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Although President Nicolas Sarkozy recently opposed the use of primary elections in his own party, many of those responsible for his legislative majority, including Prime Minister Francois Fillon, seem to consider it likely that the French right will also begin the practice of using political primaries, if not in 2012 (because Sarkozy will run again), then in 2017.
Nevertheless, the new government has expressed a solemn commitment to freedom of information and assembly, the release of all political prisoners, and free and internationally supervised presidential and legislative elections within six months.
The Republicans kept control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives, so Trump will be able to fulfill his promises to roll back Obama’s biggest legislative achievements, starting with the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
In April 2004, China's legislators ruled out universal suffrage in Hong Kong's 2007 election of its chief executive, as well as for its 2008 Legislative Council election.
Currently, all eyes in China are on Hong Kong's upcoming legislative election on September 12, which will indicate to Hong Kong's government and to China's leaders what people think about the pace and direction of reform.
It’s also that she believes that God set her legislative agenda in Alaska, and that she has failed to venture much beyond the Discovery Channel when it comes to foreign travel.
A broad multi-party commitment would likely help discipline subsequent legislative action and assist in generating the necessary public support.
These reforms need to be agreed, in legislative form, by the US Congress before they can take effect.
This is sensible legislative tactics but not appealing as an economic strategy.
One more attempt was made before the House adjourned for the day, with no item of legislative business transacted.
Perhaps this makes sense, for it allows the opposition some space in a system in which party-line voting determines most legislative outcomes.
The US Congress – the legislative branch of the country’s government – effectively exempts itself from the normal rules of insider trading.
Most consequential, two young pro-independence campaigners who were elected to the Legislative Council – Yau Wai-ching and Sixtus Leung – chose to make a mockery of their oath of office last September.
Yau and Leung were barred from taking their seats in the Legislative Council.
Far from putting the brakes on economic growth, a coordinated legislative campaign should be viewed as an essential prerequisite for sustainable development, especially in Latin America.
The legislative process can also bolster the diplomatic influence of the Independent Association of Latin America and the Caribbean at the UN climate talks.
As the Lima talks approach, Latin American countries have a huge opportunity to show their commitment to legislative change at home, and to reaching ambitious climate targets globally.
Hamas claims to be the Palestinians’ true representative, having won the majority of seats in the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) in January 2006 (the PLC’s term expired in January 2010, but fresh elections have yet to be held).
And conversely, in other countries, such as Ukraine, legislative paralysis means that reforms never took hold or were delayed for years at the cost of a great suffering that could perhaps have been averted by a more assertive use of presidential powers.
The legislative one-two punch of tax reform and spending increases puts the US federal debt on an upward path.
Yet it is far from certain that French voters will give him one in next month’s legislative elections: one recent poll suggested that 61% don’t want Macron to have a majority.
Legislative elections will be held on April 12th, followed by the presidential election a week later.
War is different from economic integration, largely because it cannot be waged collectively by the assembling of cautious legislative procedures.
Under QPC, which was part of the constitutional reforms that France implemented in July 2008, any citizen involved in legal proceedings can now contest the constitutionality of a legislative provision.
It would be far better to develop a bipartisan legislative plan aimed at removing the temptation to shift corporate headquarters in the first place.
Previously, the parliament’s legislative committee received a proposal to lower the age of marriage for girls from 18 years to 12.Needless to say, this would cut short girls’ education, not to mention other harmful implications.
If parts of his legislative program do pass, they will become a further source of grievance, and candidates like Min will likely receive more donations.
At the same time, if parts of his legislative program fail, Republican incumbents like Walters will look weak and ineffective.
The United States and Europe’s mature democracies may function well enough with the “checks and balances” of divided government (though the Republicans’ bid to impeach President Clinton eight years ago might suggest otherwise), but in Asia the failure to bestow executive and legislative powers on a single institution is usually a terrible drawback.
The second factor is that the Republicans who control Congress are relatively “extremist” and might lose the legislative elections.
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