Sentence examples for granted executive powers from inspiring English sources

In 1941 the French ceded additional provinces (including Vientiane) to the Luang Prabang kingdom and granted executive powers to a Lao cabinet in which Viceroy Phetsarath served as premier.

A display of statesmanship could persuade Mexicans that the PRI deserves to be granted executive power again.In all this the United States is more than a bystander.

After eight weeks of negotiations with the American and British occupation powers, a "governing council" of between 21 and 25 members will be granted extensive executive powers.

"It's not consistent with what the behavior of a president should be". The fast-moving developments came as lawmakers and the White House try to come up with a solution for immigrants brought illegally to this country as children, who are losing temporary protections granted with executive powers by President Barack Obama under a program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.

Voters denied his Justice and Development (AK) party a majority in Sunday's parliamentary polls, thwarting his dreams of rewriting the constitution to grant himself executive powers.

King Tupou said on the eve of the vote he was granting his executive powers to the cabinet and parliament, adding that "in future the sovereign shall act only on the advice of his prime minister".

State constitutions give governors the power to grant executive clemency for state crimes.

He has the power to grant executive clemency — pardons and sentence commutations — to those who have been subject to inequities in the justice system, such as unduly long sentences that they would not have received under current guidelines.

Its pipeline between Azerbaijan and Turkey was built with the help of land seizures and a contract that effectively grants BP executive power over the Turkish government.

The Internal Security Act (ISA) of Singapore is a statute that grants the executive power to enforce preventive detention, prevent subversion, suppress organized violence against persons and property, and do other things incidental to the internal security of Singapore.

But if he retakes the presidency, he will be formally granted broad new executive powers, effectively codifying into law the authoritarian way in which he has informally governed up to now.