Sentence examples for having a mandate from inspiring English sources
If a candidate can make a credible claim to having a mandate from the voters, they might line up behind him.
But Fidesz rests its argument about having a mandate, especially when speaking to outsiders, on a mistaken claim that the party promised during its election campaign to change the constitution, a promise they say was ratified by the election.
But the leader and the party would need to find some loopholes fast in their previous talk of a party with a clear lead in votes and seats having a mandate.
Although receiving only 43percentt of the popular vote in 1992, President Clinton was perceived as having a mandate on health care until his legislative effort hit the skids for lack of consultation with Congress.
In some centres, less than a quarter of the people from refugee-recognised countries say they have been registered with the UNHCR, despite the UN having a mandate to protect them.
Lost in the news articles and commentary this week about the Supreme Court arguments on the health care law is a simple fact: Most of the other industrial nations avoid having a "mandate" by simply giving health care to everyone, thereby forcing all the people into the system.
