Confidence motion

• No confidence motions & votes

• Faculty Passes No-Confidence Motion

The Radford University faculty senate approved Thursday a motion expressing no confidence in the academic leadership of Provost Wil Stanton. The vote, cast by secret ballot, was 29-16 in favor.

• Roanoke Times & World News
• October 23, 2009

• Golding Survives No-Confidence Motion

The PNP charged that [Bruce Golding] has still not spoken the truth about the engagement of Manatí, Phelps & Phillips. The party also said he should be condemned 'for his suppression of the truth, which amounted to deception being practised on the Parliament and the people of Jamaica, and which has resulted in continuing damage of Jamaica's name in the international arena". Golding's government delayed signing an authority to proceed against Coke, an affiliate of the JLP, for nine months. Golding pointed to a number of factors that have prompted the Government's course of action. [Portia Simpson Miller] said Golding's action in sanctioning Manatt, Phelps & Phillips to explore the extradition issue represents 'samfie of the calibre that would put our folk hero, Bredda Anancy, to ...

• Weekly Gleaner, The; North American ed.
• July 05, 2010

• Israel's Labor Party Backs No-Confidence Motion On Sharon

Associated Press

• The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• June 22, 2004

• Canadian Parliament to Dissolve: ; Opposition Parties Ok No-Confidence Motion Against Liberal Government

TORONTO - A corruption scandal forced a vote of no-confidence Monday that toppled Prime Minister Paul Martin's minority government, triggering an unusual election campaign during the Christmas holidays. Canada's three opposition parties, which control a majority in Parliament, voted against Martin's government, claiming his Liberal Party no longer has the moral authority to lead the nation.

• Charleston Gazette
• November 29, 2005

• Leader Willing to Quit After Crisis Clears

TOKYO Prime Minister Naoto Kan defeated a no-confidence motion Thursday over his handling of Japan's triple disasters, but the victory may be short-lived - he said he is willing to resign once the country's recovery takes hold.

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• June 03, 2011

• Many Students Did Not Know About Decision

Many West Virginia State University students didn't know about President Hazo W. Carter Jr.'s retirement announcement on Tuesday, and a student leader thinks the school's faculty and administrators should have done more to tell students about the controversy and a no-confidence vote against Carter. Student Government Association President Kinyatta Buford said the university did not inform the student body about the faculty's support of a no-confidence motion against Carter during a meeting last week. The vote was symbolic, but faculty cited several reasons for the motion, including declining enrollment and the failure of university officials to raise money from private contributors.

• Charleston Gazette
• August 24, 2011

• Irish Pm Faces Budget Cuts, Party Rebels

DUBLIN - Lawmakers in Prime Minister Brian Cowen's own party mounted a rebellion Tuesday to try to oust him, an effort that could trigger a snap election and delay a massive EU-IMF bailout of Ireland. Despite the discontent, Cowen's Cabinet colleagues in the Fianna Fail party said they were confident the rebels have too few votes to pursue a no-confidence motion against Cowen.

• Charleston Gazette
• November 24, 2010

• Where the Sabah Wind Blows

THE GUESSING GAME CONTINUES. PREVIOUSLY it was `when' and `how' the proposed no-confidence motion by the Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi would be tabled in Parliament. Now a new element has been added: `if'. For the party has announced that it is putting off the no-confidence move - `for now'.

• Malaysian Business
• July 23, 2008

• Moog Sees Another Good Year ; Expects Sales, Profits to Keep Rising in 2011

Aerospace company Moog expects higher sales and profits this year, after struggling through a tough 2009 and recovering in 2010, its longtime CEO and its new president told shareholders Wednesday. Speaking at the company's annual meeting, executives of the Elma- based manufacturer of motion control and aircraft electronic systems projected a revived air of confidence about future prospects.

• Buffalo News
• January 13, 2011

• Vancouver School Workers Vote No-Confidence

Vancouver school employees and teachers voted overwhelming to send a no confidence message to Superintendent Steve Webb and the Vancouver school board. In results released Friday night, 801 of those who returned ballots 82.4 percent voted in favor of the no-confidence motion; 171 (17.6 percent) supported the school district leadership.

• The Columbian
• September 29, 2011