Sentences with phrase «taking entrenched positions»

The General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev. Dr. Opuni - Frimpong, is cautioning against parties taking entrenched positions in the ongoing debate on proposals for a new voters» register.

He cautioned against the tendency of the agencies and institution taking entrenched positions on initiatives and policies aimed making the ports more efficient.

Not exact matches

SNA may be too entrenched now to want to modify their position, and they've got different counsel, and it takes a lot to change positions once they're approved by the board.

A little march to and rally outside where he was staying, in support of the action being taken to preserve the eight indigenous ethnic groups, the small but very ancient and entrenched Jewish community, the Gulf's only synagogue and Jewish cemetery, the black community that is part of the East African diaspora, the fifth of the population that is non-Muslim, the half of that fifth which is Christian, the strictly optional status of the women's headscarf, the Sunni third of Bahraini Muslims, the requirement that all legislation be approved by both Houses of Parliament, the election of the Lower House by universal suffrage, the regular appointment of women to the Upper House to make up for their dearth in the elected Lower House, the presence in the Upper House of a Jewish man and a Christian woman (the latter the first woman ever to chair a Parliament in the Arab world), the present position of a Jewish woman as Ambassador to the United States, the very close ties to Britain, and the fact that all of this is perfectly acceptable even to Salafi Members of Parliament.

This entrenched position of Nana Akufo - Addo to continue leading the NPP and his intransigence not to step aside for others to take over the captainship of the party, coupled with his irascible nature, narcissist tendencies, divisiveness, vindictiveness and intolerance for dissent, is what has fragmented and polarized the hierarchy of the NPP.

The son of one Kingston powerbroker and brother of another, Gallo nonetheless positioned himself as an outsider who would take a sledgehammer to the entrenched Democratic Party political elites.

It seems to tick all the right boxes for an upscale four - door, and it properly positioned, could do well to take on its entrenched German rivals.

Back to Baghdad takes players further into Kuwait as they try to neutralize scud missile installations, prevent the use of chemical weapons, free prisoners of war, and oust Hussein's Republican Guard from their entrenched position within Kuwait City.

To Metropolus, this means interest groups aligned against nuclear power (which is Sierra Club California's official position) should heed the Areva agreement as something to be taken seriously, despite the entrenched political reality.

There will always be that one or two percent of the people who no matter how much you explain to them that their result in mediation is going to be superior to that of a result dragged through the adversarial legal system and watered down by warring lawyers taking sides and entrenching in their positions, will want to take their chances and go to court.