Previously, voters cast ballots for an electoral college which chose the president, in a process marred by political bargaining.
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The report came after bitterly feuding political parties failed to form a coalition following days of back-room political bargaining.
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As Congress wraps up legislative business for the century, space-related bills are being held up by political bargaining tactics.
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The wrangling was one result of a half-finished revolution that could swiftly bog down in legal wrangling and political bargaining.
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The seriousness of Sihanouk's remarks was hard to judge because he regularly employs such threats as a political bargaining chip.
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The government countered the protests by drawing its supporters for demonstrations of its own, claiming the film demonstrated normal political bargaining.
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As it was, there was more than one mayoral intimate who thought Menino should do more political bargaining before making an endorsement decision.
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"Germany, like Japan and other countries, retain their plutonium stockpiles as political bargaining chips, " the report said.
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This would put the Funcinpec and Sam Rainsy Party into the position of spoilers, and suggest some hard political bargaining could lie ahead.
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But Yilmaz only slowed down the chain of events that appear headed for another round of political bargaining to try to piece together another government.
