It's an abuse of power.

You are abusing your authority.

Tom is abusing his authority.

Who has the authority to interpret religious texts?

These lax procedures contrast jarringly with the president's powers.

But did these central banks have the legal authority to do so?

But the EU treaties make it complicated to give these non eurozone countries full voting powers.

He has wide ranging powers, including the authority to make senior government appointments.

The Commission s proposal confers powers on the ECB for the supervision of all banks in the eurozone.

Traditional monarchs still have broad powers of appointment and decree.

A powerful president, however, is not necessarily wrong for Ukraine. In our wrenching postcommunist transition, it is essential that a government can act decisively.

None will have a clear mandate, and any debate will be emasculated.

The law empowers the MDA to approve art works with acceptable content

In Shahrzad the character of Buzurg Aqa, with his authority over the mobs, functions as a Kashani figure in disguise.

In the case of the US resolution authority, this has been a very controversial issue.

Afghanistan is a sovereign state, and its government has the authority do what it wants. But the international community is not obliged to finance official corruption.

The other major issue raised during the Orange Revolution concerns presidential powers. Many Yushchenko loyalists are unhappy that, in exchange for the government agreeing to fairer election rules, Yushchenko agreed to transfer some presidential powers to the parliament.

Because there's a fundamental disconnect, as I said, that actually, the people with the power want to do big expensive things.

The other major issue raised during the Orange Revolution concerns presidential powers.

First, a common institution, the European Central Bank, had the power to act.

That's why they overreact and risk the accusation of abuse of power when they take action against it.

The best and still most living thing about our Orange Revolution was the democratic empowerment of our people.

When abuses occur in one area, they can quickly spread to others. For weeks the Bush administration kept the report on abuses in Iraqi prisons from the American people by pressuring CBS not to air the photographs in its possession.

When abuses occur in one area, they can quickly spread to others.

In February, authorities added charges of tax evasion, illegal entrepreneurship, and abuse of power.

He resigned earlier this August, when local investigators charged him with abusing his authority.

In Europe's case, a constitutional framework will require an even more federalist structure than that established in America.

Chinese law limits the types of bureaucratic actions that can be challenged by lawsuit, such as abuses of discretion.

Frustrated with a bureaucracy reluctant to implement his political vision, Qaddafi bypassed traditional institutions and claimed a direct dialogue with the country s population.

The new court is empowered to reconcile or revoke laws that contain conflicts and duplications.

And some modern autocrats, such as Robert Mugabe, have been bolstered by their credentials as national freedom fighters.

Roscomnadzor has the power to block or fine the companies that don't comply with the law.

The European Commission also put forward a set of legislative proposals to establish the single supervisory mechanism and confer key supervisory tasks on the ECB.

Yugoslavia s Commission was appointed by President Kostunica with only the vaguest of mandates, and with no procedures, no budget, no timetable, and no Chairman.

93. It is also essential for the organs of State to fulfil the obligations arising from the constitutional powers of the National Counsel apos s Office.

Indeed, India s last general election, in 2004, was won by a woman of Italian heritage and Roman Catholic faith (Sonia Gandhi) who made way for a Sikh (Manmohan Singh) to be sworn in as Prime Minister by a Muslim (President Abdul Kalam) in a country that is 81 Hindu.

But, in today s world of sovereign states, treaties creating new international institutions with supranational powers are not realistic alternatives.

Minority politicians have long wielded authority, if not power, in its various high offices.

Andrei is being charged with illegally accessing information protected by the law, as well as aiding the abuse of police authority (which the officer allegedly committed).

To minimize the risk of an unruly collapse, it is necessary to approve an international resolution mechanism with authority over all major international financial institutions.

As the leader of a political party, the central idea for me nowadays is to empower individuals.

This implies a parliament with limited powers, a weak presidency subordinate to the army, and constitutional prerogatives that legitimate the army s intervention in politics.

And both departments have used their power to freeze financial assets or access to the US financial system.

If a depression is to be avoided, it will have to be the work of other arms of the government, with other tools and powers.

But it has no formal authority to mandate a common approach to capital (the G 20 should give it one).