Speaking during a debate on a report into Lords reform, Lord Ashdown said that "at a time when people are dying for democracy", the House of Lords "infringes the fundamental principle of a democratic state, which is that the people's laws are made by the people's representatives".
Surely what is good enough for the people's representatives is worth trying for the people, too.
The REINS Act ensures that the people's representatives are accountable for the laws they pass as well as the major regulatory costs that may follow.
You've said repeatedly that the U.S. isn't going to get involved in it, but when more than 400 members of the people's representatives make a clear statement about it, isn't that the U.S. getting involved?
In other words, we're there to make sure that the whole government works efficiently and economically and ethically, and in that sense, to be the people's representatives, to make sure government doesn't go fat or dishonest.
And yet, in the name of protecting democracy, or protecting the constitution, (Israel has no constitution), Weinstein openly flouts the authority and rejects the prerogatives of the people's elected representatives in the Knesset and the government.
If there is a majority against it, we have a problem, with the DPP and 82% of the public saying one thing and the people's elected representatives saying another.
Precisely put, judges around the country--from the Supremes on down--are issuing diktats on a wide range of issues that should be in the hands of the people's elected representatives.
The assembly comprises the 500-seat elected parliament, the House of People's Representatives, plus another 200 appointed members.
In the former, the Supreme Court has actually invalidated a law approved by the people's democratically elected representatives.
In fact, the next president will be chosen by representatives of the People's Consultative Assembly, about three quarters of whom will be elected this June in Indonesia's first free parliamentary polls in four decades.
Videos have been taken of an official steamroller running over the offending handlebars while representatives from the economic police, the Market Management Bureau and the People's Committee stand solemnly to attention watching justice being done.
The People's Republic of China won a big victory late last month, as the House of Representatives voted to grant it permanent normal trade relations when it enters the World Trade Organization.
Libya was one of the first countries to recognize the opposition Syrian National Council as the legitimate representatives of the Syrian people and in February, Tripoli expelled Assad's diplomats and closed down their embassy.
Things will get even trickier when those 500 parliamentarians join 200 additional representatives to make up the People's Consultative Assembly.
In the House of Representatives, often called "The People's House, " the disparity is stark.
The southern - the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement, which is the major force in the south, essentially had enough and withdrew its representatives from the government, from the Government of National Unity, said that al-Bashir must follow through or they're no longer going to participate in the Government of National Unity.
And when banks have failed and markets have faltered, we the representatives of the people have to be the people's last line of defence.
Two youth representatives presented recommendations on young people's ideas for the post-2015 development agenda as well as their perspectives on a multi-sectoral response to young people's issues.
The 700 or so guests at the lunch included young people and representatives of different trades, crafts and professions from around the country, with the National Children's Orchestra of Great Britain providing music during the meal.
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