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shadow government
noun
A government-in-waiting that is prepared to take control in response to certain events. Often used to refer to leadership of the largest opposition party in parliament, which would assume control should the ruling party be displaced in elections.
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In the "blended" workforce of the shadow government, new forms of governance are being created that fuse the power of the state with the agendas of "private" companies.
"This government has lost the capacity to govern because a shadow government has taken over," said Ashraf Ghani, a former Afghan finance minister.
During this time of turmoil, it was unclear who actually governed the colonies: Joseph, the shadow government representing Ferdinand VII, the colonial officials, or revolutionaries in each province.
This "shadow government" operates without the consent of the governed.
Currently, Kurdistan's governing coalition is thwarted by the KDP's shadow government, effectively deep state with almost total control over security, the economy and the media.
He has already named a "shadow government".
The Taliban have a shadow government that has varying influence in different provinces.
The risk is that Italy may get not a shadow government, but a phantom opposition.
Over the next several years she held various shadow government portfolios.
"It's like a shadow government that's not answerable to the Legislature".
Now we'll have a government and a shadow government, a real president and a squatter president.
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