Sentence examples for democratic step from inspiring English sources

The election was another important democratic step in a country that has seen four military coups since the 1950s, the most recent in 1999.

Officials on the left and the right deemed it a dangerous exercise in voyeurism, while others lauded it as an inevitable, democratic step.

"It's a big democratic step that has been taken by our country," Mr. Kagame said outside a secondary school where he voted Monday morning.

But Papandreou said the referendum is an important democratic step in a country racked by economic problems and torn by social strains.

In 1980 he astonished Thailand by taking the democratic step of resigning rather than being overthrown, telling parliament that he no longer felt he had the support of the public.It seemed to be the beginning of the end of government by coup in Thailand.

"The logical, sane and democratic step is for the National Assembly's leadership to revoke the swearing-in of these lawmakers," said the Socialist Party deputy leader and former National Assembly President Diosdado Cabello.

"Democratic steps have been made during the AKP government.

It was expected to lead modest demonstrations on Friday calling for democratic steps, although others who had taken part in past weeks said they would hold off and evaluate the nature of the new government.

"We expect democratic steps to be taken and substantial changes made to the penal code to lift away this environment of fear and pressure imposed upon journalists". An umbrella group called the Freedom for Journalists Platform organized the protests in both cities.

Democratic Steps TUNISIANS VOTED IN A HISTORIC ELECTION It marks a transition to democracy following a revolution four years ago.

The MDC faced the daunting challenge of waging a peaceful and successful campaign notwithstanding what were widely viewed around the world as increasingly anti-democratic steps taken by Mugabe-including land seizures of white-owned farms and potential vote-rigging.