Representative
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Such a
representative
must be given sufficient resources to do the job.
The assignment of exceptionally broad powers to the executive president under the new constitution reflects a populist vision of government according to which the elected leader, as the true
representative
of the nation, should not be hindered in pursuing the nation’s interests.
In this Abba Eban was a true
representative
of the people he so gloriously represented.
Catherine Ashton, the EU’s vice-president and high
representative
for foreign affairs and security policy, has proposed a Partnership for Democracy and Shared Prosperity with the Southern Mediterranean, which contains a host of useful measures, including facilitation of visas for students, academics, and business people.
The G-20 seems more
representative
than the Security Council – and more imbued with common purpose.
If the survey’s results are
representative
of broader trends, one of the world’s most important pillars of democracy – a free and open press – is in jeopardy.
Based on a survey of more than 150,000
representative
individuals, the report provides a birds-eye view of patterns and regularities in data pertaining to finance and financial inclusion – such as saving behavior, use of mobile money, and preferred modes of sending and receiving remittances – in 140 economies.
They were probably exercised by only a minority of people even at the time when Mill wrote on
representative
government.
Ahmadinejad is a
representative
of the younger activists in the anti-Shah revolution of a quarter-century ago.
Indeed, the only Ukrainian in attendance was a
representative
of the energy giant DTEK, owned by Rinat Akhmetov, the country’s richest oligarch.
Zhenhua Xie, Chinese President Hu Jintao’s special
representative
on climate change, has stated categorically that China has no other choice than to pursue sustainable development.
As an opponent of the military dictatorship that ruled his country years ago, Lula advocated respect for human rights, free and fair elections, and
representative
democracy.
But it is not inclusive enough to serve as the Syrian opposition’s sole
representative.
This is why many of the leftist politicians who came to power in the last two decades pledged to make media more
representative
of voiceless and marginalized communities.
They say that the corruption during Correa’s presidency was no worse than under previous governments, and they applaud his government’s efforts to rein in the media, which they view as dishonest and
representative
of right-wing, corporate interests.
Earlier this month, the Peruvian
representative
at the UN Human Rights Council– with support from 53 member states – chastised the Venezuelan regime for still not changing its ways.
Indeed, the specific mix of markets, state, and society should be the subject of national decisions adopted by
representative
authorities.
Shia have an interest in supporting the central government because they believe that their demographic weight (60% of Iraq’s population) means that
representative
democracy will guarantee them the right to rule and protect them from Sunni demands and attacks.
America's goal--an Iraq that is intact, possesses a
representative
government, and respects the rule of law--is no pipe dream, particularly in view of the country's educated population and sizable middle class.
As long as governments were friendly and backed regional stability, there was no need for outsiders to encourage
representative
government.
They are not against
representative
democracy as such: they just want different representatives – people whom they consider morally pure.
Populists can live with
representative
democracy; what they cannot accept is political pluralism and the notion of legitimate opposition.
The US may be one of the world’s most successful democracies, with regular elections and a
representative
government that is supposed to be – in Abraham Lincoln’s famous phrase – “of the people, by the people, for the people.”
In fact, statistics on past stock market performance mislead because of what statisticians call “selection bias,” which occurs when the sample from which a statistic is derived is not
representative
of all the data.
But such statements have yet to coalesce into a coherent pro-European story – not least because, with the exception of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Renzi is the only winning
representative
of mainstream orthodoxy in a debate bedeviled by xenophobic and “anti-systemic” movements.
The Bush administration, in thrall to the idea of regime change, ignored this initiative and rejected the “Big Deal” on nuclear energy negotiated with the EU-3 in Paris in November 2004 by Rouhani, who was then Khamenei’s
representative
and Chairman of Iran’s National Security Council.
So how can countries ensure that putting public policy to a direct vote does not undermine the quality of decision-making in a
representative
democracy?
Journalists who claim otherwise are not a
representative
sample, even in Western countries.
In addition, Rogozin is a pro-Putin politician, which is also very important to the bulk of voters, and he has managed to confirm this not only verbally, but also bureaucratically, by his work as the president's special
representative
for Kaliningrad Oblast affairs.
To be sure, no country got everything it wanted; but every country got a stronger, more globally
representative
institution.
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