"LEADERSHIP" · 총 780건
필터 보기현재 지수
50.3
0 = 부정 우세
50 = 중립
100 = 긍정 우세
최근 7일 기준 78,039건을 분석한 결과, 뉴스 심리지수는 50.2(균형)입니다. 긍정 4,019건(5.1%)·중립 72,062건(92.3%)·부정 1,958건(2.5%)이며, 중립 비중이 뚜렷하게 높습니다. 성향 지수는 종합 15.2(중도 균형)입니다.
MANILA, Philippines – The Senate blue ribbon committee headed by Sen. Erwin Tulfo on Monday resumes proceedings on the controversial flood control project scam amid the continuing leadership dispute in the chamber. The conflict stems from the Senate reorganization that installed Sen. Sherwin Gatchalian as acting Senate president, a move contested by allies of Sen.
MANILA, Philippines — All the remaining 22 senators should attend the special session of Congress to be called by President Marcos to settle their internal row once and for all, and move on to other more pressing issues, said a constitutional law expert. According to University of the Philippines College of Law associate dean Paolo
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court should not interfere in the Senate fiasco just yet, and allow the senators to resolve the leadership issue by themselves lest the judiciary become tainted by the politics of the legislative and executive branches of the government, said a constitutional law expert. According to University of the Philippines College
MANILA, Philippines — Senator Sherwin Gatchalian on Sunday said he is open to a dialogue with Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano’s bloc to settle the leadership impasse, which has divided the upper chamber and stalled legislative work last week ahead of an adjournment of almost two months. The House of Representatives also urged the Senate to
MANILA, Philippines — Senators allied with Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano should not boycott any special session that may be called by President Marcos to address the ongoing leadership impasse in the chamber, as doing so could effectively hand control of the Senate to the new majority bloc led by acting Senate president Sherwin Gatchalian, a
[Leadership] Troops of Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation Savannah Shield (OPSS) have apprehended five suspected bandits/terrorists' informants in separate operations conducted in Niger State.
[This Day] Ilorin -- A former President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, weekend, said the purported ambition of his former Chief of Staff (CoS) and factional governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under the Taminu Turaki leadership in Kwara State, Alhaji Ladi Hassan, was driven by personal ambition and not by principle.
Tom Kerridge says ‘whole of hospitality’ should get behind Burnham who has called for VAT cut from 20% to 10% Chefs and restaurateurs have said they hope Andy Burnham becomes prime minister after he backed calls to cut VAT tax for hospitality businesses. Burnham, who is standing as the Labour candidate in the Makerfield byelection and is expected to launch a challenge to Keir Starmer’s leadership if he wins, has called for the rate to be cut from 20% to 10% to be in line with European rates. Continue reading...
MANILA, Philippines — Acting Senate president Sherwin Gatchalian expressed concern on Sunday about the delay caused by the recent leadership impasse in the Senate, particularly the confirmation of eight Cabinet members and a backlog of military and diplomatic appointees. Aside from pending legislation, no senators have been elected as members of the Commission on Appointments
Mamata Banerjee's Delhi visit comes days after 60 of the party's 80 MLAs backed expelled MLA Ritabrata Banerjee as the LoP in Assembly, dealing a major blow toTMC leadership.
A DEMOCRACY needs an effective parliament. Has Pakistan’s parliament lived up to this responsibility? The evidence suggests it hasn’t. Parliament has underperformed. It has acted as little more than a rubber-stamp for the present government. This reflects a broader trend of democratic erosion in the country in recent years. Several reports offer telling insights into parliament’s functioning. The most recent was released last week by a civil society organisation. It records the low attendance of members of the National Assembly in its proceedings. According to Fafen (Free and Fair Election Network), only 20 per cent of MNAs attended all sittings of the Lower House in the 27th session in May. Thirty-three members did not show up for any sitting. The prime minister was absent from all nine sittings as were some ministers. The leader of the opposition, however, attended all of them. As many as 267 members out of 333 skipped at least one sitting of the session. An earlier report by Pildat (Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency) evaluated the National Assembly’s performance in the parliamentary year March 2025 to February 2026. It also found low attendance by members. The report pointed out that the Assembly’s lack of quorum was raised 19 times, with eight sittings adjourned due to the absence of members. Despite this low and declining engagement by MNAs, the ruling party has made no effort to address the recurring problem of empty benches. Attendance is not the only indicator of parliamentary conduct. What matters most is how it performs its legislative and deliberative functions. This is arguably the most unedifying aspect of its performance. It is due principally to the attitude of the government, which enjoys a simple majority in the Assembly, but with its ally, the PPP, it has a two-thirds majority. The way constitutional amendments have been bulldozed through parliament in the past two years is a striking illustration of its attitude to parliamentary institutions. A parliament that doesn’t assert itself surrenders its authority to others. In 2024, when parliament adopted the 26th Constitutional Amendment, it was done in the darkness of night. Even the final text was not made available to lawmakers before it was tabled. The entire legislative process lacked transparency. It was over in hours, without any debate on an amendment of far-reaching implications for judicial independence. The controversial amendment made the judiciary subservient to the executive and seriously undermined the rule of law. Official coercion to secure the required two-thirds vote robbed the entire process of legitimacy. The adoption of the 27th Constitutional Amendment in November 2025 followed a similar path. It was passed in just a couple of days. There was hardly any debate other than some speeches from treasury benches during which the opposition walked out. The amendment struck at the heart of the Constitution. It involved structural changes in the country’s judicial system including the creation of a Federal Constitutional Court, restructuring of the military high command and grant of sweeping constitutional privileges and immunities to key officeholders. It sparked intense public controversy and evoked much criticism from the opposition, legal community, media and civil society. It was widely seen as another power grab by the executive. But again, the government rushed through the process. Treasury members and their allies made no effort to press for a full debate. Another controversial bill, rushed through the NA in January 2026, was the Elections (Amendment) Bill. This limited public access to MPs’ asset statements by granting discretionary power to the Assembly Speaker or Senate chairman to withhold disclosures on unspecified ‘security grounds’. Opposition objections were cast aside to a law that undermined the principle of accountability of parliamentary members. These examples show how parliament has acted as a handmaiden of the executive. It has rubber-stamped actions that aggrandised the establishment’s powers. As it is the majority party that sets the tone and substance for parliamentary activity, its stance is the principal reason for turning this Assembly into a passive and largely ineffective body. The PML-N leadership sees parliament as a means to maintain its party in power rather than as an instrument of governance or forum to articulate and debate policy. As in its previous stints in government, the party has not encouraged the Assembly to play an active role in both its legislative and deliberative functions. With its majority, the ruling party should not be reluctant to encourage open parliamentary debate and allow members to freely deliberate on national issues. But it doesn’t see the value of parliamentary debate. It also doesn’t recognise the utility of parliament as a forum to ventilate opinion, change opinion and share opinion. Whether this reflects lack of confidence in its own backbenchers or understanding of how parliament should function, the outcome is marginalisation of the legislature’s role in the political system. The PPP has also contributed to this outcome by not pushing for debate on key national and foreign policy issues or insisting that constitutional amendments should be deliberated upon and not rushed through the two chambers. As for the opposition, it has had to face incessant obstacles put in its path by an authoritarian set-up. Even so, it has tried to generate pressure for debate and subject government actions to critical scrutiny. But its frequent walkouts and boycotts, albeit in protest against efforts to muzzle its voice, have proven to be counterproductive. It has left the field open for treasury benches to do whatever they want. Parliament is as good as its members. Many are adept in constituency politics and are products of a culture of patronage. For them, a seat means a ticket to an elite club and access to state resources to shore up their local power base. Attendance is secondary and policy debates of little interest. The result is weak parliamentary oversight of executive actions. Elected representatives repeatedly declare their commitment to parliamentary supremacy. But they are unwilling to lend substance to these pronouncements by their actions. Supremacy becomes a talking point, not a rulebook. A parliament that doesn’t assert itself surrenders its authority to others. A hollowed House does no service to democracy. The writer is a former ambassador to the US, UK and UN. Published in Dawn, June 8th, 2026
Han Seong-sook SEOUL: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung nominated Han Seong-sook to be his next prime minister on Sunday, making her only the second woman to hold the post if confirmed by parliament. Han currently serves as minister for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) and Startups. The nomination comes after Lee’s party dominated local elections on Wednesday, although the Democratic Party lost the high-profile Seoul mayoral race to the opposition. The elections also sparked controversy over ballot shortages that affected 50 polling stations nationwide, prompting the head of the state election watchdog to resign. Lee has “judged nominee Han to be the right person to take responsibility for growth and people’s livelihoods at a time when the country faces a major strategic transition driven by AI innovation and complex global crises”, Lee’s chief of staff Kang Hoon-sik told reporters at a news conference. Han’s nomination requires parliamentary approval, but is expected to be confirmed as the ruling party holds a majority in the 300-member National Assembly, barring any major ethical concerns or scandals. If confirmed, the 58-year-old will become only the second woman to serve as prime minister. The first was Han Myeong-sook, who held the post from 2006 to 2007. Outgoing Prime Minister Kim Min-seok is widely expected to run for the leadership of the ruling Democratic Party. Published in Dawn, June 8th, 2026
[Leadership] Stakeholders from Askira-Uba local government area of Borno State yesterday said they were losing patience over government's inaction on the 42 pupils abducted from Mussa Primary and Junior Secondary School in the area three weeks ago.
[Leadership] Stakeholders in Nigeria's health sector have called for increased domestic financing and stronger national ownership of malaria control programmes as declining donor support threatens efforts to eliminate the disease.
[Leadership] The Nasarawa State House of Assembly Committee on Nasarawa Urban Development Board (NUDB) has lauded Governor Abdullahi Sule for his "massive" investment in infrastructure development following an inspection of key projects across Akwanga, Keffi, Karu and Lafia LGAs.
[Leadership] A former vice chancellor of the University of Ilorin and chairman of the Governing Council of Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, died yesterday at the age of 69.
[Leadership] As part of activities commemorating its centenary anniversary, Daily Times Nigeria (DTN) has announced the constitution of the Governing Board for the Daily Times Centenary Awards.
[Leadership] A coalition of apex leaders, party members, stakeholders, traditional institutions, youth and women groups as well as residents of Eti-Osa Constituency I in Lagos State has appealed to President Bola Tinubu and the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to intervene in what they described as an attempt to disregard the outcome of the party's primary election in the constituency.
[Leadership] The leadership of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has refuted allegations linking the recent nationwide prayer gathering and related activities to the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) or its General Overseer, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, describing such claims as false, misleading, and baseless.
[Leadership] President Bola Tinubu, former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd) and former Ogun State governor and Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, have felicitated with Chief Folasade Ogunbiyi, the Iyalode of Remoland, on her 80th birthday.