parliamentary

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Dissanayake's leftist JVP, or the People's Liberation Front, won a two-thirds majority at the November 2024 parliamentary elections after his own victory two months earlier in the presidential poll.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

The Hansard record of parliamentary proceedings suggests it has been used nearly 3,000 times in the Commons and Lords since 2006.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Speaking to reporters ahead of a parliamentary confirmation hearing on Tuesday, Shin said robust foreign inflows into the local bond market, particularly through foreign-exchange swaps, have helped underpin dollar funding conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

In 2008, the Venezuelan daily El Nacional published a letter written by parliamentary workers that urged Chávez to “combat the corruption” Flores was enabling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

This blame-the-party-in-power approach made sense in Great Britain, where the prime minister is an elected member of Parliament who serves only as long as his or her party holds a majority of the parliamentary seats.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling