Sentences with phrase «rather than corruption»

In the last three years the Office of Judicial Complaints (OJC) received 5,407 complaints about misconduct (rather than corruption), though this does not represent all complaints made against the 3,600 judges, 7,000 tribunal members and 29,000 magistrates.

He claimed on public television that he will not release two individuals, Nnamdi Kanu, the Biafran activist whose charges are (now) related to treason rather than corruption; and former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki.

Not exact matches

The NDP folks are nice and will do a good job in government; they will actually work rather than loll around in the house of corruption avoiding the questions of the opposition parties as I noted when I went to the legislature to present my banned self to my MLA — Mr. Mandel.

If you are a believer, please use your prayers for important things rather than on show - business sports that involve doping and corruption.

Hence it is sin, rather than matter as such, which is the cause of corruption and death.

I like to think that the misconduct / corruption perception is partly due to enhanced visibility rather than actual incidence though who really knows?

It is as if the awareness of our time - bound condition has made us determined to conform theology to our situation rather than to protect it from possible corruption.

This man had nothing to gain from reporting the plot, but in the face of political and moral corruption, he opted to intervene, rather than sit idly by and watch the situation play out.

Hitler was a symptom of this corruption rather than the cause of it, and responsible action would involve more than removing the symptom.

This is due to the Roman interpretation of sin «as the privation of an original perfection, rather than as a positive corruption.

The critique can be useful for the capitalist system, because it affects visible abuses rather than an invisible logic, and thus contributes to the reproduction of the latter, since no system can indefinitely resist its own corruption.

Why didn't 12th - century corruption give rise to atheism rather than giving rise to great reformers like St Francis of Assisi?

I don't think Asians or Africans are as reluctant to call out corruption as the English are when it comes to their refs, and that the American public don't like games being decided by the refs rather than the players.

Rather than addressing the real reasons women don't breastfeed - reasons that range from histories of sexual abuse and body image issues to economic and physical constraints - the campaign «portrays anything short of exclusive breastfeeding... as a sign of moral corruption and bad character....

I prefer structural rather than emotional responses to the malaise - transparent and competitive privatisation to reduce the space for public sector corruption; deregulation to minimise official discretion and procurement transparency and freedom of information.

Engaging more small donors and making legislators more dependent on their constituents, rather than a few wealthy special interests, offers an added layer of defense against corruption.

Along with vigilant enforcement of the law, disclosure of contributions, and lower contribution limits, public financing of elections can «end the mad chase for campaign cash that starts some elected officials down the road to corruption and... make candidates dependent on ordinary voters rather than special interests.»

Dr. Yakassai, who also chairs the Northern Elders» Council, speaking with Vanguard in Abuja said any fight against corruption must be holistic rather than being centred on just an individual.

«A crime - wave of corruption has engulfed Albany yet rather than address it, the Senate plays hot potato with a key reform which would seriously reduce the influence of money in politics.

While there are some obvious success stories on his efforts, careless indiscretions rather than financial corruption might have put Magu in the current mess.

Mr. Donovan, rather than expending the severely limited resources of the State on partisan, politically motivated litigation against the law of the land which, however flawed, did address some notorious abuses by the insurance industry, why don't you tell us what your priority is with respect to corruption and misuse of public funbds and resources by politicians right here in New York State?

Similarly, 78 percent thought that Governor Cuomo's decision to shut down the Moreland Commission, which was investigating corruption in the state legislature, was a political deal struck with legislative leaders, rather than a «decision based on good government.»

Finebone stated that rather than criticise the stance of the Federal Government against the corruption in the third arm of government, Wike should be optimistic that recent development in the judiciary would help democracy to grow.

«Rather than be inspired by the spirit of public service by initiating legislation that promotes transparency, accountability and human rights, the Senate is legislating to encourage corruption and impunity, serving as both a shield and sword to advance personal agendas.

It is the treatment of corruption, rather than its negation, which separates legitimate regimes from tyrannical ones.

The party said that APC government, rather than address grievous national issues created by its lack of capacity to govern, resorted to violation of people's rights in the name of fighting corruption.

Rather than put your «Fuji House of Commotion» in order, you always shamelessly declare that «corruption is fighting back» and that the courts are against the anti corruption fight, as if the courts owe the executive a sacred duty and obligation to help it trample on citizens» rights and win badly prepared and lousily prosecuted cases at all cost.

So, rather than embark on another endless agitation for change of constitution, we should fight corruption to a standstill.

As attorney general, when he was the one investigating crimes rather than running the executive branch, he sought increased powers for public corruption, pressing legislators to pass a bill granting his office broad jurisdiction and subpoena powers to pursue such cases.

The proposed bill would foster a culture of impunity in which grand corruption becomes the norm, rather than the exception.»

According to SERAP, «Rather than proposing amnesty for suspected looters of our commonwealth, the House of Representatives under your leadership should be promoting laws that would lead to the comprehensive and radical reform of the criminal justice system to ensure that those accused of grand corruption are not allowed to profit from their alleged crimes.»

Mayor de Blasio — who is under heavy fire over everything from a federal corruption probe to his beleaguered child - welfare agency — shut down a press availability Tuesday rather than answer questions about his upcoming meeting with US Attorney Preet Bharara.

Misau however, told the police to address the corruption issues he raised rather than diverting attention.

Mayor de Blasio — who is under heavy fire over everything from a federal corruption probe to his beleaguered child - welfare agency — shut down a press availability Tuesday rather than...

Posted by: robert17 April 19, 2010 4:34 PM -------------------------------- While I agree with you about the corruption of corporate money, don't you think it would be more efficient to get the corporate MONEY out of Congress, rather than keep tossing incumbents until they «forget» about corporate money.

In my earlier critique of the move to create a Special Prosecutor rather than an Independent Public Prosecutor, I proposed the appointment of a person in the character and stature of Martin Amidu (or Anas) as someone who could do well to surmount the fundamental problem and make some strides in the fight against corruption in spite of the challenges of independence.

If one analyzes respondents» reports of their own experience rather than expert perceptions, most of the neat results about corruption's causes disappear.

Among the claims: Schneiderman is anti-business, tougher on job - producing corporations rather than real criminals, and has been MIA on political corruption.

The recent release of these two reports and the ongoing corruption trials of two legislative leaders have put the spotlight on New York's dire need for state action on ethics reform, yet as Bob Hardt wrote in a recent NY1 column on the issue, «Never aggressively pushing campaign finance reform or transparency, Governor Cuomo seems content to play the master of Albany's current political game rather than rewriting its rules.

Rather than admit many of his colleagues and GOP donors formed him from his post, Mr. Skelos said the «media scrutiny» following his arrest on federal corruption charges undid him.

The organization is focused on corruption cleanup, and they think that Serino is too indebted to donors and interest groups rather than to her constituents.

But rather than symbolizing a shiny high - tech future, the solar - panel factory could become a monument to what US Attorney Preet Bharara described as «pervasive corruption and fraud» allegedly infecting Cuomo's signature economic development programs.

Deputy Commissioner Joseph Reznick, who runs the Internal Affairs Bureau, and IAB Sgt. Marc Klausner were also subpoenaed, as was former Deputy Chief David Colon, who was among five high - ranking cops who retired rather than face disciplinary charges in the NYPD corruption scandal.

As he said the key to undoing a culture of corruption in any institution is the good actors taking action rather than enabling the bad actors, the U.S. attorney said he expects more legislators will soon buck the closed leadership system.

With the assistance of this mission, we envision a world free of fear, bigotry, corruption, social injustice and war; where each human being lives, breathes and dies in brilliance, in accordance with their God - given destiny; where true wealth is measured not by how much one possesses, but rather by how much one gives; where true leadership is guided by sacrifice and selfless service, rather than by self - interest and hunger for control; where the highest ambition of every human is to know the Truth, speak the Truth and be the Truth.

Dealing in Gilderoy's mental collapse and corruption rather than a physical threat, it is perhaps closest to a David Lynch film, with a strangling claustrophobia and playful approach to time and space, reality and fiction.

With elements of political corruption and life - threatening prejudice, this film has a rather much darker premise than the youthful Slumdog Millionaire adventure it seems to be.

However, it transpires that this is only the beginning of the quest rather than its end, and Joe finds himself treading a blood - drenched trail that leads him into the deep waters of political power and sordid high - level corruption.

It doesn't look like a classic film noir — Losey uses light to reveal and lay bare rather than cast webs across the characters — and he saves the shadows for intimacy to show the corruption of emotion and the way desire clouds judgment.

Even if fraud or corruption is not obvious, school, staff, parents and the community should always stay alert for warning signs such as poor record - keeping and a lack of documents supporting financial transactions, different procurement duties being carried out by the same person rather than different people, or a school operating outside its approved budget.