"party council" is a valid phrase in written English.
It refers to a group or committee within a political party responsible for making decisions and setting policies. Example: The party council will convene tomorrow to discuss the upcoming elections and strategize on how to win more seats in parliament.
At the time, he was acting chairman of the governing party council, which was studying new antitrust laws.
Ecevit was elected to the National Assembly as an RPP member for Ankara (1957, 1961) and Zonguldak (1965, 1969), having joined the party council in 1959.
The 850-member party council is to vote on a leadership challenge by the Rev. Martin Smyth, 68, a former grand master of the militant Protestant Orange Order.
Mr. Trimble appears to be counting on the British to suspend the Belfast government before a scheduled Feb. 12 meeting of the Ulster Unionists' 860-member party council.
Even with that safety catch, he obtained only 58percentt backing from his 860-member party council for entering the government with Sinn Fein before any disarmament began.
Last week, at a party council, he was backed by around two-thirds of delegates, who voted to postpone the primary and to elect a new executive.But Mr Duhalde lacks a candidate.
The turnover in leading party councils this week is enormous, largely thanks to a recent, unwritten rule that officials older than 70 should step down.
The meeting statement called for more merit-based selection of leaders and new ways to make lower-level voices heard in higher party councils.
Mr. Menem is jockeying to remain leader of the party after he leaves office in early 2000, but Mr. Duhalde is trying to block his efforts in party councils and the courts.
The Liberal Democrats have proposed a cross-party Council for Economic Stability to decide on the size and pace of deficit reduction.
We need to move to an adult/adult relationship so both parties, council and citizens, are seen as being equals in the discussion".
