Sentences with phrase «representative of each political party»

However, as a representative of a political party from a divided country (though he disagrees with this assessment too), he certainly did not come to Oxford with any surprises.

It should have representatives of political parties, but also a student, a blogger, a couple of civil society activists — and why not members of the public, chosen by lot?

IPAC was formed in March 1994 to bring together representatives of the political parties on a monthly basis with members of EC to discuss and try to build a consensus on electoral issues.

She said that a state judge may order that the outstanding ballots be counted in each county with a representative of each political party present.

The Political Parties» Youth Debate Series will see the youth and female representatives of political parties in Ghana debating policies and issues in the run - up to the November 2016 elections.

3) No covered employee or Town of Clarkstown employee shall concurrently be an officer or representative of a political party organized within the State of New York.

He points out that in 1989 when the Town of Clarkstown's current Code of Ethics was adopted, there were multiple drafts and there was considerable discussion of a draft that included a prohibition of town employees concurrently being officials or representatives of political parties.

Speaking during a town hall meeting with representatives of political parties, religious leaders, youth / women groups and clerics, security agencies and other stakeholders on Wednesday in Abaji, the police commissioner said that enough security will be deployed across all polling units

Not exact matches

And with the Senate and the House of Representatives divided between the two major political parties, the chances are slim that new, significant fiscal policies will be forthcoming.

The prospect of a shake - up in the Japanese political landscape increased when the center - left Democratic party — previously the main opposition to the LDP — announced it would not field any candidates in the election, freeing its representatives in the Japanese parliament to seek nominations from Ms. Koike's party.

But if this seems unsuitable in the case of the Church (though it might be given some thought), the election of lay representatives beyond the small groups of the parish is a difficult question, especially as the Catholic associations no longer have a function similar to that of the political parties in appointing such represent - ative bodies.

Political pressure has intensified since the Kentucky Republican party finished its takeover of Kentucky's legislature by winning control of the House of Representatives.

The Commission used the opportunity to present political parties representatives with documents containing directory of polling units, list of polling centres, collation centres and list of political parties that will participate in the election.

But, with Pandora's box having been opened for narrow - minded party political interests, the question now has to be how can our political representatives extricate themselves from the mess they created with at least a modicum of dignity?

Degradation of the Representative System into a Bi-party System (the blue against the red, or the right vs the left, etc), and this happens cause the rational ignorance of the people, many people have a political conviction that is suppressed by the parties alliances.

«This Office will continue the vigorous prosecution of political corruption to secure for the people of New York — regardless of party affiliation — what they deserve: the honest labors of their elected representatives.

But while the voting process itself has been described as fair by most international observers, the political campaign and the actual counting of the votes — no doubt the most important part of the democratic election process — has been characterized by the abuse of power, the excessive role of money, extraordinary events such as power cuts in the polling stations, fights between party representatives, accusations of fraud and scandals in denying observers access to polling stations.

Consequently, for the first time in our electoral history, political party representatives could monitor the process of printing of carbonized forms that led to higher levels of transparency and the integrity of our electoral process.

I must admit I haven't read either Cowley or Norton, but I do wonder if Hanna's position, though his recent article doesn't make it explicit, is not more accurately understood as a lament on the loss of amateurism as a virtue in the political establishment (the amateur MP, the eccentric parliamentarian, the independent - minded representative, which of course gives the Hannan position indirectly: the professionalisation of politics and political parties, the well - drilled party system and an overbearing executive).

The Independence party leader, finance minister Bjarni Benediktsson, whose name also appeared in the leaked documents in connection with a Seychelles - based company of which he once owned a third, was holding talks with Grímsson, who flew back early from the US to sound out all of Iceland's parliamentary party representatives as the island's political crisis deepened on Tuesday.

Two local congressmen, one from each major political party, stood together with representatives of numerous health and patient interests to celebrate the act's passage.

Changing the political makeup of Labour's representatives in parliament is a key aim of Corbyn's project to reshape his party; and the battle for the future of Labour has intensified this week after a clean sweep by leftwing candidates, including Momentum's Jon Lansman, in the latest round of elections to the party's ruling national executive committee (NEC).

Of the 435 seats in the House of Representatives, none have flipped back and forth between parties as often as the 24th District since 2008, according to David Wasserman, House editor of the Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan political newsletter that tracks electionOf the 435 seats in the House of Representatives, none have flipped back and forth between parties as often as the 24th District since 2008, according to David Wasserman, House editor of the Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan political newsletter that tracks electionof Representatives, none have flipped back and forth between parties as often as the 24th District since 2008, according to David Wasserman, House editor of the Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan political newsletter that tracks electionof the Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan political newsletter that tracks ePolitical Report, a nonpartisan political newsletter that tracks epolitical newsletter that tracks elections.

On April 26, 2018, the Oklahoma House of Representatives voted 77 - 3 to approve SB 350, which established new requirements for political parties to retain recognized status.

Those voters aren't representative of the increasingly millenials - and - minorities makeup of the party's primary base, but the strategist predicted that four years in the political desert will leave Democrats desperate for a leader who can bring them back to the promised land.

As part of arrangements towards the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) 2016 Debate Series, the IEA on Wednesday 1st June 2016 convened a meeting of representatives of flagbearers of three political parties, namely the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the Convention People's Party (CPP) and the Peoples» National Convention (PNC).

Some of these Independent candidates are former representatives of existing political parties: for example, the ex-Labour MP Tony Clarke is standing in his old seat of Northampton South (which should helpfully split the Left wing vote in the seat being defended by Conservative MP Brian Binley), whilst John Stevens, who is challenging John Bercow in Buckingham, is an ultra-europhile former Tory MEP who set up the Pro-Euro Conservative Party before joining the Liberal Democrats.

The UN Representative also disclosed that the conference has been looking at a number of areas, such as the Policy and Legal Framework and the role of INEC and Political parties to facilitate women's participation in politics.

The last of the series of debates involving youth representatives of the various political parties, has ended at the University of Ghana campus, Legon, where debaters tackled unemployment and corruption among others.

Addressing House of Representatives correspondents shortly after leaving the chambers, the PDP caucus in solidarity with members of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA and Labour Party, LP said they were heading back to court to seek reinterpretation of the Supreme Court judgment on member's defection especially when there is no division in his or her political pParty, LP said they were heading back to court to seek reinterpretation of the Supreme Court judgment on member's defection especially when there is no division in his or her political partyparty.

Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said that any political party that fails to embrace and implement reforms to institute internal democracy risk...

According to YYC, «It has come to our notice that a group known as Yoruba Progressive People's Congress, an arm of a political party (name withheld) led by one Pelumi Amodu is by no means a representative of Yoruba Youth Council or working for YYC.

In essence, the District Leader is the representative of the party members in their district to that political party's apparatus.

One danger is that sitting legislatures will choose rules that advance their individual or party interest in re-election rather than to advance more general democratic values such as political competitiveness, diversity and voter choice, and the responsiveness of representatives.

A man from the Orthodox Church stood beside a Buddhist and others, across from the royal family, the military and representatives of the main political parties.

It is the expectation of the Electoral Commission that all political party representatives on Committees (collectively set up by IPAC) will raise any concerns they may have about any reforms or the electoral process at IPAC to be discussed and addressed collectively.

A number of the representatives are members of political parties and one of those parties currently holds a majority of seats.

Its 100 members included both citizens and elected politicians: 66 were chosen randomly from the population of adult citizens to be broadly representative in terms of region, sex, age, class and work status, and 33 were nominated from the Oireachtas (Parliament) by the political parties in proportion to their parliamentary strength (and also included one representative of each of the four parties in the Northern Ireland Assembly that accepted the invitation to participate).

Dr Nduom said no amount of rationalisation by government spokespersons and political party representatives will make this decision right.

An «election» could, however, include a situation like that surrounding the adoption of the Magna Carta or the assembly of representatives of the various estates that was convened by the monarch shortly before the French Revolution in which the franchise is quite limited (e.g. limited only to aristocrats, or to elders, or to clergy, or to members of a political party, or to members of a particular tribe or caste, or to a council of leaders of tribes or castes) who are not all members of the incumbent's extended family and whose appointment was not primarily within the control of the incumbent as a practical matter.

The petition copied to Mr Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention against Corruption reads in part: «SERAP considers these amendments to be in bad faith, patently an abuse of legislative powers, politically biased, and demonstrably unjustified in a democratic and representative society governed by the rule of law, and incompatible with the country's international human rights obligations and commitments particularly the UN Convention against Corruption, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, and the African Charter on Human and Peoples» Rights, which Nigeria has ratified.»

While politicians have to be alive to the fact the very status of political parties and their own positions as our «elected representatives» are changing, campaigners must ensure they offer everyone the chance to engage with and feel a part of their movements - making certain that everyone's voice is heard and listened to.

Representatives of the various political parties showed up at the event which the EC says is a roadmap towards enhancing the operations of the Commission for the years ahead.

Instead of aiming «to organise and maintain in parliament and in the country a political Labour party», the party will «bring together members and supporters who share its values to develop policies, make communities stronger through collective action and support, and promote the election of Labour representatives at all levels of the democratic process».

Voters cast two votes — one to elect their constituency MP - the «Representative» vote, and the other for the political party of their choice - the «Party» party of their choice - the «Party» Party» vote.

In the packed audience were University of Ghana residents, university students, university authorities and representatives of the four major political parties - the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the Peoples national Convention (PNC) and the Convention Peoples Party (CPP).

The facts are that the Labour Party was set up by the Trade Union Movement to act as their political representatives in Parliament, and they FUNDED Labour Party candidates — and continue to FUND a lot of Labour Party MPs today.

At the end of an election, the marked postal voter lists are open for public inspection and also can be purchased by the Electoral Commission, candidates, elected representatives, government departments, police forces, registered political parties and local constituency parties.

It's been identified by political analysts as a likely very competitive race, in a year in which the party control of the house representatives may be in contention.

This article seeks to narrate the 2012 elections based on the themes mentioned by representatives of the 8 political parties published in the Daily Graphic newspaper.