popular mandate

collocation in English

meaningsofpopularandmandate

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popular
adjective
uk
/ˈpɒp.jə.lər/us
/ˈpɑː.pjə.lɚ/
liked, enjoyed, or supported by ...
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mandate
noun[C usually singular]
uk
/ˈmæn.deɪt/us
/ˈmæn.deɪt/
the authority given to an elected group of people, such as a government, to perform an action or govern ...
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(Definition ofpopularandmandatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This was a very unwise move, as it alienated from the parliamentary process a political leader with 41 per cent of thepopularmandate.
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The electoral records suggest that thepopularmandatewas in favour of the ideology of consensus and unity.
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When would there be another gathering of such hard-working delegates, with so much public attention, and afterwards, so great a claim topopularmandate?
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In other words, it was a minority-led coalition government with a royal rather thanpopularmandate.
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Kohl had recently come to power via a constructive vote of no confidence and sought apopularmandate.
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New leaders seeking legislative influence can benefit from apopularmandatederived from elections.
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We have apopularmandatefor moving the balance away from direct to indirect taxation.
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We have sought solutions that reflect the context of each area, its legitimate needs and thepopularmandate.
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It would lack the teeth ofpopularmandate.
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There appears to be apopularmandatefor the communal ownership of land, but it is subsistence farmed, and tef is the most usual crop.
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It is important that there should be apopularmandate—that as many people as possible agree to support a mayor.
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Over the years, each political party—based on its own class interest—has got into office but has not had an overallpopularmandate.
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These strategic decisions must be taken by elected local authorities with apopularmandateand accountability to the communities that they represent and serve.
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Does he recognise that this is understandable in respect of civil servants but not where local authority people have been elected bypopularmandate?
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They are a self-styled radical party with a hugepopularmandate.
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That person will have apopularmandate.
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It would have nopopularmandatein terms of the huge transfers of money from one country to another that would be required to make it work.
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So where is thepopularmandate?
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