G. whereas the Baku authorities have refused to authorise opposition rallies in the centre of the capital; whereas the police have physically assaulted and detained members of the opposition coalition that has been holding electoral rallies since September,

It seems to me that if I go for a nomination meeting tomorrow in my riding and I get selected to be the future candidate for my party, I can now go out in my riding, approach corporations, anybody I like, and have them give me money directly, without receipts, and I can spend as much as I want on pre-writ activity, without any restrictions whatsoever, because I'm not a candidate until the time the election is called.

Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union concerning the bloody attack at an election rally in Sri Lanka on 2 October 2000

They referred to some of the election meetings, for example, that they had gone to.

The Liberal Party of Canada at its recent convention had an in-depth discussion on the role of political parties in promoting equality for women and why nomination meetings should have a cap and what we should be doing in terms of this house.

The Council agreed on the following early practical steps to strengthen relations with Ukraine: (a) a visit by the Troika, at Foreign Minister or another appropriate level, to present the agreed policy of the EU to the Ukrainian government and to discuss the future development of relations, building on the groundwork set at the meeting with the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Udovenko on 4 October; (b) the institution, as soon as possible, of regular Troika consultations with the Ukrainians at Political Director level and, as appropriate, at Foreign Minister level, in anticipation of the relevant provisions of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement; (c) renewed efforts, through political contacts and diplomatic channels, to impress upon the ...[+++] Ukrainian government and parliament, the need for Ukraine to accede to the NPT as a non-nuclear weapons State at the earliest possible time, the importance of full implementation of the START I and START II agreements and to maintain the momentum of the nuclear disarmament process; (d) the offer of advice on drafting a new constitution and a new electoral law; (e) to look at opportunities for improving trade and industrial cooperation between the EU and Ukraine in an early Joint Committee; (f) examination of the advisability of and conditions for possible membership of the Ukrainian Science and Technology Centre in Kiev.