Sentence examples for centralizing powers from inspiring English sources

In 1982, Paul Biya became president of Cameroon and over time he created a one-party state, centralizing powers.

Since taking power Xi has initiated the most concerted anti-corruption effort in decades, while centralizing powers in the office of CPC General Secretary at the expense of the collective leadership which has led foreign commentators to liken him to Mao.

Voters who accuse her of centralizing power say it is time for change.

It was the city's conservative business elite that insisted on centralizing power in the hands of bureaucrats and educators.

Harper was known for centralizing power around the prime minister's office during his tenure and dominating the policy decisions being implemented by his own ministers.

Critics say the center-right Hungarian government is centralizing power and adopting populist policies with a nationalist edge, a charge rejected by the government in Budapest.

Republicans depict the president as having governed just to the left of Hugo Chávez, nationalizing companies while centralizing power in the hands of the federal bureaucracy.

Mayer's book looks at how the Bush Administration — specifically a coterie of lawyers who reported to Dick Cheney — responded to 9/11 by centralizing power in the executive branch and loosening the rules banning torture.

Centralizing power in the hands of the state, which is Smiley's implied alternative to free markets, will not make things better.

Opposition to Gaddafi's rule was especially strong in eastern Libya as many people there accused him of centralizing power in Tripoli and neglecting the east economically and socially.

Second, a new constitution was installed, centralizing power in the executive.