Sentence examples for idea elections from inspiring English sources

A5 A Saudi's Novel Idea: Elections A prominent member of Saudi Arabia's royal family, Prince Walid bin Talal, called for a transformation that would bring elections to the kingdom, where the only bow to democracy has been the establishment of an appointed advisory council.

He had also become less critical of the idea of elections, saying at one point that elections are "not blasphemous".

"The idea of elections is mad," says Cedric Barnes of the International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based think-tank.

Pinochet lost power because neither Chileans nor the international community entirely gave up on the idea that elections mattered.

Many Shia clerics, including those returning from Iran, endorse the idea of elections, albeit with an Islamic flavour.

I did not go into the Koran and the prophetic tradition to derive the idea of elections.

The idea that "elections are rigged and there's widespread fraud is not backed up by facts", he said.

Harnessing the potential within the idea that elections can actually bring about change could serve everyone in the British Isles.

As Varoufakis put it to me, the idea that elections could change nothing was the "greatest gift one could give to the Chinese Communist Party".

"The whole idea of elections is you're supposed to have a real choice and real competition," said Wayne Johnson, a Republican campaign consultant.

While a number of MPs are open to the idea of elections, some say they will still not serve in the shadow cabinet.