With the transitional administration's mandate set to expire on August 20 , 2012 and against the backdrop of ongoing violence, Somalis worked toward forming the foundations of a new government.
With Kabila's presidential mandate set to expire at the end of 2016, there were fears evident as early as 2013 that he would find a way to extend his time in office, whether by modifying the constitution or by finding a reason to postpone the next presidential election, and, fueled by such fears, many protests were held.
After years of parliamentary gridlock, a Japanese prime minister is set to have a governing mandate to do nearly anything he wants.For those who followed Mr Abe's brief and inglorious first term in office both the substance of the policy pronouncements and the slickness of their delivery are something of a puzzle.
A ROUND-UP of some of this morning's top stories in EuropeNicolas Sarkozy looks set to win a sweeping mandate for reform, as his UMP party and its allies gained 43% of the vote in yesterday's first round of parliamentary elections.
". "States could apply for an exemption from some of the requirements of the law -- including mandates, set to begin in 2014, that require employers to offer coverage and individuals to enroll in a qualified plan -- if they offer an alternative that is at least as effective in expanding coverage".
While the UNMISS mandate is set to expire in July, the US is pushing the Security Council to narrow the mandate in the coming weeks to focus exclusively on protecting civilians.
The commission's mandate is set to expire this month, and Parliament was supposed to approve, with advisory support from the United Nations, new representatives to the nine-person panel by the end of the month.
Apparently headed for overwhelming victory in this roller-coaster election season, President Jacques Chirac and his center-right followers look set to secure the kind of mandate that politicians often crave.
But even though an immediate showdown between Mr. Berlusconi and Mr. Fini's rebel lawmakers seems to have been averted, political tensions remain high and early elections — the government's mandate is set to end in 2013 — loom on the horizon as an increasingly possible scenario.
While Mr. Fini's deputies are in play, as is a centrist party heavily courted by both right and left, Northern League leaders say this time around they will back Mr. Berlusconi — but, at least for now, they want elections next spring, two years before the government's mandate is set to end.
