Example sentences of "[noun sg] for a democratic [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only the deputies from the left-wing opposition groups were present for a June 2 session , boycotted by factions loyal to President Landsbergis and Prime Minister Gediminas Vagnorius ( the Sajudis Coalition for a Democratic Lithuania ) . |
| 2 | While making no secret of the Federal Republic 's readiness to provide massive aid for a democratic East Germany , the Chancellor emphasised that virtually all of eastern Europe , from Poland to Yugoslavia , would have a claim of the support and solidarity of Western Europe . |
| 3 | Should not we support the negotiating process now under way through the Conference for a Democratic South Africa , and so secure the maintenance of international pressure for rapid progress towards a new , genuinely democratic constitutional order ? |
| 4 | Through the whole of their period in office , the Government have supported efforts to do away with apartheid and to ensure that when change came with President de Klerk , there would be a start towards a new constitution and the transitional arrangements that are now being discussed within the Conference for a Democratic South Africa . |
| 5 | Currently the only group claiming to be a nationwide opposition party was the Association for a Yugoslav Democratic Initiative [ referred to on p. 36470 as the Initiative for a Democratic Yugoslavia ] . |
| 6 | The internal power struggle over constitutional and economic reform within Slovakia 's ruling Public Against Violence ( VPN or PAV ) came to a head on March 6 when the Prime Minister , Vladimir Meciar , announced the formation of a separate minority faction , to be known as Platform for a Democratic Slovakia . |
| 7 | This proposal , already rejected by Havel and Czech political forces and the pro-federation wing of the VPN , subsequently gained the backing of Meciar 's Platform for a Democratic Slovakia [ see above ] . |
| 8 | On April 24 tens of thousands of people took part in a rally organized by Meciar 's Platform for a Democratic Slovakia faction . |
| 9 | The Platform for a Democratic Slovakia formally split from PAV at an extraordinary PAV congress in Kosice on April 27 . |
| 10 | The MFDS had developed from the Platform for a Democratic Slovakia , which had split from the Public Against Violence ( then the dominant party in the ruling Slovak coalition ) on April 27 after the dismissal of Meciar as Slovak Prime Minister [ see p. 38161 ] . |
| 11 | On March 6 , 1991 , the then Prime Minister of Slovakia , Vladimir Meciar , announced the formation of a minority faction , Platform for a Democratic Slovakia , within the ruling Public Against Violence ( PAV ) [ see p. 38106 ] . |
| 12 | The split between Meciar 's Platform for a Democratic Slovakia and PAV was formalized later in the same month . |
| 13 | Two main opposition groups operate from exile : ( i ) Alliance pour une Mauritanie démocratique ( AMD — the Alliance for a Democratic Mauritania ) ; ( ii ) Organisation des nationalistes mauritaniens ( ONM — Organization of Mauritanian Nationalists ) . |
| 14 | The Nobel committee said it was given for their work towards a peaceful ending of apartheid and for laying the foundation for a democratic South Africa . |
| 15 | Dubcek faced calls from right-wing forces for his resignation as Assembly Chairman in view of his " practical support " for the opposition party Movement for a Democratic Slovakia ( HZDS ) , a group which had split from VPN in March 1991 [ see p. 38106 ] . |
| 16 | Leading Slovak politicians , including Vladimir Meciar , the former Slovak Prime Minister and the leader of the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia , launched an initiative called " For a Free Slovakia " [ for Meciar 's proposal for a " grand coalition " of Slovak political parties , see p. 38381 ] . |
| 17 | On March 25 Czechoslovak federal police launched an investigation into the activities of Vladimir Meciar , the leader of the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia ( MDS or HZDS ) . |
| 18 | In Slovakia , on the other hand , the chief victor was Vladimir Meciar 's Movement for a Democratic Slovakia ( HZDS ) , whose nationalist platform drew heavily on economic discontent engendered by the harsh application of Klaus 's free-market principles , and favoured greater state intervention , if necessary supported by budget deficits . |
| 19 | Chamber of the People Chamber of Nations Czech Lands Slovakia Total MPs Czech Lands Slovakia Total MPs % MPs % MPs % MPs % MPs Civic Democratic Party-Christian Democratic Party 33.90 46+2 3.95 0 48 33.43 34+3 3.66 0 37 Movement for a Democratic Slovakia — - 33.53 23+1 24 — - 33.85 31+2 33 |
| 20 | Civic Democratic Party 29.73 76 Left Bloc 14.05 35 Czechoslovak Social Democracy 6.53 16 Liberal Social Union 6.52 16 Christian Democratic Union-Czechoslovak People 's Party 6.28 15 Association for the Republic-Republican Party of Czechoslovakia 5.98 14 Civic Democratic Alliance 5.93 14 Movement for Self-administered Democracy-Society for Moravia and Silesia 5.87 14 Civic Movement 4.59 0 Others 14.52 0 Total 100 200 % of vote Seats Movement for a Democratic Slovakia 37.26 74 Party of Democratic Left 14.70 29 Christian Democratic Movement 8.88 18 Slovak National Party 7.93 15 Hungarian minority coalition 7.42 14 Civic Democratic Union 4.03 0 Social Democratic Party in Slovakia 4.00 0 Others 15.78 0 Total 100 150 |
| 21 | Negotiations were begun between the Civic Democratic Party and the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia as the two largest parties . |
| 22 | The Civic Democratic Party was reported as favouring a continued federal structure , while the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia argued for a confederation of two sovereign states each of which would be a separate legal entity in international law . |
| 23 | At the constituent session on June 25 of the new Federal Assembly Michal Kovac of the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia was elected unopposed as chair of the Federal Assembly ( in place of Dubcek ) , Vaclav Benda of the Civic Democratic Party-Christian Democratic Party as chair of the Chamber of the People , and Roman Zeleney of the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia as chair of the Chamber of Nations . |
| 24 | At the constituent session on June 25 of the new Federal Assembly Michal Kovac of the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia was elected unopposed as chair of the Federal Assembly ( in place of Dubcek ) , Vaclav Benda of the Civic Democratic Party-Christian Democratic Party as chair of the Chamber of the People , and Roman Zeleney of the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia as chair of the Chamber of Nations . |
| 25 | Three days later Vaclav Klaus , Czech Prime Minister and leader of the Civic Democratic Party ( ODS ) , and Vladimir Meciar , Slovak Prime Minister and leader of the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia ( HZDS ) , reached a political agreement on the steps to be taken towards the abolition of the federation . |
| 26 | Three days later Vaclav Klaus , Czech Prime Minister and leader of the Civic Democratic Party ( ODS ) , and Vladimir Meciar , Slovak Prime Minister and leader of the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia ( HZDS ) , reached a political agreement on the steps to be taken towards the abolition of the federation . |
| 27 | The Czech Prime Minister and leader of the Civic Democratic Party ( ODS ) , Vaclav Klaus , and the Slovak Prime Minister , Vladimir Meciar , leader of the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia ( HZDS ) , met in Prague on Aug. 12 . |
| 28 | The constitution was signed on Sept. 3 at a televised ceremony in Bratislava Castle by SNC chairman Ivan Gasparovic and Vladimir Meciar , the Slovak Premier and leader of the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia ( HZDS ) , who later appeared on a balcony before cheering crowds . |
| 29 | The rejection of the original bill was criticized strongly by Vaclav Klaus , the Czech Prime Minister and leader of the Civic Democratic Party ( ODS ) , who had drawn it up with his Slovak counterpart and leader of the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia ( HZDS ) , Vladimir Meciar [ see pp. 39061-62 ] . |
| 30 | He is deputy chairman of the dominant Movement for a Democratic Slovakia ( HZDS ) , the party whose vigorous campaign for Slovak independence hastened Czechoslovakia 's partition into separate Czech and Slovak states on 1 January . |