Authorities hope that enacting the reforms, which will clear the way for parliamentary and presidential elections, will give the government more legitimacy.

VOA: standard.2010.06.22

The controversial transfer was endorsed this week by Madagascar's Constitutional Court which has become the source of legitimacy for the fledgling regime.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

"They got the legitimacy, and I think they have the support of the international community as well as of the Somali people,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

Allegations of rampant fraud and vote-rigging have surrounded the Afghan presidential election and raised questions about its legitimacy.

VOA: standard.2009.10.07

"If we don't get a level of legitimacy and governance, then all the troops in the world aren't going to make any difference,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

Israel says it will not open an investigation because that would be tantamount to acknowledging guilt and accepting the legitimacy of the Goldstone Commission.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

He said that requires an end to anti-Israel incitement by the Palestinians and said the United States does not "accept the legitimacy" of continued Israeli settlements.

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

Opposition leaders Mir Hussein Mousavi, Mehdi Karroubi and former president Mohammed Khatami have all challenged Mr.Ahmadinejad's legitimacy, arguing that he won re-election through fraud and vote-rigging.

VOA: standard.2009.08.28

That process might take weeks. Billed as only the second free election for President in Afghanistan's history, the fraud allegations are threatening the legitimacy of the process.

VOA: standard.2009.08.29

He said the coalition will have a lot of work to do to help build the legitimacy of the next Afghan government, regardless of who leads it.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

South Korean analysts say the North's notification of its plans is aimed at lending legitimacy to the launch, which Pyongyang says is part of a space research program.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

"We are seeing the same one who has legitimacy on both sides of the world and able to capitalize those, but the progress we have seen is rather minimal."

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

What we will have to do is, we and our international partners, work with the Afghan government in building legitimacy and in helping them tackle the problem of corruption."

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

The legitimacy of the election depends on a sufficient turnout.

VOA: standard.2009.08.16

he can bolster his political legitimacy."

VOA: standard.2010.05.17

(Recording) He says that postponing the election because of the electoral law would mean that the government would lose its legitimacy, along with that of parliament, bringing everything to a halt and spawning chaos.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

(applause) "And,nations within this body do the Palestinians no favors when they choose vitriolic attacks against Israel over constructive willingness to recognize Israel's legitimacy and its right to exist in peace and security."

VOA: standard.2009.09.23

The House resolution calls the commission's report irredeemably biased and unworthy of further consideration or legitimacy and urges the Obama administration, which has already condemned it, to strongly oppose its endorsement by the United Nations.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki already warned lawmakers,Saturday, that a failure to approve the electoral law would cause the government to "lose its legitimacy" and thrust the country back into an atmosphere of chaos and violence.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

(SAYING) Umetaliev says the legitimacy of the interim government will depend,first of all, on the strength and stability of trust it establishes with the Kyrgyz people, and secondly,on the way we re-establish international trust in their country and its interim government.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

"We think that,in the long run, more legitimacy is good for that cooperation rather than less, and that more representation and more good governance and more democracy will give regimes the legitimacy they need to pursue a strategic relationship with the U.S."

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

"What we want to do, along with friends like the Philippines and other ASEAN members is to encourage,urge, persuade the leadership of Burma to enter into this dialogue with their own people-to create the conditions for legitimacy that should be apparent when you have an election, and that is what we are looking to achieve,"

VOA: standard.2009.11.12