Sentence examples for competent parties from inspiring English sources

"If we talk about the parties influencing fates of municipalities, regions or the whole country, they must be serious, solid, competent parties having [the] support of our people," the Russian news agency Itar-Tass reported the president as saying yesterday.

In a general sense, we therefore have evidence that these respondents do have a good understanding of what competence means and what a competent party would look like.

"Perhaps a more competent party — but that's a best-case scenario".

The Liberal Democrats are proving ourselves to be a mature and competent party of Government and I am proud that we have met our obligations.

He told The House magazine: "As a party we have held our nerve and proved ourselves as a confident and competent party of government, remaining united and firm while making tough choices which are right for the country".

His pitch will be that the Lib Dems must gain credit for the emerging economic recovery and drive home the idea that they are a competent party of government.

Republicans may have a difficult task convincing voters that they are the more competent party, however.

Why did you choose party [X] as the most competent party?

Why did you choose party [Y] as the least competent party?

Interviewer: And why would you say that [the SPÖ is the most competent party on immigration]?

Below, we will see that references to position and salience were even more frequent when respondents were asked to explain their choice of the most competent party.