Sentence examples for power opposition from inspiring English sources

During the 2000 elections that brought Jean-Bertrand Aristide back to power, opposition politicians were killed.

Or things can go badly wrong, as they did in Thailand the last time the men in khaki seized power: opposition to the 1991 coup eventually resulted in bloodshed and military rule collapsed in 1992 after the intervention of the king.

For me personally, I'd previously stayed out of being publicly political because it's in my interest to work with whomever is in Government (regardless of party) — and frankly as a first time voter I simply didn't pay much attention to which party was in power, opposition or otherwise.

Even though General Khanh had made considerable efforts to consolidate his power, opposition to his rule began to grow as he tightened censorship laws, banned protests and allowed police arbitrary search and imprisonment powers.

Criticizing the secretive nature of US talks with the Taliban, which they suspect might end in a return of the Taliban to power, opposition leaders have asked for a transparent UN-led peace process.

As the Ukraine crisis moves, uneasily, into its next phase — with President Yanukovych fleeing the capital and stripped of power, opposition leaders maneuvering for influence, and protesters clearing streets of cartridges and corpses — the country has acquired a symbolic stature.

Samuel Greene is director of the Russia Institute at King's College London and author of Moscow in Movement: Power & Opposition in Putin's Russia.

Their votes could make the difference between power and opposition for Mr Herzog.

But in the past few years he has consolidated power, suppressed opposition, eliminated his rivals and abolished presidential term limits.

Labour's membership is under half what it was in 1997, when the party last returned to power from opposition.

Hegemonic great powers like the United States tend to act unilaterally, and history teaches us that such power invites opposition.