But corruption,unfortunately, has been a big part of the Mexican political system for a very long time."

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

"The fate of Nkunda therefore has both legal and political connotations, both for the justice system and for the political questions posed in eastern Congo.

VOA: standard.2009.04.18

U.S.President Barack Obama says the movement to reform the U.S.health insurance system is gaining momentum with the help of politicians who have crossed political lines to support it.

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

"They don't quite trust the Israeli political system or the police or all the structures of authority and so a very tiny group has declared a war on the entire Israeli mainstream,".

VOA: standard.2009.11.14

But I think as time went on after the Rose Revolution, I think he wanted to perpetuate this kind of system in which there was really absence of checks and balances, no real opposition included in the political process very much sort of governing by committee of the inner circle, of loyal allies around the president.

VOA: standard.2009.09.01