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He came in second in recent parliamentary elections. Netanyahu wants centrist rivals to join him in a unity coalition.

He said he had only a modest role as director general of sports and parliamentary leader of the Falangist movement.

A determined prime minister with a majority of parliamentary seats, therefore, can pretty much get his way.

"We have 320 years of history in London . . . We have absolutely no intention of changing that, " he told a parliamentary committee one day.

He said Chairman Wu's visit is of great significance to promoting Singapore-China relations and bilateral parliamentary exchanges.

As if to prove the point, Mr Yates told his parliamentary tormentors that his own phone had almost certainly been hacked.

Mr Singh narrowly won the parliamentary vote, which had been called over a controversial civil-nuclear deal with the United States.

Mr Fini responded by taking 33 deputies with him to form a new parliamentary group, thus depriving Mr Berlusconi of a majority.

However, a senior Goldman banker told a UK parliamentary committee last week that the bank should have been more transparent.

Meanwhile, rumour became rife in the American press and there was the prospect of Parliamentary reactions in London.

Votes are being counted in Nigeria's parliamentary elections which had been postponed for a week because of a lack of readiness.

But his parliamentary immunity has been lifted, at his own request, and he says he expects to be arrested over the casino deal.

Sarkozy said he was determined to see the law passed and accused the opposition of parliamentary manoeuvring.

Even if it scrapes through on Thursday, Mr Prodi's sprawling alliance is at risk of limping from one parliamentary drama to the next.

Denying all parliamentary authority over the colonies, he insisted that the king was the only political tie with Great Britain.

Yet, in terms of votes, the party did significantly worse than it had done in the previous parliamentary elections, in 2007.

But there was an immediate price, as the lone dissenter from Prime Minister Papandreou's parliamentary party was quickly dispelled.

According to a leaked document, parliamentary elections were to be held in two rounds, giving the winning party total control.

To be represented in Parliament, a party must win at least 10% of the national vote in a national parliamentary election.

British Prime Minister Major rushed back from Pakistan yesterday for a crucial parliamentary vote after a week-long South Asian tour.

This move comes just a few days before parliamentary elections on March 7, prompting some to allege that the rehiring step is political.

But the Congress Party is taking no chances, and is busy trying to cobble together parliamentary support to ensure its survival.

Further agony is added by his decision that the decree should be transformed into a full-blown parliamentary bill.

The next step is for a parliamentary committee to consider the regulations, so far without a deadline.

Just days earlier, he said he would quit if he failed to win parliamentary passage of legislation extending the mission, AP reported.

The priority is to turn the country into a parliamentary republic with a figurehead presidency within six months.

A week earlier he was also in North Korea with a parliamentary delegation.

With his hard line, Mr Sarkozy seems to be behind a ban, although he will now await the outcome of the parliamentary mission.

Politicians now contending for the parliamentary "throne" might be advised to read about this Henry VII guy.

'Democracy can only move forward within the parliamentary system, ' he said.

A powerful cross-party parliamentary committee has strongly criticized the British government for its handling of the war in Afghanistan.

China's annual parliamentary session is to open next week, with economic reform and social issues expected to be a core focus.

For a petition even to be considered as the subject of a parliamentary debate, it must attract 100, 000 signatures.

The parliamentary institution attracts people of the badger type, who do not like the open light.

(Meeting of the) parliamentary members of a particular political party or any other legislature.

A woman holds her identification card as she waits to cast her vote during the second round of parliamentary elections in Giza, Egypt.

The president said he'd step down by January next year, but only after organising parliamentary elections.

Nonetheless, Mr Bhatti said he would vote for Mr Mukhtar 's brother, Fazal Mukhtar , the local PML(Q) parliamentary candidate.

On Saturday, President Victor Yushchenko said the country will hold early parliamentary elections with no conditions.

However, its legal advisers believe that such a change would require parliamentary legislation, something the City is keen to avoid.

With parliamentary elections scheduled for the coming week, the next several days look just as rough as the past few.

Her problems stem partly from having to juggle her own agenda against that of the parliamentary allies on whom her survival depends.

The problem is exacerbated by the fact that five months after parliamentary elections, a Lebanese government is only now being formed.

Sunday's result signals continued support for AK in the run-up to nationwide parliamentary elections that must be held by next June.

Since the adoption of the 1990 Constitution, Croatia has been a parliamentary democracy.

A report by a parliamentary committee in May was more positive towards well-regulated cracking.

We conceive the establishment of a consultative Parliamentary Assembly at the United Nations as an indispensable step.

Ordering the parliamentary inquiry, the prime minister, David Cameron, said the situation was "unsustainable" .

At least 10 people have been killed in an upsurge of violence in Nigeria on the eve of Saturday's parliamentary elections.

One of the major purposes of his current visit is to strengthen parliamentary exchanges.

A BBC Baghdad correspondent, however, says critics have questioned the government's timing with parliamentary elections only a week away.

Those are the conclusions of a much-awaited parliamentary committee report on the British press.

As you know, sir, we also have a parliamentary system of government similar to yours.

With most of the prominent reformists blocked from competing, the parliamentary elections turned into a contest of conservative factions.

The political opposition must also be able to present credible candidates at next year's parliamentary elections.

"It has been a difficult time, a difficult day and difficult letters are on the way, " he told the parliamentary Labour party.

Considered from the point of the traditional parliamentary democracy, the import of EU's democracy is insufficient.

The opposition was more silent than outspoken, making its weight felt through parliamentary obstructionism.

The military have conceded for the first time that parliamentary elections due to be held in September might be delayed.

President Zardari used the beginning of a new parliamentary year to offer an olive branch to the opposition.

Finally, the conditions to have credible presidential and parliamentary elections do not exist as yet.

She said that several countries needed to get parliamentary approval for the plan, which would take some weeks.

The Big Giant makes his way past the Reichstag (Germany's parliamentary building) in Berlin on October 3, 2009.

This coverage meant people could keep themselves informed about parliamentary events although they may have been unable to vote.

This had not been allowed since 1873, to safeguard parliamentary independence.

On the face of it, this horse-trading is odd (though stitch-ups of the parliamentary presidency are quite normal).

The younger Mr Harper might well have agreed it would be better to share out the existing number of parliamentary seats.

Benazir Bhutto was campaigning for parliamentary elections when she was murdered as she left a mass political rally in Rawalpindi .

The crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant was "a profoundly man-made disaster" , a Japanese parliamentary panel has said in a report.

It said the 26-year-old was a parliamentary candidate, citing unidentified sources.

Any referendum over Kirkuk's status may be at least as dangerous as national parliamentary elections.

Mr. Vejjajiva's reconciliation plan calls for holding parliamentary elections on November 14, about a year ahead of schedule.

However, they were committed to a referendum on June 27th, in which voters would be asked to approve a switch to a parliamentary system.

"Blessings Upon the Land of My Love" , a floor painting, evoked the violence of Pakistan's troubled parliamentary republic.

Quirk of the parliamentary system though it may be, Italian politics appears to be pretty forgiving to those with economic black marks.

In other parliamentary systems too, the prime minister is not always popularly elected.

Voters turned out in record numbers to participate in this year's parliamentary election, the eleventh since Singapore gained independence.

It says it won't field a candidate for president and will contest only a bit more than one-third of parliamentary seats.

British parliamentary committee visited the islands in 2008 and found a "palpable climate of fear" .

But in a non-parliamentary system, built on checks and balances and a separation of powers, parliamentary parties simply cannot work.

After five years of minority government, the Conservative Party won a parliamentary majority in Canada's federal election.

The elections office is poorly prepared, as usual, and legislation to increase the number of parliamentary seats has not been passed.

In the run-up to presidential and parliamentary elections next year, Mr Erdogan would do well to avoid fanning that mood.

More than a third of Afghanistan's eligible voters turned out on September 18th, defying the Taliban to vote in parliamentary elections.

parliamentary democracy in countries the number of political parties may also be due to different electoral system, there is a discrepancy.

To the members of our parliamentary caucus: I have been privileged to work with each and every one of you.

The Sunnis make up about one-fourth of the population, but won only a few parliamentary seats, because of a boycott of the elections.

These electors must be on the register of parliamentary electors for the constituency where the candidate wishes to stand.

However, parliamentary question is not without limitations with respect to its rules and procedures and function.

With luck, Thailand's political elite has tired of its internecine strife, and normal parliamentary politics are about to resume.

With luck, Thailand's political elite has tired of its internecine strife, and normal parliamentary politics are about to resume.

Activists are demanding faster political reform, but the military has said parliamentary elections may have to be postponed.

If they are proud of what they are doing, why do we need to ask Parliamentary questions for this to come to light?

Some news just in: a vote by the parliamentary colleagues of the Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen on his leadership has ended in Dublin.

And no citizen should even think of turning up to sample the cut and thrust of parliamentary debate.

Egypt is due to hold parliamentary elections in September, although no exact date has yet been given for a presidential vote.

Danish Constitution, at least once every four years parliamentary elections.

Parliamentary elections are scheduled for October, but officials said they might be held a month earlier to speed the transition.

It was an argument echoed by many others, on both sides of the House, in the parliamentary debate about the violence.

The regime conveniently decided to reserve one-quarter of parliamentary seats and many top ministerial posts for military appointees.

Several big issues remain unresolved: What will the Muslim Brotherhood do with its forty-seven per cent chunk of parliamentary platform?

The elections are being seen as a vote on Mister Maliki's leadership ahead of national parliamentary elections to be held later this year.

Germany's Angela Merkel, who criticised Russia's parliamentary election, telephoned to say she could work well with Mr Medvedev.

Demonstrators protested against the number of observers allowed at polling stations during upcoming parliamentary elections.

These programmes are all governed by some type of regulation, ranging from a parliamentary law to a policy within the ministry of health.

And yet, against this background, Egypt now has to allow political parties to form and hold parliamentary and presidential elections.

The present government's coalition is highly unusual for the UK, which typically gives the leading party a strong parliamentary majority.

"All models that depend on ECB participation are off the table, " Mrs Merkel insisted in her parliamentary address.

Parliamentary system is a basic form of expression of constitutional democracy, and also is the focus of the core issues.

Not so long ago Britain's political establishment was laid low by the media furore over fiddled parliamentary expenses.

Executives of the Anglo-Dutch oil company Shell have been defending their Nigerian operations at a parliamentary hearing in the Netherlands.

Vietnamese lawmakers have elected a new parliamentary leader as part of a government reshuffle by the ruling Communist Party.

If true, that would be a bigger change in Myanmar than all those hours of bogus parliamentary debate.

The parliamentary standards bill creates new criminal offences to be policed by a full time parliamentary investigator.

I hoped Rupert Murdoch might use his day in the parliamentary hot seat to make this point.

like Dicey's parliamentary sovereignty, was not in any way a normative principle, a principle capable of limiting government.

The interim government will draft a new constitution to be approved by national referendum, followed by a parliamentary election.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday the weekend's parliamentary elections were a demonstration of confidence in his rule.

In a live television address, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi said next week's parliamentary elections will not be cancelled.

On the day of the rating downgrade the government lost five parliamentary votes, largely because some PdL deputies failed to turn up.

He would have little trouble finding parliamentary support from business-friendly nationalist parties in Catalonia and the Basque country.

As parliamentary and presidential polls this autumn draw near, politicians are again tempted to turn to the supernatural for help.

It has a strong parliamentary majority and surprisingly high poll ratings.

The parliamentary draft appears to ban EU investors from placing money with any offshore funds that do not meet European rules.

American parties now function like European parliamentary ones, ideologically pure and with tight discipline.

The author clearly admires his subject for his political longevity, his commitment to peace and his parliamentary and electoral management.

But as the mutinous streets of France and Greece suggest, resistance to the cuts will not be confined to parliamentary high politics.

With one candidate per seat, North Korea's parliamentary elections might appear to offer little prospect of a surprise result.

For a start, Mr Lee will retain the parliamentary seat that he won, uncontested, in the general election on May 7th.

Mr Musharraf must hope his opponents will at least fail to win a two-thirds parliamentary majority.

The two books -- weighty discourses on international relations and parliamentary debates -- were checked out on October 5, 1789.

A parliamentary committee that was set up to consider constitutional amendments recently submitted its proposals.

Egyptians voted in the first parliamentary elections since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak; Islamist parties were the big winners.

IT DID not take long for the international community to give Saturday's parliamentary election a big thumbs-up.

The head of government is a prime minister appointed by the president with parliamentary approval.

That it struggled to hold a parliamentary seat against an absent opponent bodes ill for a general poll.

South Korea's state intelligence agency said in a parliamentary report yesterday that Kim is "in a recoverable and manageable state" .

Many coalition MPs want every ESM rescue put to a parliamentary vote, which would make it unworkable.

Last month he became the sentimental favorite in a parliamentary vote for the office of president.

It has been suggested that, prior to the Union, parliamentary sovereignty was a principle only of English law, not of Scottish law.

We appeal to the United Nations and the governments of its member states to establish a Parliamentary Assembly at the United Nations.

They were demanding a new security law and a ban on criminals holding parliamentary seats, as well as urging people to vote.

The form of single proportional electoral rule is the core of the parliamentary electoral system in Israel .

Shia political parties in Iraq have been staging mass demonstrations ahead of an emergency parliamentary debate later today.

Giving evidence to a parliamentary committee, its director-general, Giampaolo Galli, appealed for policies to boost competitiveness.

As Azerbaijan prepares for parliamentary elections on 7 November, opposition bloggers are unhappy with the conduct of the vote so far.

Belgium has lacked a functioning parliamentary majority for more than a year, ever since its last national election on June 13, 2010.

At present, around the "parliamentary elections and the electoral Act, " the atmosphere of the House of Lords has become extremely fierce.

So in the recent parliamentary and presidential elections they twice voted heavily for a continuation of the "Putin system" .

Alex Salmond, the party's leader, said a referendum on Scottish independence would be held in the second half of the parliamentary term.

As a parliamentary candidate in his home town of Bristol, I was shocked at how obscure he had become, compared with Brunel.

The party does not need a huge leap in parliamentary seats to win the next election.

No mention is made of King Mohammed's promise, which came in a speech in March, of moving towards a parliamentary monarchy.

Putin recently created a "People's Front" to help steer his United Russia party to victory in December's parliamentary elections.

The Egyptian government has rejected calls to allow international monitoring of parliamentary elections to be held next Sunday.

The head of the cabinet and often also the chief executive of a parliamentary democracy.

Under Russian law a parliamentary ruling must be voted on twice and then ratified by the President.

To the system over the coming years will be added other types of information of parliamentary interest.

Egyptians began to vote in parliamentary elections that will be spread out over six weeks.

That's not to say the parliamentary system explanation for Berlusconi's longevity is by any means the most fun.

Still, members of the Fatah parliamentary bloc refused to participate in the new cabinet, saying it was formed without proper consultation.

It has somnolent universities, little history of individual dissent and no recent parliamentary tradition.

Meanwhile, mainstream parties have been savagely discredited by the scandal over parliamentary expenses.

The critics point to a recent parliamentary by-election in a safe seat, which the UMP held by only the thinnest of threads.

But the DPP is still reeling from its losses in this year's parliamentary and presidential elections.

Inexpensive, throwaway clothes -- hugely popular in the UK -- have been criticised in a parliamentary report.

But in December, it dominated parliamentary elections, winning about half of the seats up for grabs.

China's annual parliamentary session is to open on Saturday, with Premier Wen Jiabao to deliver his annual report.

Lord Stern, who said that he was not a strict vegetarian himself, was speaking on the eve of an all-parliamentary debate on climate change.

Turkey holds parliamentary elections. The Tony Awards are doled out in New York.

Belgium is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy that evolved after World War II from a unitary state to a federal state.

The group is expected to make a strong showing in landmark parliamentary elections on January 25 .

Up to now, RAI has been seen as answerable only to a parliamentary committee.

The Inter-Parliamentary Union says it is delighted with the recent release of two Colombian hostages kidnapped by the FARC guerrilla group.

If they wanted me to attempt to buy positive coverage, or do parliamentary lobbying, however, that's a different question.

And Britain has a government with an unassailable parliamentary position unlike, say, the Schroeder government in Germany.

IN THE end, Thailand's ruling coalition sailed through what had been billed as a serious parliamentary test of strength.

Under UK law, members of parliament cannot be prosecuted for claims made during parliamentary proceedings.

Then semi-free elections in 2005 created a real parliamentary opposition in the form of 88 members of the Muslim Brotherhood.

electoral system for parliamentary elections, the last batch of opinion polls make very grim reading for the Yes camp.

To be snubbed in a parliamentary canteen seems as daunting as being put against a bullet-dented wall.

Ever since Viktor Orban's Fidesz party won two-thirds of the parliamentary seats in April's general election, the signals have been ominous.

If Mr Yanukovich fails to build a new coalition, he will have to call a new parliamentary election.

The president appoints a prime minister as head of government who in turn assembles a cabinet, both subject to parliamentary approval.

Gross says flaws in the presidential vote were a repeat of the same ones that occurred in December's parliamentary election.

Detectives have yet to make any arrests but have been liaising closely with the Crown Prosecution Service and parliamentary Fees Office.

In August he promised to reform the system of press censorship. He also set up a parliamentary committee to review the electoral system.

Murdoch and his son James Murdoch, 19, also attended the British parliamentary hearing, to answer questions.

In Algeria, too, a rich array of serious-minded parties is allowed to compete for parliamentary seats.

This week the parliamentary floor leader of the ruling Grand National Party echoed the president's sentiments.

If it wins control of the council or a parliamentary seat, it will be time, Mr Travers concludes, "to press the panic button" .

The Zimbabwe Election Commission's latest results indicate that the MDC and its allies will have an historic, small, parliamentary majority.

For better or for worse, a new political dynamic out of the parliamentary process will exist after the election.

With parliamentary and presidential elections three and six months away respectively, Russia's political season is in full swing.

Following a March referendum, Egyptian parliamentary and presidential elections are scheduled for September and November, respectively.

The Parliamentary Inspector is responsible for investigating complaints against the Commission or its officers and reports to the JSC.

Japan's prime minister, Naoto Kan, holds a parliamentary debate with the opposition, the first since the tsunami.

No one disputes that the opposition Orange Democratic Movement swept aside government parties in the parliamentary vote.

After some batterings at the hands of David Cameron, he is now a solid parliamentary performer, often riling the prime minister.

Parliamentary parties have been fighting in the streets for about one and a half years now.

The parliamentary arithmetic does not sustain any alternative candidate for prime minister except Mr Netanyahu.

One of Cromwell's generals George Monck, occupied London and arranged for new parliamentary elections.

Youth Parliament is held every Parliamentary term and gives young New Zealanders the opportunity to experience life in the shoes of an MP.

The reconciliation bill was part of the Democratic leadership's parliamentary manoeuvre to avoid a filibuster in the Senate.

Lupu fully agreed with Chairman Wu's comments on bilateral relations and his suggestions on strengthening parliamentary exchanges.

The bill will no doubt become law eventually because the GNP has a comfortable parliamentary majority.

Mr Maliki, running a small party in an unruly coalition, has both provincial and parliamentary elections ahead.

in january this year , the first ever parliamentary delegation to visit the macau sar legislative assembly came from the united states.

It is also important to get the word out to parliamentary science committees.

Swept into power by the Cedar revolution, the younger Hariri and his allies have held parliamentary majorities, but only just.

The latest violence comes as Pakistanis are gearing up for parliamentary elections next month.

Hanegbi, who heads the parliamentary Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, also denies allegations that Mr. Olmert mishandled the war.

Henry VII, the main work is to strengthen the royal post, it increases the king revenue dependence on parliamentary practice.

MPs from all three major parties condemned the firm's attempt to prevent the reporting of parliamentary proceedings.

For responsibility arises only from personal duty and not from the obligations that rest with a parliamentary assembly of empty talkers.

The MQM has threatened to quit the federal government, which could reduce it to a parliamentary minority.

We each have the right to suspect the motives of the doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty.

The number of women in national parliaments around the world averages about 18% of total parliamentary seats and is 19. 3% for Asia-Pacific.

Lebanon declared a national mourning day, and a parliamentary session was canceled.

During the war, the courtship and parliamentary proceedings, whatever you do is fair.

In a parliamentary career of 36 years, she spent only six in a party of any size.

Mr. Kim personally presided over a parliamentary session where the changes were approved.

Mr Tusk heads a stable coalition with a solid parliamentary majority (unknown in modern Polish history).

Hazare says a parliamentary discussion alone is not enough to fix India's endemic corruption.

William was a parliamentary opponent of William Wilberforce, a leading abolitionist.

Robert Fico's reign as Slovakia's prime minister looked set to end when his coalition partners performed badly in a parliamentary election.

A parliamentary investigation concluded that the intelligence services, stretched thin, had done their best.

One of the panellists suggested the UK parliamentary elections.

As soon as the verdict was announced, a parliamentary supporter flatly announced that Ukraine's trade pact with Europe is now dead.

A parliamentary inquiry later underlined the need for young, inexperienced judges not to work alone.

For a start, he will retain the parliamentary seat that he won (uncontested) in the general election on May 7th.

He served as the President of the Parliamentary Commission for Territory Administration, Local Power and Environment from 1985 to 1988.

The bomb attacks have been probed in a criminal trial and parliamentary investigations.

Most parliamentary governments have a symbolic head of state in the form of a president or monarch.

James Murdoch admitted in testimony to the parliamentary committee that the payout was for "illegal voice mail interception. "

A dedicated Maoist, Mr Bhattarai was instrumental in his party's decision to join parliamentary politics and thus end the monarchy's rule.

Perhaps it was meant to liven up Russian political life before parliamentary elections in December and next year's presidential vote.

Belgium's parliamentary speaker, Herman van Rompuy, was asked to form a government after the collapse of the coalition led by Yves Leterme.

A: We congratulate Prime Minister Erdogan's Justice and Development Party on its victory in the Turkish Parliamentary election once again.

In an interview, former Parliamentary President Nino Burjanadze termed the Russian pullout claim disingenuous .

Lawmakers approved a measure Thursday allowing citizens to vote by mobile phone in the next parliamentary elections in 2011.

Instead, he is expected to form a minority government, seeking parliamentary support from left or right as the occasion demands.

Generally speaking , previous parliamentary policy debates ignored the relevance of transparency .

Preliminary counting has begun following presidential and parliamentary elections in the autonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq.

Others declared it was backing a call by some opposition parties to boycott parliamentary elections scheduled for next month.

For those who were entitled to the vote, parliamentary elections could be turbulent and lively, sometimes even violent.

What is Canada's system of government called Canada's government system is called a parliamentary system .

A parliamentary committee representing all political parties appoints a person to investigate private grievances against the State.

On Friday, in the space of a couple of hours, several parliamentary committees and other press watchdogs announced their own inquiries.

Election officials say the Awami League overwhelmingly was the dominant party in the first parliamentary election here in seven years.