Sentence examples for delayed legislative from inspiring English sources

The king's credentials as a proponent of democracy were further undermined when he delayed legislative elections and then announced that there would be elections for new local councils, a move termed political sleight of hand by those calling for free elections for Parliament.

KABUL — The Afghan government on Friday delayed legislative elections by one week in Kandahar province after the provincial police commander and intelligence chief were assassinated Thursday by a Taliban gunman, leaving a dangerous security vacuum in the southern region that is home to the insurgents.

Fabre headed a coalition of opposition groups under the banner of Let's Save Togo (Collectif Sauvons le Togo; CST), which led demonstrations in 2012 and 2013 calling for electoral reforms and for delayed legislative elections to be held, which finally took place in July 2013.

He noted that Mr. Dominique, in recent broadcasts, had defended President Rene Preval's decision to delay legislative elections until later this year.

Also, it appears likely the other regional OTBs will seek cost-saving measures similar to those granted to the city OTB in the Assembly bill, but it is not clear whether that would delay legislative action.

The same dogmatic inflexibility that made him a brave opponent of dictatorship made him a poor democratic ruler.Having installed an ally as president in 1995, Mr Aristide was complicit in delaying legislative elections for three years, with a consequent breakdown of government and the loss of several hundred million dollars of aid.

The NRA's strategy, and that of pro-gun politicians, is to wait out the storm - to delay legislative efforts until attention turns elsewhere and the outcry fades.

WASHINGTON -- As residents in the nation's capital continue to dig out from the weekend's massive snowstorm, which dumped almost two feet of snow on the city, the weather forced the federal government to shut down its offices and Congress to delay legislative business this week.

The evaluation should be carried out in conjunction with consumer organisations and would not delay legislative proposals, they add.

Several delayed federal legislative polls also took place.

These efforts substitute one mode of delay (legislative and administrative lags) for another (the monumental collective inertia of the health care system).