Political opposition groups do not attract public support, which makes it easy for the government to suppress them.

The general tone of the report seems to show a considerable degree of sympathy for the point of view and attitude of the Forces nouvelles, the former rebels and opposition parties, while the position of the legitimate authorities is systematically called into question when it is mentioned at all.

Communism and socialism do not command public support as they once did.

Furthermore, we were careful not to put forward ideas or language lacking consensus backing.

The opposition refused to accept the result or to recognize Aristide as president.

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Support was expressed for both approaches.

Overview An advocacy group is a group or an organization which tries to influence the government but does not hold power in the government.

Like all insurgencies, public support or the lack of it will determine the outcome.

We fully support those views.

And Muslim immigrants live in Amsterdam, London, or Marseilles, not in the kind of small towns where right wing populists find most of their support.

Sir Nigel Rodley questioned the distinction between conscientious objection on religious grounds and on philosophical or moral grounds. Why did objectors on philosophical and moral grounds have to serve longer than those who objected on religious grounds?

But the king still has some support, though clearly far short of a majority.

Sweden fully aligns itself with that statement.

Support was also expressed for the primary liability of the operator.

There was some support for this view.

It helps that there is international support for the peace process.

The September summit would then become a lobbying bazaar as countries seek to promote their national ambitions or to protect their national interests.

Any opposition is better than none.

Many of the journalists and opposition figures were eventually released or granted clemency, but there has been no letup to the torment.

At that time, I was a member of the Opposition Front Bench or Shadow Government in Britain s House of Lords.

But whether in opposition or in power, the Socialists have no distinct agenda.

No group came forth to protest against this opposition and other discriminatory acts against naturalized citizens.

According to an old Chinese saying, a just cause enjoys abundant support, while an unjust cause finds scant support.

In Uganda, most of our successes have been attained in the face of opposition, indifference or distracting, superficial heckling by quite a number of our external partners.

Many of the journalists and opposition figures were eventually released or granted clemency, but there has been no letup to the torment. In late April 2009, security forces arrested 40 opposition figures, accusing them of trying to topple the government.

Moreover, Sharon made sure that his main political rivals notably former Prime Minister Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu supported his plan. They are now in no position to challenge him as the champions of the opposition within Likud.

Basically this was also a major outbreak, a culture of dissent, a culture of basically non conformism, which was not known before.

Opposition leaders do not like the subject, but they avoid challenging it.

Eddyono fears that the authorities could use the inserted provision to squash and even prevent public criticism.

Even now, Aristide says that he will share power with the opposition, but the opposition says no.

At that time, history provided odd support.

Advocacy groups can also exert influence on political parties.

We fully support Iraq in this difficult mission.

You can count on the full support of our delegation.

But bullying Georgia and Moldova, demonstrating support for Hamas, or indulging North Korea do not seem to be guided by any strategic sense of Russia s far reaching interests.

Let the world stand with neither Kibaki nor the opposition, nor for an arbitrary compromise, but with Kenya s voters.

Forging Syria s Opposition

The masses and the best and the brightest alike show no interest in political participation. Political opposition groups do not attract public support, which makes it easy for the government to suppress them.

The leading opposition group, al Wifaq, has 18 seats in the 40 member parliament. In talks with the opposition, the monarchy will find seasoned politicians ready to bargain over long held demands. And, with widespread support among its constituents, al Wifaq can do much to reduce tensions.

Civil war along sectarian lines could well predominate, or fighting between the various anti Assad opposition groups could erupt.

Democracy today has no rivals, but it is losing support.

A view was expressed in support of retaining this phrase and deleting the square brackets around it.

The European Union strongly supports such reform and will continue to do so.

Grave statements by political leaders prominent people that express support for affirmation of superiority of a race or an ethnic group, dehumanize and demonize minorities, or condone or justify violence against a minority.