Sentences with phrase «party called for the resignation»

Taking on the ministers of finance, budget and national planning, the party called for their resignation «having failed to provide the much needed capacity in the management of the nation's economy resulting in the embarrassing crashing of the nation's currency to as low as N305 to a dollar».

On the ninth day of that fateful month, an angry opposition party called for the resignation of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (played by Ronald Pickup), believing the pacifist was the wrong leader for a country at war.

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The disappointing result for the Conservative party on Friday has sparked many calls for Prime Minister Theresa May's resignation, but she reportedly has no intention in leaving her role.

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.

Hoping to ease the turmoil amid calls for the premier's resignation and the threat of an MLA revolt, senior PC Party officials gathered in Calgary last weekend and imposed an ambiguous «work plan» on Ms. Redford, essentially putting their leader on probation two years before the next election.

Embattled UK opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says he will stand in any new party leadership election amid calls for his resignation in light of the referendum result.

Liberal Republicans (Centre Republicans): Alan Milburn, Anthony Giddens (to a large extent), Richard Reeves, Philip Collins Democratic Republicans (Left Republicans): Gordon Brown, Ed Balls, Ed Miliband, Jim Knight, The Co-operative Party, Scientists for Labour, James Purnell has flirted with Liberal Republicanism, but may well have shifted to Democratic republicanism, as he proved in his resignation letter in the Times, calling for a more open democracy, a more active state and greater regulation.

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The workers launched wildcat strikes which led to rubbish piling up on the streets and calls from party members for the resignation of Kitcat.

In his speech of resignation on election night, 8 February 2005, he called for a leadership election in order to determine who should lead the party into the next election.

State party Chairman Jay Jacobs told Roll Call on Monday that calling for the embattled New York Democrat & rsquo; s resignation wouldn & rsquo; t do any good.

Ulrich is already at odds with the Queens Republican Party leadership, and has called for the resignation of longtime boss Phil Ragusa.

He had called for the resignation of Dr. Mahama from the party as he had shown «bad judgment» in accepting the position.

Terry resigned his party post Monday as North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth called for his resignation and said the town would not renew contracts for him to work as the zoning board of appeals attorney and special counselor to the town attorney.

The ruling immediately led opposition parties to call for resignations in the face of regular data losses by the government

Making the declaration on Saturday at a press briefing by its chairman, Dr. Ben Nwoye, the party also called for the immediate resignation of Nigeria's Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama.

Labour backbencher Bob Marshal - Andrews has become the first member of his party to back calls for the speaker's resignation.

Gut Check Full Service... Local Democrats call for his resignation, too: «We are not here to determine guilt or innocence,» party Chair Francine Busby said after emerging from the closed session where the committee voted 34 - 6 for resignation.

In response to Labour's poor performance in Scotland, Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy initially resisted calls for his resignation by other senior party members.

Silver's action immediately led to calls for Lopez's resignation as chairman of Brooklyn's Democratic Party from Lincoln Restler, a state committeeman and longtime opponent of the assemblyman.

Calling for resignation is not really what's best for the party, but it's good for her.»

However, if the scenario were to play out in which both politicians are found to have broken rules, I suspect that we would see a «gentlemen's agreement» between both Labour and Conservative parties not to make political capital out of either case - whereas if either Mrs Spelman or Mr Brown were found to have breached rules as an isolated news story, there would be calls for sackings, resignations etc..

The Florida Democrat faces calls for her resignation from her perch atop the DNC from party activists who worry the relatively skimpy debate schedule could be seen tilting the scales for front - runner Hillary Rodham Clinton and for her potential apostasy when it comes to supporting President Barack Obama's Iran deal — what amounts to his signature foreign policy achievement and one backed by all of the Democrats running for president save for Jim Webb.

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 crisis in the party blew open recently when Tinubu, in a statement, called for the resignation of the party chairman.

But some Democrats have called for his resignation, and while Staten Island Republican Chairman John Antoniello said he stands behind Grimm's decision not to resign, he and others in the party will be discussing a possible special election.

The resignation of Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer today — a decision that came after weeks of calls for his head from conservatives — raises the question of whether Gov. Charlie Crist's already embattled Senate candidacy has sustained a blow from which it can not recover.

At a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party earlier on Monday, the BBC understands there were calls for Mr Brown's resignation from Mr Clarke and MPs Fiona McTaggart, Tom Harris and Siobhan McDonagh.

Democratic Party Chairman John Gulino, who called for Grimm's resignation last week, didn't return requests for comment, but a party official said that Cusick is the top contender on the Democratic Party Chairman John Gulino, who called for Grimm's resignation last week, didn't return requests for comment, but a party official said that Cusick is the top contender on the Democratic party official said that Cusick is the top contender on the Democratic side.

Two - thirds of the GOP's executive committee voted to call for the governor's resignation at the end of an hour - long conference call organized by state Republican Party Chairwoman Karen Floyd.

(CNN)- Just hours after Gov. Mark Sanford held a news conference Thursday to fight back against Republican legislators seeking his ouster, the South Carolina Republican Party dealt him another blow by formally calling for his resignation.

Mr Watson had led calls for Labour to boycott David Cameron's crony - packed resignation awards list — thinking the party would be safe because Mr Corbyn had previously said he would not appoint to the House of Lords.

An embattled member of the president's own party has publicly called for the resignation of the top member of the administration's economic team.

In September 2013, 60 superintendents wrote to Gov. Haslam criticizing Huffman's brash leadership style, and a slate of state House Republicans, mainly tea - party types, called for his resignation.