish Parliamentary Party).

In June 2016 following the United Kingdom European Union membership referendum, in which 51.9 % of those voting voted in favour of leaving the European Union, Tim Farron stated that if Liberal Democrats were to be elected in the next parliamentary election, they would not follow through with triggering Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union and leaving the EU («Any Member State may decide to withdraw from the Union in accordance with its own constitutional requirements») but would instead keep UK part of the EU.

This has continued since the election as the Liberals have sacrificed many of the manifesto pledges that they used to pose themselves to the left of the Labour Party, such as the scrapping of Trident, proportional representation, an amnesty for illegal immigrants and opposition to nuclear power — the latter on which it will now abstain in any parliamentary votes rather than oppose it as its manifesto had stated.

In 2005, Berry was the Green Party's parliamentary candidate for the Hampstead and Highgate constituency (which includes both the Highgate and Kentish Town wards) in the 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.

Plaintiff again states that in order to fully participate in this year's general elections, she must find and deposit with the 1st Defendant an amount of GHC2, 800,000.00 of which fees and or deposit of fees would be confiscated to the State should Plaintiff failed to secure at least 25 % of the presidential votes and 12.5 % votes in each constituency parliamentary votes in the general elections.

To recap, the disastrous selection process for Labour's parliamentary candidate for Falkirk West, where allegations of malpractice triggered the resignation of Tom Watson MP as its election campaign coordinator — and which even now is subject to wildly differing versions of events — has kicked off a wholesale reform programme of everything from party funding to MP candidate selection and conference voting.

Tories say the atmosphere in the parliamentary party has changed over the past week after a consensus had been formed around Easter that the prime minister was secure at least until next year's European parliamentary elections, which Ukip is expected to win.

The constituency, which was previously under the West Akim district, has over the years voted massively for the governing National Democratic Congress NDC in both parliamentary and presidential elections.

Currently, opinion polls suggest the Conservatives will win a maximum of 14 % in the Parliamentary election, which would cost them two or three seats, and probably push them into fourth place.

The seat, which borders Gordon Brown's parliamentary constituency, was gained by the Lib Dems (from Labour) at a by - election in 2005, where the Conservatives remained in fourth place.

Today, however, such a system is not commonly practiced and most parliamentary system parties» rules provide for a leadership election in which the general membership of the party is permitted to vote at some point in the process (either directly for the new leader or for delegates who then elect the new leader in a convention), though in many cases the party's legislators are allowed to exercise a disproportionate influence in the final vote.

Readers may like to know that the Australian Labor Party - a sister Party of British Labour with a very similar history and values to our own - has rules which insist on mandatory re-selection for all Federal MPs before each Federal Parliamentary election.

A shambolic campaign in the Scottish parliamentary election of 2011 (which delivered just 0.35 % of the local vote) and his most recent foray into the 2016 London mayoral election (when he won 1.4 % of the vote) showed that without the right issues and electorate to exploit, his rhetoric could only get him so far.

«It's a new parliamentary party since the election thank goodness, with lots of new Conservative MPs so we're able to look at this again, not entirely through the prism of the 2013 vote, which was a vote on a slightly different basis and which of course predated the Isil surge across Iraq last year.

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.

But reading his dissenting opinion during the ruling in which Justice Anin Yeboah described his lone stance as a «solitary path», the justice of the supreme court said «even though in the high court references were made to the constitution of the NDC, the constitution of the NDC can not be read in isolation from article 94 of the 1992 constitution which any candidate for parliamentary election must strictly satisfy».

This observation and assertion is grounded on the clear understanding and full knowledge of the Traditional NDC Members and even the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the NDC, that the Parliamentary Primaries which was held on the 22nd November, 2015 to elect a candidate was fraught and marred with violence, intimidations, fraud and false accusations spearheaded by Sam George, one of the candidates, for which reason the result of that elections could not be said or taken to represent the Will and aspirations of the majority of the NDC membership in the constituency and the country at large.

In other words, in consenting to participate in the rerun of the Klottey - Korle NPP parliamentary primary in the lead - up to Election 2016, it clearly appears that a cocksure Mr. Nortey had in principle accepted the decision by the court to summarily invalidate the originally scheduled parliamentary primary, which as far as most of us observers are concerned, had been won fair and square by the presently aggrieved Mr. Nortey.

The British Conservatives, who have pledged to leave the EPP after the elections, are likely to struggle in their efforts to satisfy parliamentary rules which demand that political groups must be formed of MEPs from seven of more countries.

Atlantic Bridge was supported by the American Legislative Exchange Council, which funded Conservative prospective parliamentary candidates at the last election, three of whom were on Cameron's A-list.

«We also propose to address an oversight in existing legislation passed during the previous Government's time in office which allows a candidate standing for a single party in a UK parliamentary election to use an emblem on their ballot paper, but does not allow jointly nominated candidates to do so.

British Transport police (BTP) have asked the Tory party to disclose the full report on the bullying inquiry, which was launched after allegations were made against the former election aide and failed parliamentary candidate Mark Clarke.

We could now be entering a cycle of never - ending leadership campaigns in which Corbyn gets elected, the parliamentary Labour party passes a vote of no confidence in him and triggers another election.

By early evening that estimate had risen to 100 — well above 20 % of the parliamentary party, which is the threshold needed to trigger a leadership election.

And then there is the political wing of the Establishment, the Conservative Party, which failed to win a parliamentary majority in the last election but is still pushing far - reaching policies it never put before the electorate.

At the parliamentary election in 2004, the Hellenic Front received 0.09 % of the vote, a result which led to the end of the party.

The byelection in Norwich North, held by Labour since 1997, was caused by the resignation of Ian Gibson, who quit after Labour ruled that he would not be allowed to stand at the next election because he used parliamentary expenses to fund a flat which he subsequently sold at a discount to his daughter.

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.

After a rancorous campaign littered with insults; a violent election which had to be rescheduled for a day, the «small boy» in the father and son battle of Ningo - Prampram has pulled the biggest shock in the National Democratic Congress Parliamentary elections beating the incumbent ET Mensah.

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 furore over expenses, which comes during the middle of the country's worst post-war recession, is expected to see voter anger reflected in upcoming European parliamentary and local elections.