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In recent weeks, thirty-six human rights activists, members of the alternative press, and
representatives
of the emerging civil rights movement have been imprisoned and may be tried.
If enacted, US
representatives
would be instructed to vote against loans to Nicaragua from all multilateral lenders, and the US government would have to compile and publicize a list of corrupt Nicaraguan officials.
The summary, signed by
representatives
of the more than 190 countries meeting this week in the United Arab Emirates, concludes that renewable energy is an increasingly practical and highly promising option.
If they do not act fast to re-establish themselves as credible and effective
representatives
of voters’ interests, they risk fading into the political background, allowing irresponsible populists gradually to take center stage.
He was denied meetings with senior government leaders,
representatives
of ethnic minorities and political opposition groups.
Instead, they are controlled by a small group of cronies – former KGB officers, ministers, and senior officials in the president’s administration – who act as Putin’s personal
representatives.
Such a combination would force the ECB to be even more rigid in an economy where the employed and their
representatives
(trade unions) are preoccupied exclusively with protecting existing jobs and excluding outsiders, i.e. the unemployed.
Our research departments, universities, and think tanks have to generate ideas that India’s
representatives
can use.
In this model, informed and engaged citizens directly set the agenda for their
representatives
(though not with the Greeks’ narrowly circumscribed definition of who is a citizen).
In fact, the screening’s organizers had warned that the turnout might be small, because
representatives
from the mainland had been pressuring students to attend a National Day celebration instead.
Now, we will move for the suspension of Burma’s membership of ASEAN unless Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners are released and clear progress towards democracy is made through negotiations involving the Aung’s National League for Democracy and
representatives
of the various ethnic groups.
To support peace, the agreement created a power-sharing government in Northern Ireland, with
representatives
from both sides of the conflict.
Notably, crowdfunding platforms must provide communication channels “through which investors can communicate with one another and with
representatives
of the issuer about offerings made available.”
But political
representatives
are elected to advance the interests of the people who put them in office.
The Commission should include business leaders and cabinet-level
representatives
of the Trump administration, like Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao and National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn.
This effort will be coordinated by
representatives
in seven newly established vice-presidential positions, and spearheaded by the first vice president to have a portfolio focused on “better regulation.”
The voice of the people (or rather, the People) is not heard through their elected
representatives
in government, but directly through plebiscites.
The vogue for referendums today reflects distrust of political
representatives.
Direct democracy will not reestablish people's confidence in their political
representatives.
Those who defend the Party's bloody crackdown of those students have no right to call themselves the
representatives
of the majority of the people.
After all, far-right
representatives
allied with powerful business lobbies dominate Brazil’s new congress.
Representatives
from Venezuela and Chile are also attending the negotiations.
What remains certain is that no democratic transition can be complete without elected
representatives
exercising meaningful control over the security services and the armed forces.
The Commonwealth’s Missed OpportunityMELBOURNE – Last weekend,
representatives
of 54 countries, mostly heads of government, attended the bi-annual Commonwealth Meeting.
One potential solution would be for regional
representatives
to be empowered to negotiate on behalf of groups of states.
One elected chamber might be reserved only for Communist Party members, the other for
representatives
elected by ordinary Chinese.
Such a tricameral legislature, its proponents believe, would better ensure that political decisions are made by more educated and enlightened representatives, thereby avoiding the rank populism of Western-style elected factions.
Indeed, the interests of the inhabitants of the three areas – Palestine, Jordan, and Israel – are so intertwined that their
representatives
will have no choice but to come to terms with one another if negotiations are to succeed.
Last week,
representatives
from 69 countries met at the UN in New York, and an expert group meets this week.
A newly passed bill – clearly aimed at Israeli Arabs’
representatives
in the Knesset (parliament) – would allow MKs to be dismissed for disloyalty to the state.
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