Political observers say that Armenia's economic cooperation with Russia has been one of the least transparent areas of the Armenian government ’ s work.

Political observers were almost unanimous that Bracks had no chance of defeating Liberal premier Jeff Kennett at the November 1999 election: polls gave Kennett a 60 % popularity rating.

Political observers now suggest it is possible that the allegations against Coleman may have handed victory to Al Franken, who ended up winning the seat by a razor-thin margin of a few hundred votes after a contentious recount process.

Political observers made unflattering comments about the ADQ's performance, and political support for the party seemed to lose momentum again.

Some observers have noted that political entrepreneurs tend to see parties merely as instrumental and therefore invest very little in strengthening party organisations, but instead rely on their own informal network .< Ref > Oversloot, Hans, and Ruben Verheul, ― Managing Democracy: Political Parties and the State in Russia ‖, Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, Vol.

Surprising many observers and political opponents, Suárez introduced Political Reform in 1976 as a first, decisive step in the Transition ( La Transición ) to democracy.

Political observers latched on to this association, which resulted from the use of red for Republican victories and blue for Democratic victories on the display map of a television network.

Political observers suggested that Zyuganov was still a force to be reckoned with in Russian politics and that his next task would be to remake the communists into a strong opposition.

Political observers say that Vaiko was sidelined as he was seen as a threat to M. K.

Political observers believe that Wen's remarks and Bo's downfall represented a consensus within the central leadership that Bo not only needed to shoulder the responsibility for the Wang Lijun scandal, but also marked a significant victory for liberal reformers.

In the election that followed in 1999, the NFP surprised many observers by forming an electoral coalition with the Fijian Political Party, led by their former enemy, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka.

Political observers attributed the win to the economic performance of the coalition, including reduction of unemployment and the budget deficit, steady growth and job creation combined with wage freezes and trimming of the welfare state, together with a policy of fiscal restraint.

Political observers felt that Clement took this action in part because he intended to run for the office himself in the next election, which also proved to be correct, but was unwilling to face the consequences of appointing himself to the office in the interim, which would also led to his succession as governor by lieutenant governor Jared Maddux, an event which would have entailed additional consequences of its own.

Political observers in Florida point to High's supposed failure to seek such endorsement from Burns.

Political observers on the U. S. National Public Radio have argued that the controversy is being allowed by the PRC government partly in order to further a multitude of political goals.

Political affiliation labels before that time indicate a general tendency only.

Daniel Goldhagen, former Associate Professor of Political Science at Harvard University, also suggested in his book A Moral Reckoning that the Roman Catholic Church should change its doctrine and the accepted Biblical canon to excise statements he labels as antisemitic, to indicate that " The Jews ' way to God is as legitimate as the Christian way ".

The coalition went into the 1935 election under the title of the " National Political Federation ", a name adopted to indicate that the grouping intended to represent New Zealanders from all backgrounds ( in contrast to the previous situation, where United served city-dwellers and Reform served farmers ).

Press reports indicate that Bartlett ’ s Political Action Committee is named Because All Responsible Taxpayers Like Every Truth Told PAC, or BARTLETT PAC for short.

While little is known about the Council, records indicate that its organization was to be based upon the principles extant in the United States Constitution, and in theory God's Political Kingdom was to temper theocracy with a modified form of republican government.

Two witnesses deposition indicate that the Foreigners Office and the Political Police were instruments of Genovese's traffics.

Police files indicate that the planned attack was revealed by a secret service agent, since eleven students were arrested by officials of Division I ( Political Police ) on April 5, 1967.

In 1988, Hu was transferred to become Party Regional Committee Secretary of the Tibetan Autonomous Region, the restive area's number-one figure, while also taking on the role of Political Commissar of the local People's Liberation Army units.

Official Attention: Political controversy about Heshang arose and attracted attention from the Party ’ s top leadership when a university president phoned Hu Qili, a pro-reform officer who was a member of the Standing Committee of the Politburo and the Central Secretariat, and warned him that the series might stir up student unrest.

The Dictionary of Politics: Selected American and Foreign Political and Legal Terms defines the term Alford plea as: " A plea under which a defendant may choose to plead guilty, not because of an admission to the crime, but because the prosecutor has sufficient evidence to place a charge and to obtain conviction in court.

A more secular meaning can denote that the term Christendom refers to Christians considered as a group, the " Political Christian World ", as an informal cultural hegemony that Christianity has traditionally enjoyed in the West.

The 72 signatories and 166 parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights recognise this rule, under Article 14 ( 7 ): No one shall be liable to be tried or punished again for an offence for which he has already been finally convicted or acquitted in accordance with the law and penal procedure of each country.

Political freedom has also been theorized in its opposition to ( and a condition of ) " power relations ", or the power of " action upon actions ," by Michel Foucault.

The genuineness of the Political Testament, published in his name at Lausanne in 1753, has been questioned.

In 1793, William Godwin, who has often been cited as the first anarchist, wrote Political Justice, which some consider to be the first expression of anarchism.

Since 1994, the United Nations Human Rights Committee has also ruled that such laws violate the right to privacy guaranteed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

This agreement led to the establishment of the Joint Political Military Group, which has since met regularly to " address " foreign military sales to Israel, joint exercises and simulations, and logistical arrangements.

This has an interesting consequence because treaties that limit or extend the powers of the Dutch government are automatically considered a part of their constitutional law, for example, the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

# Political momentum: Once the government has passed this gun law it becomes easier to pass other gun laws, including laws like confiscation.

Political bias has been a feature of the mass media since its birth with the invention of the printing press.

Macau also has representation on the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Political representation has helped to shape State administration.

* Bernard Williams: A British moral philosopher whose posthumously published work on political philosophy ' In the Beginning was the Deed ' has been seen-along with the works of Raymond Geuss-as a key foundational work on Political Realism.

Political power has become much less personal and more institutionally based than it was during the first forty years of the PRC.

Political responsibility has burnished the Left's reputation as a pragmatic, rather than ideological party.

The American Political Science Association, for example, has 42 organized sections that address various methods and topics of political inquiry.

Political pessimism has sometimes found expression in dystopian novels such as George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Political fiction has often used narrative to provide commentary on political events, systems and theories.

Political privacy has been a concern since voting systems emerged in ancient times.

Political analyst and former guerrilla León Valencia has estimated that FARC's numbers have been reduced to around 11, 000 from their 18, 000 peak but cautions against considering the group a defeated force.

The secretary of state for Foreign and Political Affairs ( Antonella Mularoni, since 3 December 2008 ) has assumed many of the prerogatives of a prime minister or head of government.

Political participation outside of the royal family is limited, but there has been pressure for some time to broaden participation.

Political extremism is not a widespread phenomenon in Switzerland, although far-left extremism has increased slightly since the turn of the century in 2000 has resulted in improved organization of the far left, but it has no noticeable impact on parliamentary or direct democracy.