But 12 of the 17 presidential candidates called for the election to be annulled, citing charges of improprieties by Inite, the current governing party.
"They are weak," he said of the opposition, which could include the current governing party and its dominance of seats in the Parliament.
Lebanon's current governing majority, which has tried unsuccessfully to disarm Hezbollah, has depended on heavy financial support from the West and oil-rich Persian Gulf states, especially Saudi Arabia.
The candidate, Victoire Ingabire, had been charged with espousing "genocide ideology" after she raised the possibility that members of the current governing party might also have committed atrocities in the 1994 genocide.
Farmers and other rural voters have not only stymied deregulation meant to make Japan more competitive, but they have also kept just one party — the Liberal Democrats, the current governing party — in power for most of the past six decades, stifling the vitality that can come with political competition, members of Mr. Masunaga's group say.
The daughter of South Korea's former leader, Park Chung-hee, has been nominated as the presidential candidate of the current governing party.
It seems that there is general acceptance of the results from supporters of the PRI and the current governing National Action Party PANNational Action Party PAN
President Obama's Chief of Staff tellingly articulated our current governing philosophy when he said, "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste".
As a result, his speeches emphasize the economic failures and corruption of the current governing parties.
In his speech, Obama didn't vow to reform the current governing model but to rebalance it.
It could include members of the current governing council, but it is unclear how it would balance religious and regional rivalries within Iraq.
