Sentence examples for legislative democracy from inspiring English sources
Among the charter's 19 recommendations are a new constitution, legislative democracy, freedom of religion and an independent judiciary.
But when a $77 billion budget package failed to win agreement this week because of Gov. George Pataki's last-minute insistence on debt reform, any pretense of legislative democracy in Albany evaporated.
Charter 08 advocates a whole series of reforms that would result in a separation of powers, a new constitution and legislative democracy.
"The country has had enough of the temper tantrums and the non-compromise," Murray said, "People believe strongly in things, and they expect us to come back here and fight for things, but they also get that a legislative democracy works by people coming together".
"Let us remind ourselves," he told his fellow legislative leaders, "democracy carries with it the idea of free debate of issues, as well as free choice of a legislative body, which has the sole power to legislate on behalf of the people".
While it's true we avoided legislative chaos, democracy took a shameful hit that sent a sobering message to policy advocates everywhere: "at the end of the day, your efforts mean nothing".
Tunisia is on track toward a major milestone in its transition to democracy, with legislative elections scheduled for October.
But I am far more scared than hopeful, because nothing about the NDAA's legislative passage worked as democracy is supposed to work.
Lira has been an open government tour de force in Congress, helping to open up the beleaguered branch to legislative transparency and direct democracy.
During a conversation about their vision of a future Syria, Abu Dujanah, an Iraqi-American who had recently joined the al-Nusra Front, expressed anger to hear fellow Sunnis talk about a parliamentary democracy with legislative elections.
"How you run your election is a cornerstone of democracy," said Blair Horner, legislative director for the New York Public Interest Research Group.
