Sentence examples for directly electing from inspiring English sources

How about directly electing the commission's president?

And directly electing a mayor might also lead to better decision making than the existing, cumbersome system of government by committee.

Thus wrote a young parliamentarian named François Mitterrand in 1962, when France brought in a system of directly electing its president.

QUESTION FROM SINAN JOHN-RICHARDS: Isn't it time we stopped talking about FPTP to Parliament being defunct, and instead, have a serious conversation about directly electing our Prime Ministers?

Broken, declared the then republican movement chairman and putative, perhaps inevitable, 29th prime minister of Australia, Turnbull, by the wily fox incumbent 25th, John Howard, who managed to split the republican vote over the question of directly electing a head of state.

During a recent review of the Australian Greens constitution, the issue of directly electing the party leader came up, and it's an open question for the party about whether the election of this key position continues to take place in the shadows, with a small group having a vote, or is conducted out in the open, with members participating.

The introduction of PR in some elections, and directly elected mayors in some cities.

Each municipality is run by a directly elected council that is presided over by a burgemeester (mayor), who is appointed by the national government and serves as chairman of the executive, the members of which are elected by and from the council; in the early 21st century, there was active discussion of directly electing mayors.

They were always directly elected.

The president is directly elected.

The president should be directly elected.