The Government has the responsibility to do everything in its power to that legitimate aspiration.

Whereas the former rebel leaders once sought power through the bullet, they can now seek their legitimate aspirations through the ballot.

The forces conniving to oppose democracy responded by escalating the breakdown in the constitutional order and the legitimate exercise of power.

The Bonn process mapped a step by step transition towards increasingly legitimate power structures, culminating in the establishment of a fully representative and freely elected government.

Under the Inter American Democratic Charter, we also turned to the Organization of American States, which affirmed that the disturbing turn of events in Nicaragua was compromising the balance of power and the Government's legitimate exercise of power.

Civil society organizations do not gain power through elections (legitimate or otherwise), but through reaching the broader world. In short, their goal is to build civil society itself.

Social exclusion and personalized power through wealth are always unacceptable. But if we want freedom, then social and economic inequalities are a legitimate, and necessary, price to pay.

They weren't trying to make it in legitimate ways, because there were no legitimate channels out.

A. Usurpation of legitimate commerce

Above all, with the exception of the Taiwan issue, China is a satisfied status quo power when it comes to the evolution of the international system a patient actor that finds it perfectly legitimate to behave and to be seen as the world s number two power.

Khamenei and his fellow guardians of Iran s Islamic revolution were able to weather the 2009 storm, but their façade of legitimate power was collapsing. Somewhat paradoxically, the election of Rowhani will strengthen their political hand.

I noted that the current competition over global power poses a major challenge to the effective implementation of international human rights standards, as the use of violence in all spheres of life become widespread and legitimate.

That will produce a legitimate and accountable government.

a monopoly over the use of legitimate force

Does an election produce an accountable and legitimate government?

This is a legitimate concern for all of us.

Such exploitation has been perpetrated by legitimate nation states.

It is equally silly to argue that Maduro s actions must be legitimate because he came to power through an election. A democratically elected leader retains legitimacy only to the extent that he or she behaves democratically once in office.

Ideally, they would like to combine the Algerian army s current power and the Turkish army s legitimacy. This implies a parliament with limited powers, a weak presidency subordinate to the army, and constitutional prerogatives that legitimate the army s intervention in politics.

The homeland war was a defensive, just and legitimate war.

Now it turns out this is a legitimate non photoshopped photo.

We should have a Council that is representative, legitimate and accountable.

We are convinced that these are ambitious but absolutely legitimate goals.

This formality may frustrate the legitimate expectations of the other parties.

MEXICO CITY In El Salvador, for the first time ever in Latin America, a former political military organization that tried to gain power through the barrel of a gun has achieved its aims through the ballot box. Although the Sandinista Front in Nicaragua did win a semi legitimate election in 1984, it had reached power five years earlier by overthrowing the Somoza dictatorship.

But there are legitimate secrets you know, your records with your doctor that's a legitimate secret but we deal with whistleblowers that are coming forward that are really sort of well motivated.

Until that point, movement may be for other (legitimate or illegitimate) reasons.

For many years, Iceland has advocated a more representative and legitimate Council.

The Council must be more representative and, thus, more legitimate and effective.

In our view, that important action is legitimate in terms of representativeness.

Democracy is a key ingredient of a strong and legitimate Palestinian Authority.

It is the only legitimate instrument of global governance that we have.

Their struggle is legitimate and is supported by international law and norms.

It is legitimate and logical that these countries should demand such guarantees.

From a populist perspective, this makes perfect sense Why should they accept checks on their power if they represent the authentic will of the people? Populists can live with representative democracy what they cannot accept is political pluralism and the notion of legitimate opposition.

The Transitional Government's commitment to organize free, fair and legitimate elections in 2005 and to hand over power to a president to be elected on 7 February 2006 is another key element that can contribute effectively to the success of dialogue and national reconciliation.

No legitimate democratic State can ever be built through the use of terrorism.

Classical anti Semitism had aimed to deny Jews their legitimate place in society.

Local power, central power, now, people power.

I had the world record and I wanted to make sure it was legitimate.

Lebanon therefore reaffirms its legitimate right to them and demands that they be returned.

The Government concludes that Qiu's legitimate rights are being safeguarded as the law requires.

However, we wish to emphasize the legitimate sovereign right of States to acquire and possess such weapons to meet their legitimate self defence and security needs, as recognized in the third preambular paragraph of the draft resolution.

This is due to the fact that most of the funds to support such activities are from legitimate sources and the transaction volumes are not high or different enough from general daily legitimate transactions to accurately identify.

The draft constitution completed last month has raised serious concerns, as it places excessive checks on political parties and politicians, while giving appointed bureaucrats and judges the power to overrule policy decisions by elected officials. Elections conducted according to such a constitution are unlikely to produce legitimate results.