Sentences with phrase «political favours»
"Political favors" refers to actions or benefits provided by politicians to individuals or groups in a position of power or influence. These favors are often done to gain support, maintain alliances, or receive benefits in return. Full definition
What the international community needs to guard against is allowing the ICC to become a tool that Western liberal democracies can impose on developing country leaders who have fallen out of political favour.
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Has Woodfibre LNG bought a rubber stamp approval for the project, along with other political favours including tax breaks, tax exemptions and the e-Drive subsidy?
Polling has consistently shown that the British public believe that large donations buy political favours.
«Without openness and transparency, potential donors may seek to use library donations as a means to secure special access or political favours to authorities in Abuja.»
One need only look back at the extraordinary abuses and political favours that occurred during J. Edgar Hoover's reign at the F.B.I. to see that this is a threat to basic democracy.