In fastening upon
public offices, like a mistletoe on a pear-tree, these officials indemnified themselves amply, and in the following manner.
There is a good stone prison here; and there are, besides, a handsome church, a court-house,
public offices, many commodious private residences, and a government observatory for noting and recording the magnetic variations.
'The proposed amendment to the NAB Ordinance 1999 aimed at curtailing its powers to investigate private persons and entities woefully inadequate, leaving enough room for it to continue to probe the private sector on the pretext of direct or indirect connection with holders of
public office,' the council observed in a press release issued on Saturday.
NAB law would not apply to a person if he is not a
public office holder.
A bill filed in the House of Representatives is seeking to automatically disqualify convicted individuals, including those found guilty of corruption, from holding
public office even while his or her case is on appeal.
Edgar Mary Sarmiento, seeks to immediately bar anyone convicted of corruption by the Sandiganbayan from holding
public office, even while an appeal is pending.
Tomas Mayor Antonio Talaue of Isabela be perpetually disqualified from holding
public office after he was convicted for failure to remit the P22.44 million in Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) premium of municipal employees from January 1997 to January 2004.
There's an elected
public office holder who can appear and disappear at will.
Summary: They abused their
public office and misappropriated funds.
Petitioner's counsel took the plea that Accountability Court had disqualified Maryam Nawaz from holding any
public office.
This week we were finally able reveal some of the true horrors that went on behind the high fences at Medomsley after the conclusion of three crown court trials, which saw ex-officers convicted of offences including misconduct in a
public office, grievous bodily harm and actual bodily harm, for crimes committed in the 1970s and 1980s.
Det Chief Supt Adrian Green said: "There wasn't a regime of abuse; these are individuals who have abused their positions, either by taking the opportunity [to be abusers], or seeking out that opportunity, who used their position in
public office to gain access to vulnerable individuals.
The contrast between the treatment of the two political entities is not entirely accurate- Nawaz Sharif was in
public office at the time of the purchase of properties and his conviction was based more than just tax evasion- it was according to the NAB ordinance, which demands a
public office holder to provide a money trail.
More LGBTQ candidates (400+) are running for
public office in 2018 than ever before, according to the Victory Institute.