Parliamentary System

‘BLACK OPS’: UK’s Conservative, Brexit PM Candidate Under Barrage From Establishment

Edit Breitbart 10 Jul 2016

In the UK’s parliamentary democracy, if a Prime Minister resigns, the party that won the last election gets to choose the next leader of the country without a general election, because in such a system, the PM is not directly elected like a President....

Cameron calls vote on U.K. renewal of nuclear deterrent that may split Labour Party

Edit Japan Times 10 Jul 2016

Prime Minister David Cameron wants U.K. lawmakers to vote on whether to renew the country’s nuclear weapons system on July 18, ordering a parliamentary ballot that may heighten divisions in the main opposition Labour Party. Cameron, who promised to step down by September after losing a referendum over whether the U.K. should remain in the appeared first on The Japan Times . > ... ....

Justice on trial

Edit The Himalayan 10 Jul 2016

Sushila Karki (left), nominated for the vacant position of Chief Justice of Nepal, faces the parliamentary hearing, at the Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee meeting, in Kathmandu, on Sunday, July 10, 2016. Sushila Karki (left), nominated for the vacant position of Chief Justice of Nepal, faces the parliamentary hearing, at the Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee meeting, in Kathmandu, on Sunday, July 10, 2016 ... ....

Sushila Karki confirmed for Chief Justice appointment

Edit The Himalayan 10 Jul 2016

Sushila Karki, nominated for the vacant position of Chief Justice of Nepal, faces the parliamentary hearing, at the Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee meeting, in Kathmandu, on Sunday, July 10, 2016 ... The Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee on Sunday unanimously endorsed the name of Justice Sushila Karki for the vacant position of Chief Justice at the Supreme Court of Nepal....

Prominent Cambodian activist Kem Ley 'shot dead'

Edit BBC News 10 Jul 2016

Cambodia became a multi-party democracy in 1993, but opponents accuse the prime minister of running a violent and authoritarian system ... The CNRP initially boycotted its parliamentary seats but later reached an agreement with the CPP ... ....

Economy, security key issues as Japan votes for upper house

Edit Atlanta Journal 10 Jul 2016

He has not touched on the other part of his agenda, which is to have Japan assert itself more as a military power.A voters select candidates before casting their ballots in Japan's upper house parliamentary elections at a polling station in Tokyo, Sunday, July 10, 2016 ... A voter casts her ballot in Japan's upper house parliamentary election at a polling station in Tokyo, Sunday, July 10, 2016....

ND renews call for Plan X inquiry as Galbraith points to PM's role

Edit Kathimerini 10 Jul 2016

Greece’s conservative opposition has reiterated a demand for a parliamentary inquiry into the events leading up to the country’s third bailout agreement and, in particular, the so-called Plan X, a contingency scheme hammered out by former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis to be activated in case Greece exited the euro area....

Federal election 2016: Time this country pulled together

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 10 Jul 2016

The whole system has experienced a crisis of confidence and it will take the enlightened efforts of political leaders on all sides to restore some level of equilibrium. ... An us-and-them division meant smarter solutions up the middle on national and distributional problems had been ignored in the adversarial mindset and architecture of the system itself....

Estate developer to place widows on company's payroll

Edit Modern Ghana 10 Jul 2016

By GNA. By D.I ... Mr Danyansah, who is also the parliamentary aspirant of the Progressive Peoples Party in Obuasi East Constituency, urged government to make rights and needs of widows a priority in policy making. He said several financial leakages in the system through corrupt acts and bad policies could have been redirected to investments in women's skills development as well as child education programmes to empower them in society ... GNA....

Sushila Karki confirmed as Nepal's first woman chief justice

Edit Deccan Herald 10 Jul 2016

The appointment of Sushila Karki as Nepal's first woman chief justice was today unanimously endorsed by a parliamentary panel, setting the stage for her to take charge at the Supreme Court to lead the judiciary ... Speaking at the hearing by the Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee, Karki told lawmakers that the ......

Sushila Karki confirmed Nepal’s first woman chief justice

Edit Deccan Chronicle 10 Jul 2016

The appointment of Sushila Karki as Nepal’s first woman chief justice was on Sunday unanimously endorsed by a parliamentary panel, setting the stage for her to take charge at the Supreme Court to lead the judiciary ... Speaking at the hearing by the Parliamentary Hearing Special Committee, Karki told lawmakers that ......

Touching base is healthy and encouraging

Edit The Malta Independent 10 Jul 2016

As Minister Farrugia himself said during this session, my Parliamentary Secretariat is the best performer with regard to electoral manifesto implementation ... Parliamentary debates. This week my parliamentary activity was also interesting....

Euan McColm: Prepare for Corbyn-style coup in the Tories

Edit Scotsman 10 Jul 2016

WHEN, thanks to nominations from parliamentary colleagues who consider him an idiot, Jeremy Corbyn last year made it on to the ballot paper in Labour’s leadership election, the early consensus was that there was no way a modern party would ever elect someone so deeply rooted in the politics of the past ... His parliamentary party looks weaker and more divided than any in living memory....

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