The News Rahul Gandhi will assume office this week as leader of the opposition in India’s Parliament, the Lok Sabha, filling a post that has lain vacant for the entirety of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decade-long tenure. As leader of the opposition, Gandhi will get various perks including a government bungalow and an increased salary, […]
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Former Georgia officials say they’re teaming up to defend the legitimacy of elections
ATLANTA (AP) — Four prominent former officials in Georgia, which has been a major front in disinformation over the democratic process, are joining a group that says it will try to counteract efforts to make people distrust elections. Those joining the Democracy Defense Project, whose launch was announced Tuesday, include two Georgia Republicans, former Gov. […]
US supreme court in ‘crisis of legitimacy’ says AOC at House oversight hearing
The US supreme court has been “captured and corrupted by money and extremism”, provoking a “crisis of legitimacy” that threatens the stability of American democracy, warned the representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Speaking during a round table on Capitol Hill, the New York Democrat accused the court of “delegitimizing itself through its conduct”. In the two years […]
Zelenskiy says it’s for Ukraine to determine his legitimacy, not Putin
(Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said his legitimacy is recognised and determined by the Ukrainian people, while criticizing that of Russian President Vladimir Putin. “President Zelenskiy’s legitimacy is recognised by the people of Ukraine… Our people are free. Putin’s legitimacy is recognised only by comrade Putin,” he told a press conference in Paris. Presidential elections […]
AL Senator Tubberville questions legitimacy of Trump verdict
HOUSTON CO, Ala. (WDHN) — Senator Tommy Tubberville of Alabama, retired Auburn football coach, released a statement today in support of Former President Donald Trump, who was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. In his statement, Tubberville attacked the legitimacy of the jury, 12 […]
AL Senator Tubberville questions legitimacy of Trump verdict
HOUSTON CO, Ala. (WDHN) — Senator Tommy Tubberville of Alabama, retired Auburn football coach, released a statement today in support of Former President Donald Trump, who was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. In his statement, Tubberville attacked the legitimacy of the jury, 12 […]
Putin questions Zelenskiy’s legitimacy as Ukraine’s leader
Russian president Vladimir Putin visited his Belarusian counterpart and close ally for talks on Friday in Minsk, after which he questioned whether Volodymyr Zelenskiy has the legitimacy to negotiate on Ukraine’s behalf. Russia is willing to hold talks about the war in Ukraine, Mr Putin said, but Mr Zelenskiy’s five-year term in office was supposed […]
Putin questions Zelensky’s legitimacy as Ukraine’s leader
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited his Belarusian counterpart and close ally for talks on Friday in Minsk, after which he questioned whether Volodymyr Zelensky has the legitimacy to negotiate on Ukraine’s behalf. Russia is willing to hold talks about the war in Ukraine, Mr Putin said, but Mr Zelensky’s five-year term in office was supposed […]
On a visit to his Belarusian ally, Putin questions Zelenskyy’s legitimacy as Ukraine’s leader
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin visited his Belarusian counterpart and close ally for talks Friday in Minsk, after which he questioned whether Volodymyr Zelenskyy has the legitimacy to negotiate on Ukraine’s behalf. Russia is willing to hold talks about the war in Ukraine, Putin said, but Zelenskyy’s five-year term in office was […]
A group of Republicans has united to defend the legitimacy of US elections and those who run them
ATLANTA (AP) — It was Election Day last November, and one of Georgia’s top election officials saw that reports of a voting machine problem in an eastern Pennsylvania county were gaining traction online. So Gabriel Sterling, a Republican who had defended the 2020 election in Georgia amid an onslaught of threats, posted a message to […]
Justice Thomas raised crucial question about legitimacy of special counsel’s prosecution of Trump
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas raised a question Thursday that goes to the heart of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s charges against former President Donald Trump. The high court was considering Trump’s argument that he is immune from prosecution for actions he took while president, but another issue is whether Smith and the Office of Special […]
Ukrainian President’s Office preparing Constitutional Court submission regarding Zelenskyy’s further legitimacy
The President’s Office of Ukraine has drafted a submission to the Constitutional Court regarding the legitimacy of Volodymyr Zelenskyy‘s tenure as Ukraine’s president, which expires this spring, but it has yet to submit it, ZN.UA reports. Source: ZN.UA Details: Under the Ukrainian Constitution (Article 103.5), the next presidential election in Ukraine should take place on […]