word | | Background |
| legislative | Uganda | ... least another 100,000 lives. The rule of Yoweri MUSEVENI since 1986 has brought relative stability and economic growth to Uganda. During the 1990s, the government promulgated non-party presidential and legislative elections |
| legislative | Ukraine | ... stage a comeback in parliamentary elections and become prime minister in August of 2006. An early legislative election, brought on by a political crisis in the spring of 2007, saw Yuliya TYMOSHENKO ... |
| legislative | United Arab Emirates | ... government a petition calling for greater political reform, including the establishment of a parliament with full legislative powers and the further expansion of the electorate and the rights of the Federal National ... |
| Legislative | West Bank | ... the Gaza Strip. In January 2006, the Islamic Resistance Movement, HAMAS, won control of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC). HAMAS took control of the PA government in March 2006, but President ABBAS ... |
| legislators | Bahrain | ... large demonstrations that resulted in a heavy-handed government response and the resignation of 18 Wifaq legislators. The September 2011 byelection - which Wifaq boycotted - was held to fill seats they had vacated ... |
| legislators | Iraq | ... Regional Government and Kirkuk Governorate. Iraq held a national legislative election in March 2010 - choosing 325 legislators in an expanded COR - and, after nine months of deadlock the COR approved the new ... |
| legislators | Kuwait | ... demanding citizenship, jobs, and other benefits available to Kuwaiti nationals. Youth activist groups - supported by opposition legislators and the prime minister's rivals within the ruling family - rallied in March 2011 for ... |
| legislature | Bahrain | ... Shia political society, won the largest bloc of seats in the elected lower-house of the legislature both times althugh they later resigned amid the unrest in 2011. In early 2011, Shia ... |
| legislature | Iran | ... election of reformer Hojjat ol-Eslam Mohammad KHATAMI as president in 1997 and a reformist Majles (legislature) in 2000, a campaign to foster political reform in response to popular dissatisfaction was initiated ... |
| legislature | Kuwait | ... The AL-SABAH family has ruled since returning to power in 1991 and reestablished an elected legislature that in recent years has become increasingly assertive. The country witnessed the historic election in ... |
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