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Perhaps more striking than the anecdotes themselves is the charge that a tight circle of advisers, family members, and party loyalists suppressed the worst of it—from donors, voters, and even members of the Cabinet—through the 2024 election cycle.
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
Those troubles have badly dented Mr. Orban’s popularity ahead of an election next year that, according to some opinion polls, his governing Fidesz party could lose to an upstart opposition movement led by Peter Magyar, a former party loyalist.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2025
That has included packing the Constitutional Court with party loyalists and unleashing a permanent war against the independence of the judiciary.
—BÁlint Madlovics, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2025
Another casualty of the aid freeze is the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which has focused much of its recent work on Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela — all countries where institutions are stacked with ruling party loyalists.
—Joshua Goodman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
Ivanishvili has gradually replaced virtually all the key officials in the bureaucracy, the judiciary, and law enforcement with party loyalists.
—Christian Caryl, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2024
Not all of them indicate a true protest vote from party loyalists against the eventual nominee.
—Alex Lemonides, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2024
However, such qualifications are not uncommon for ambassadorial appointments to smaller or less politically critical nations, which are often awarded to major donors, party loyalists, business leaders, celebrities, or other prominent figures.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Venezuela's National Electoral Council, which is stacked with ruling party loyalists, declared Maduro the election winner hours after polls closed.
—The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 24 Nov. 2024
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Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
Those troubles have badly dented Mr. Orban’s popularity ahead of an election next year that, according to some opinion polls, his governing Fidesz party could lose to an upstart opposition movement led by Peter Magyar, a former party loyalist.
—Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2025
That has included packing the Constitutional Court with party loyalists and unleashing a permanent war against the independence of the judiciary.
—BÁlint Madlovics, Foreign Affairs, 10 Feb. 2025
Another casualty of the aid freeze is the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which has focused much of its recent work on Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela — all countries where institutions are stacked with ruling party loyalists.
—Joshua Goodman, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2025
Ivanishvili has gradually replaced virtually all the key officials in the bureaucracy, the judiciary, and law enforcement with party loyalists.
—Christian Caryl, Foreign Affairs, 26 Dec. 2024
Not all of them indicate a true protest vote from party loyalists against the eventual nominee.
—Alex Lemonides, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2024
However, such qualifications are not uncommon for ambassadorial appointments to smaller or less politically critical nations, which are often awarded to major donors, party loyalists, business leaders, celebrities, or other prominent figures.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Venezuela's National Electoral Council, which is stacked with ruling party loyalists, declared Maduro the election winner hours after polls closed.
—The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Party loyalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/party%20loyalist. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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