Sentences with phrase «ruling party»

The discovery of William Baah's deep involvement with the NPP comes at a time when members of Delta Force, a goon squad of the ruling party, had overthrown court proceedings and freed members of their group facing trial with the state going through the motions to sweep the case under the carpet.

According to him, the ruling party will witness a drastic reduction of voter turnout in the Ashanti Region, as well as in the Eastern Region which might influence their victory.

Kwakwanso made this known while debunking the reports that he defected with some of his loyalists to the former ruling party.

Reports say all is not well within the ruling party, as a sharp division has emanated amongst the leadership of the party,...

The comment has been widely condemned by other executives of the ruling party.

In this «hypothetical» scenario, when it comes to election time the opposition parties agree between each other that for any seat currently held by the ruling party, only one of the opposition parties will put forward a candidate against them.

According to the group, the NDC leaders had relied on their unholy alliance with the EC to rig the elections, asking the outgoing ruling party to explain to the public where its so - called collation centre was located.

Frankly speaking, and I have already said this before, should Dr. Zanetor Rawlings be afforded the nod by the mainstream of the National Democratic Congress leadership to run on the ticket of the ruling party, I have absolutely no doubt in mind that Mr. Addison would decidedly be toast, as New Yorkers are wont to say.

Boateng is reported to have told Accra - based Adom FM that electing the late professor was a «mistake» the ruling party made in the past considering the fact he died in office due to ill health.

Nnamani joined the ruling party, in Sunday, representing Amechi - Uwani, Enugu south local government area of Enugu state.

But commenting on the issue on Asempa FM Wednesday, Kofi Adams who's also the ruling party's National Organizer condemned the action of the traders and residents saying they lacked maturity in politics.

Scotland's ruling party, the SNP, believe a separation between the two countries will give them job creating powers that will improve employment and economic growth.

Poland's ruling party approved a law that will gradually impose a ban on Sunday shopping, meeting the demand of its conservative Catholic supporters with a measure that risks undermining economic growth and hitting corporate profits and real - estate investors.

Explaining his professed love for President Mahama — Mr Beautiful said he was drawn to the NDC because of the vision and policies for the arts and entertainment industry, and does not regret campaigning for the ruling party since he is a direct beneficiary of the policies being implemented by the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts.

Reports say all is not well within the ruling party, as a sharp division has emanated amongst the leadership of the party, following intense lobbying for the vacant position.

He became a member of the ruling party a day after Rochas Okorocha, governor of Imo state, told south - east politicians that there is «no future outside the APC».

According to information that has emerged, the Assemblyman is so passionately involved with the NPP in that area that he was, very recently, a polling agent for the ruling party in the 2016 elections which had been declared as an «all - die - be-die» affair by the party's then candidate, and current President, Nana Akufo - Addo.

Confirming the development as contained in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Kingsley Fanwo, governor Bello, warmly welcomed him to the ruling party.

A poll by the Haaretz newspaper gave the ruling party a two - seat advantage over the opposition Labor Party, 25 seats to 23.

Hickman explicates further that in Zimbabwe, «the security forces were generally complicit in the post-election violence, with police and military personnel perpetrating acts together with ruling party militants».

The country's ruling party Zimbabwe African National Union — Patriotic Front (ZANU - PF) has announced that there was no coup in the country, only that President Robert Mugabe and his wife, have been detained and that the president has been replaced with Emmerson Mnagngawa, the erstwhile vice president who was recently sacked and exiled by Mugabe.

The five month - old Akufo - Addo government has severally come under severe rebuke from well - meaning Ghanaians, including some of government's known backers as a result of some «strange» decisions of the President and, actions and / or, inactions of some appointees and activities of the ruling party's vigilante groups.

Under the «change» cloud, some Nigerians desperately wanted a change of political party / government, whether the other parties were made up of same hands who messed the former ruling party was not important to the set of people.

Massaoudou however said the ruling party will quickly hand over should they loose the elections.

The message read, «Akande's present role in the APC as a strong, visionary leader, a reconciling voice, strategist and stabiliser has paid up substantially in the enormous challenge of healing the ruling party, and the country.»

Multiple news reports since the start of the new year have Museveni saying that he will bring the Anti-Homosexuality Bill before the entire ruling party caucus before deciding whether to give his assent or send it back to Parliament.

As is true of the period before 2000, opposition to the ZANU - PF came from the minority ethnic Ndebele, but also and more importantly from among the majority ethnic Shona, which meant that the ruling party found itself with a declining popular base.

He said members of the National Assembly should understand the ruling party's manifesto and cooperate with the executive to actualise the agenda of alleviating the hardship being faced by Nigerians rather than criticising government's policies and decisions.

A senior North Korean ruling party official and a top aide to leader Kim Jong Un has died in a car accident,...

In an effort to get back to the winning way and unseat the ruling party in 2019 general election, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has unveiled plan to reach out to its pioneer fathers.

In a series of tweets, the ruling party went on to indicate that the action of the military has the backing of politicians in the country.

Speaking at the secretariat of the ruling party in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, Ndoma Egba disclosed that his decision was borne out of an in - depth desire to remain relevant in politics.

His government has also been harshly condemned over the recklessness exhibited by some appointees and the raiding of courts and offices by the ruling party's vigilante groups.

He said he would remain in the ruling party with his numerous followers and give the maximum support to the Buhari administration to succeed.

«Tell the leadership of the House that the Igbo nation in Lagos supports your action, we give 100 percent support to the ruling party,» he said.

The governor cited the ongoing crisis in Ondo PDP as a point of reference where frivolous petitions had been used to further the interest of the ruling party and destroy the judiciary.

A leader of the PDP in the state, Glory Emeh, said the APC would be daydreaming to believe that it would turn the table against the ruling party in the state.

Noting that most of the prominent politicians in the zone were leaving the former ruling party, Odigie - Oyegun stressed that the APC would «finally» bury PDP in the South - East.

The PDP boss said, «2017 was tough for us but the worst is over; we are now more than ever determined to take power back in Nigeria because the writing on the wall is clear that the ruling party can not cope.

«It is not to the benefit of the president and neither is it to the benefit of the party, it is not the benefit of Nigerians; the synergy needed to accelerate cohesion in the ruling party will not be there.

The APC Publicity Secretary in the state, Mr Joe Igbokwe, who welcomed the lawmaker to the governing party, called on Ndigbo in Lagos to support and be loyal to the ruling party.

The inaugural theme, «Every vote must count» was a logical response to President Olusegun Obasanjo's «do - or - die» election of 2007, that foisted the late Umaru Musa Yar» Adua as president, in what would prove the beginning of the end for the former ruling party.

'' Therefore, it does not make sense for anyone to accuse the ruling party or an agency of the same government of frustrating the release of the funds.

«Any judge who delivers a judgement that is against the interest of the ruling party is hounded down by the Department of State Services.

If the opposition party is not accusing the APC of colluding with the judiciary over the election petition cases, it is accusing the ruling party of colluding with the CBN over bailout funds.

In its reaction however, the group called on Adewale to cross check his facts on his allegation linking the Turakin Adamawa to the lingering crisis in the erstwhile ruling party, insisting that Atiku has nothing to do with the crisis rocking the PDP.

A Board of Trustees member, Peoples Democratic Party, Prof. Tunde Adeniran, has proffered a political solution to the lingering leadership crisis afflicting the erstwhile ruling party.

The President noted that the ruling party took internal democracy seriously, saying that the success of the Ekiti Primary, with more than 30 aspirants, further validated the «party's democratic credentials.»

However, Tinubu's communiqué has enhanced the fault lines within the ruling party to make them bigger.

He said, «The ruling party, I can assure you, will be in for a shocker.