Sentence examples for weak mandates from inspiring English sources

What's more, with abstentions so high, those who won will take office with weak mandates.

The first era of democracy created representative institutions, but with weak mandates, passive citizens and politicians beholden to powerful funders and special interests.

If nothing else this could produce a very weak mandate.

They can keep itOne reason for this hesitation is the Welsh government's weak mandate.

But Mr Kirchner has taken charge of a bankrupt country and has a weak mandate.

While the right triumphed on Sunday in Chile, Mr. Piñera takes over in March with a relatively weak mandate.

Having won re-election last October with the slimmest of majorities, Dilma Rousseff has a weak mandate.

He added that Mr. Papandreou is "trying to avoid being catapulted into power, because he would go in with a weak mandate".

In office, Maduro was clumsy and apologetic, compensating for his weak mandate by constantly invoking Chávez, whom he referred to as his "father".

The UN has 10,000 troops in Côte d'Ivoire but with a weak mandate merely to protect civilians, not to crush election-spoilers.

Nor are they keen on rolling back the Philippines' banking-secrecy laws, which anger rich countries worried about money-laundering.Mrs Arroyo has always had a weak mandate.