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In France, where
opposition
to the EU is even greater than in the UK, Le Pen is campaigning on the promise of a “Frexit” plebiscite.
But conservative groups are shortsighted in their
opposition
to mandatory disclosure of such information.
Despite US
opposition
to China’s Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank, much of the region has embraced it.
Perhaps the gravest allegations have been leveled at Bangladesh’s
opposition
leader Khaleda Zia, who has been charged with murder in a case going back many years.
Then there is the long-running saga of Malaysia’s
opposition
leader and former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
His conviction on sodomy charges will effectively ban him from politics for five years, at a moment when the
opposition
is posing the most serious challenge to Malaysia’s ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) since the country gained its independence from the British Empire in 1958.
His supporters at home and abroad should have no fear for his rights, or that his case will become some political plaything to keep the
opposition
Congress party down.
Here, it seems clear that UNMO’s political interests have been allowed to dictate that the country’s key
opposition
leader should be tried on charges that no real democracy that embraces the rule of law would even consider leveling, and convicted on evidence that no truly independent court would accept.
The question is how to use the EU’s triple-A credit without arousing opposition, particularly in Germany?
While Abe could have done more during his recent visit to India to advance this vision –for example, by meeting with Indian
opposition
leader Narendra Modi, who may become the country’s next prime minister – it seems certain that such a relationship will be achieved in the coming years.
The trade unions, employers’ associations, all
opposition
political parties, and even many of Berlusconi’s own MPs have united against what they consider to be an aberration.
Proposals to increase housing density are frequently met by
opposition
from current residents, whose fears range from adverse impact on services to downward pressure on existing home values (or upward pressure and gentrification).
By managing density carefully, authorities can overcome
opposition
and get their cities building again.
Cameron’s call for a referendum, first issued when he was in opposition, was an attempt to appease both sides, allowing each to stick to their principles while promising to give voters the final say.
Iran’s Failing “Mullahnomics”ISTANBUL – As the stand-off between Iran’s government and
opposition
continues, one factor that may determine the outcome, but which is rarely discussed, is the rickety state of the Iranian economy.
Trump has singled out China and Mexico, and Sanders’s
opposition
to the Trans-Pacific Partnership – the proposed trade deal between the US and 11 Pacific Rim countries – has pushed Hillary Clinton, the Democratic Party’s nominee, to adopt a similar stance.
And the Malaysian
opposition
leader Lim Kit Siang has said that Asian countries’ inaction “reflects dismally on all ASEAN leaders and governments.
I was told that my job included helping the Iraqi
opposition
rid themselves of then-Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
American negotiators – the reluctant midwives of South Korea’s increasing responsibility in the field of atomic energy – remain steadfast in their
opposition
to South Korea’s drive for improved defensive capabilities and a more advanced energy policy, despite the potential strategic benefits.
But the real breakthrough came in 1989, when Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev met with Pope John Paul II, a Polish priest who had spent the past decade framing his papacy as part of the
opposition
to the Soviet’s atheistic totalitarian rule.
He was denied meetings with senior government leaders, representatives of ethnic minorities and political
opposition
groups.
When
opposition
leader Alexei Navalny made a documentary about Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev’s alleged corruption, more than 20 million people viewed it.
Turnbull’s government will need every vote it can get to pass its legislative program, and in a number of cases will simply have to rely on
opposition
Labor support.
This disturbing trajectory, argue the mavens of globalization, reflects the resurgent protectionism manifest in popular
opposition
to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), and now in Trump’s electoral victory.
At that time, political
opposition
was weak and diffuse, yet there were many public initiatives pursuing non-political goals, which inevitably led to confrontation with the Kremlin-imposed order.
From motorists to volunteer ecologists,
opposition
groups seemed narrow.
And their
opposition
to specific government policies led to the massive political protests against Putin’s return to the presidency in 2012.
Alexey Navalny, the anti-corruption lawyer and the best-known remaining
opposition
leader, has faced everything from fake lawsuits to “patriots” spraying him with toxic chemicals.
The opposition, despite holding a majority in the National Assembly, knows that it must negotiate with the executive branch, which is still led by Maduro.
One of the key challenges the
opposition
faces is what to do about the massive transfers of wealth to Cuba that began in 2004.
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