weak administration

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Sarraj’s U.N.-backed but weak administration holds Tripoli and parts of the west.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2019

Conde's camp argues it has had to balance delivering quick fixes with pushing through the deep reforms needed in a country crippled by a chronically weak administration.

From Reuters • Sep. 26, 2013

A Pentagon official monitoring Iraq acknowledges that a weak administration could invite a coup.

From Time Magazine Archive

Under the weak administration of his predecessor a widespread revolt had broken out against the French.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

So the gran ministero, as it was called, entered upon its functions: great by reason of its chief, who infused his own life and vigour into what was before a weak administration.

From Cavour by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn