| In most states it is a one-time appointment, and a form of political patronage. |
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| The crowning reform in Britain in the 1850s was the abolition of appointment by political patronage in favour of competitive examination. |
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| Two decisions, both reeking of political patronage, were most important in influencing the control of Australia's media. |
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| Over-zealous political patronage, greed and power are behind the latest saga, no doubt. |
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| In the past the civil service was used as an employment office for political patronage. |
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| There is partisan political patronage, cronyism and quite frankly, it stinks on all counts. |
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| This will have the additional benefit of eliminating a monumental political patronage system. |
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| Mr. Speaker, the Conservative Party promised but did not deliver a public appointments commission to end political patronage. |
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| We know that the Senate has been a dumping ground for political patronage, cronies and hacks of the leading parties. |
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| A further widespread problem has been extensive overstaffing, often linked to political patronage. |
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| Consolidated autocracies are often based on strong presidential or one-party systems, with economic power derived from political patronage. |
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| Sometimes, it has to be said, this is the umbrella under which are hidden euphemisms for political patronage and vote buying. |
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| Although there is legislation defining political and substantive positions, appointments are still a result of political patronage. |
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| Such cheating and corruption thrive due to political patronage and the complicity of the authorities who are supposed to protect the citizen's interests. |
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| Russia has recognised the results of the elections, and exercises political patronage over this political experiment in the heart of Europe. |
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| In this paper, political patronage generally refers to political influence in hiring and promotions in the public service. |
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| We would look forward to further discussions in terms of changing this political patronage that abounds in this country. |
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| It is made up of non-elected people who are appointed based on political patronage. |
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| I am not aware of any appointment east of Montreal that was not based on political patronage. |
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| While at it the government should make a firm resolve to have no political patronage or interference once the policy has been decided. |
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| Let us talk about Bill C-49 which is the government's reorganization of the political patronage industry in this country. |
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| Several nominees, such as Ebenezer Hoar in 1870 and Wheeler H. Peckham in 1894, were rejected because their opposition to political patronage demands had antagonized influential senators. |
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| In the Balkans political patronage means power, money and votes. |
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| Networks of political patronage also bleed into state-owned corporations. |
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| You didn't have to resort to political patronage. |
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| The Government of Burundi must strive to ensure that political interference, including political patronage, does not adversely affect the proper functioning of the public service. |
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| Parliament's intention was to ensure that appointment and promotion of civil service personnel be independently safeguarded from political patronage. |
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| Senior as well as junior public officials embezzle huge amounts of public funds and get away with it due to weak administrative controls that exist in government and due to political patronage. |
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| However, it seems that when it comes to political patronage appointments it has forgotten to squeeze hard because there is an illegal tax evasion scam going on. |
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| He has talked on many occasions and at great length about ending cronyism in government, ending the feeling of western alienation, ending political patronage appointments across the board. |
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| While this is a positive development and may mean future improvements, in the meantime board members appointed under the old political patronage system continue to decide on the fate of refugee claimants. |
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| George VI felt that the Orders of the Garter and the Thistle had been used only for political patronage, rather than to reward actual merit. |
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| Prior to 1949, most of the appointees to the Supreme Court of Canada owed their position to political patronage. |
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| Merit pay is retrogression to a political patronage system. |
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| The custom house provided a trove of political patronage. |
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| More important, in a corporatist political culture, small banks are often tools of political patronage and big ones are treated as national champions. |
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| Deputy heads are usually chosen from within the ranks of the public service, but their appointments are not treated as examples of political patronage. |
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| Would the minister tell us briefly what safeguards are in place to ensure that political patronage is not a factor in the awarding of advertising contracts within her department? |
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| With equal doggedness, Meigs rooted out incompetent administrators, who were rife in a system built on political patronage, and replaced them with men selected on merit. |
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