Sentence examples for called for abstention from inspiring English sources

Those in the opposition who called for abstention in past elections (claiming that the electoral authority was not impartial) have this time called on their supporters to vote, whereas in the chavista camp, there are signs of apathy.

But the internal divisions became more apparent this year, especially during the run-up to regional elections on Oct. 15, as some elements of the opposition called for abstention to protest what they considered an undemocratic system heavily rigged in favor of candidates from Mr. Maduro's party, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela.

A commission of experts set up to analyse their allegations of fraud called for voter abstention, compounding the damage.

It fielded Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour as its primary candidate, while Le Pen called for voter abstention.

Despite being the only nationalist candidate, he failed to gain the support of a united far-right, as the various groups either rallied behind other candidates or called for voter abstention.

In the days of yore, calls for masturbatory abstention were the sententious dictums of people like John Harvey Kellogg and priests, the latter of whom were probably into their favourite choirboys even then.

If, at a gathering, there are people opposed to pot smoking, then abstention or special discretion are called for.

Little wonder that many Benflis supporters called for a boycott this time around and an abstention rate of up to 80% was forecast.

The measure, passed by a vote of 9 to 0 with six abstentions, warned against outside interference in the Lebanese elections and called for the removal of all foreign troops.

Abstention rates could be as high as 80% after Islamist and other opposition parties called for a boycott.

Despite the apparently universal wish of Council members to give an unambiguous United Nations mandate to such an intervention, first called for by Secretary General Kofi Annan a month ago, a single paragraph in the final text of the resolution prompted three abstentions.