Opposition
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Following the NATO-led intervention in Libya in 2011, which the Kremlin regarded as another example of Western overreach, Russia has been more aggressive in asserting itself internationally, mainly in
opposition
to the US.
Liberalizing international migration could be another response, though it would be unlikely to offer appreciable relief, owing to social and political
opposition
to increased immigration in most developed countries.
If a Chinese blogger criticizes the government over its crackdown on Falun Gong, or supports Tibet’s opposition, the Internet police rush to the scene of the supposed crime.
Opposition
to genocide and other large-scale acts of violence against a population also reflects the established principle that citizens as well as governments have rights.
This was a key to the one-party dominant system in which the LDP maintained a majority in the Diet while the JSP laid low as the largest
opposition
party.
News outlets that did not provide ample coverage of government statements were fined, as were outlets that did not recirculate foreign press reports that were favorable to the government or critical of
opposition
figures.
It has cut short all “dialogues” to achieve peace in Venezuela, including in May, when – amid talks with the
opposition
– the authorities held a sham presidential election.
More than 70% of the electorate boycotted the fraudulent vote, heeding calls by the Venezuelan
opposition
and many other democratic governments worldwide.
Such a text, ideally made public before the end of August, should not be submitted for the approval of the regime or the opposition, as both are too fractured to agree on anything.
The regime has coopted the entire state and much of the
opposition
leadership, leaving only the people in the streets to resist the regime and to be gunned down yet again by its forces.
When Mubarak felt his power was slipping and reached out to his adversaries, he found disorganized
opposition
parties with little political experience and no support in society.
Opposition
parties have been active for almost a decade, and have significant representation in the legislature.
The leading
opposition
group, al-Wifaq, has 18 seats in the 40-member parliament.
In talks with the opposition, the monarchy will find seasoned politicians ready to bargain over long-held demands.
Over the past 18 months, civil-society organizations, journalists, trade unionists, and students have voiced
opposition
to the new law and organized an alliance to oppose it.
The state security minister, Siyabonga Cwele, has responded by accusing the
opposition
of being funded by “foreign spies,” a stance that could presage a chilling future.
Indeed, the Muslim Brotherhood government and the secular
opposition
both complained about America’s relationship with the other.
In an effort to stay ahead of intense media expectations (and reflecting a misunderstanding according to which Syria would be just another Tunisia), President Barack Obama’s administration essentially severed America’s relationship with Bashar al-Assad’s regime by publicly embracing the disparate
opposition
and calling for Assad’s immediate removal.
Beyond stoking Israeli security fears and fueling increased
opposition
from an already skeptical US Congress, such a pact would strengthen the position of Iran’s most obstructionist elements, all but eliminating the possibility of constructive future engagement.
Another objection is the
opposition
of Turkey - and, to a lesser degree, Iran and Syria - to granting the Iraqi Kurds self-determination.
But the conservative attitudes underlying
opposition
to change are anything but “social,” for they would deny the poorest of Europe’s poor a chance to improve their lot.
This cleavage cuts across the ruling Conservative and
opposition
Labour parties.
Support for May’s deal from the
opposition
– 257 Labour MPs, 35 Scottish Nationalists, and a few others – is uncertain, at best.
Other posters portrayed me as the puppet-master of
opposition
politicians.
For the first time since Charles de Gaulle established the Fifth Republic, France’s priority is no longer to live in
opposition
to the US.
This applies to the views of the Democratic
opposition
as well as to the Baker-Hamilton report.
Less than a year after his narrow victory over
opposition
leader Yulia Tymoshenko in the 2010 presidential elections, Tymoshenko was arrested on trumped-up contempt charges.
Similarly,
opposition
leaders in Zimbabwe have been prosecuted for treason; sodomy charges were leveled against the Malaysian
opposition
leader Anwar Ibrahim; and former Belarusian presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov was imprisoned for allegedly organizing mass protests.
The only reason for Zhao’s continued ill treatment was his
opposition
to the violent repression of the Tiananmen Square protest in 1989.
Populists can live with representative democracy; what they cannot accept is political pluralism and the notion of legitimate
opposition.
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