Sentence examples for set the elections from inspiring English sources

But no further deals were made, and Mr. Mugabe, amid protests from rivals, set the elections for March 29.

Parliament is scheduled to formally set the election date on Friday.

Now editors plan to set the election agenda in their circulation areas by using the manifestos as a basis to question and lobby local candidates.

An angry Mr. Tsvangirai told reporters in Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, that Mr. Mugabe had no right to set the election date by presidential decree.

The vote followed a decision by Prime Minister Costas Simitis to set the election a month early and resign the next day.

Just before Mr. Goh set the election date earlier this month, the government put in place a $6.2 billion stimulus package that includes tax rebates, construction projects and cash handouts.

Just before he set the election date last month, he visited President Bush at the White House and declared his intention to work more closely with Washington.

President Vaclav Klaus set the election date in July after Parliament approved a law requiring that the vote be held by mid-October.

This inconsistent approach continues as Afghanistan's elections are declared "fraudulent" and unacceptable even though the critics are also the ones who set the election day and called it "an achievement towards success in Afghanistan".

Abbas set the election last month after the latest round of reconciliation efforts with Hamas failed.

In setting the elections for Sept. 14 — well ahead of the latest possible election date of Nov. 30 — Ms. Gillard insisted that she was aiming for political stability and not the start of the nation's "longest election campaign".