It proved impossible both to hold them to account and to hold elections.
Intelligence agencies have to be secretive, but their secrecy makes them harder to hold to account.
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"Only a proper public inquiry can establish the facts, hold to account those responsible and ensure that this can never happen again, " he said.
We are in uncharted territory and the responsibility to hold to account those who rule and those who seek to rule has never been greater.
The government needs to respond to Sir John's report by showing that it is determined to find, and hold to account, those in the British state who have aided and abetted murders.
"Our efforts to hold to account all of the individuals who participated in defrauding an organization that exists solely for the purpose of aiding victims of Nazi atrocities continues, " said Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, in a statement.
The Libyan delegation at the UN had sent a letter to the Council backing measures to hold to account those responsible for armed attacks on Libyan civilians, including action through the International Criminal Court - which had been one of the main points of contention in the resolution.
The Home Office said it was up to voters to hold PCCs to account.
Having two people in charge can also make it tougher for boards to hold either to account.
The government says commissioners are not there to run local police forces but to hold them to account.
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But, you might say, that should surely double the resolve of the press to hold them to account.
Nor did the report please activists seeking a clear explanation of how they might hold firms to account.
If ever there was evidence that it is quite literally time to hold governments to account, this is it.
The UK government says commissioners are not there to run local police forces but to hold them to account.
And the people to hold them to account are the Judges, it is their task, task under our Constitution.
Plaid Cymru peer Lord Wigley said the state should ensure that individuals have the means to hold it to account.
If a performance-related issue was identified, it added, the panel would rigorously challenge the commissioner and hold him to account.
"This type of disclosure allows shareholders to properly hold institutions to account for how they pay their staff, " he said.
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In that role it was his job to hold ministers to account.
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But in fact it is accountable to the Chancellor, who has signed away most of his rights to hold it to account.
The new commissioners will have the power to hire and fire chief constables, hold them to account and set the forces' budgets.
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The commissioner, who will replace Nottinghamshire Police Authority, will have the power to choose chief constables and is expected to hold officers to account.
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The report says the college's governing body is perceived as ineffective and not able to adequately challenge senior management or hold them to account.
Earl Howe said that under the existing plans, the health secretary could set objectives for the Board and hold it to account on those.
Health Minister Earl Howe disagreed, saying that involving the health secretary in decision-making would undermine his or her ability to hold Monitor to account.
If Brazil 2014 falls short on facilities for wheelchair users, it won't be for lack of effort on Romario's part to hold organisers to account.
And while we hold others to account, we will meet our own obligations under the Non-Proliferation Treaty, and strive for a world without nuclear weapons.
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