Contestation in a sentence

Of course, there is a contestation now between the federal government and the states involved; perhaps, this may end up in a court of law and clarity would emerge from such contestation," Prof. Yadudu said.

Hopefully such formal recognition will be read as the commencement of an era of spiritual accommodation, a lesson in humility, not a trigger for sterile contestation and renewed demonization of others among overlapping theocratic realms.

The launching of Greens Organise, at a time when the Green Party has experienced unprecedented electoral success and as it steps firmly into the political mainstream, could be an important moment of ideological contestation.

The UN of the future will require wise leadership and careful diplomacy in a world of contestation among the great powers.

The US-China contestation, supply chain constraints, climate change, and technological challenges have made the Indo-Pacific a central theatre of global geopolitics.

We must also open additional pathways to individual and collective contestation, including robust, well-resourced networks of legal aid centers trained in representing low-income clients experiencing algorithmic harms.

Again, they allowed Florida State back into the game with bad shot selection on offense and poor shot contestation on defense.

As a party, APC provide all the liberal space for issue-based political contestation.

As a result, in the former Transkei, funerals have become sites of contestation and confusion, as culture, spirituality and statecraft collide.

Lawyers consulted by explained that if someone had a legal contestation on one flat, then the legal action – for example, an injunction or garnishee order – would usually be limited to that one flat or its worth.

My first contestation for office was for the position of Lagos Mainland Council chairman in 1987.

Opening up the process beyond that would allow for manipulation by either the federal government or member states, likely resulting in additional contestation.

Recent protests were sparked by contestation over the April 2020 parliamentary election results.

The focus needs to be on China, and rethinking China policy, as Southeast Asia continues to be seen in this contestation.

With a public sphere that often elevates intra-elite contestation above all else, there has never been anything like a sufficient discussion of the desperate situation to which millions have been condemned, or viable strategies for overcoming it.

Because of this opaque, decentralised political system and in the absence of clear and focussed demands, the protesters’ total rejection is more likely to yield zero-sum contestation than solutions.

I exclude countries like Russia, where while Vladimir Putin is very popular, the nature of contestation and political freedom for opposition candidates is limited.

Moreover, the meaning of filmed events is entirely open to contestation.

On his part Sossion says the matter under contestation has exclusively been on employment contract and not registration.

Their goal is to mimic the virtues of democracy, such as accountability, contestation, and representation, using methods that are superficial and fall short of real reform.