In these enlightened times, citizens expect transparency from their elected representatives and institutions.
In the conventional sense, democracy means rule by the people through elected representatives.
This form of government relies heavily on elected representatives to make decisions.
They see the government as being a convening of elected representatives.
Local elected representatives seem to have been their preferred target, in the last few months.
Sinds enige maanden lijken lokale verkozenen het favoriete doelwit.
He asked the elected representatives of the people to grant him extraordinary powers.
Hij vroeg de gekozen vertegenwoordigers... buitengewone bevoegdheden toe te kennen.
Contact with democratically elected representatives at local and regional levels is important.
Het contact met democratisch gekozen vertegenwoordigers op lokaal en regionaal niveau is belangrijk.
They have achieved this victory through collective struggle and through democratically elected representatives.
Zij hebben deze overwinning verkregen door collectieve strijd en via democratisch gekozen vertegenwoordigers.
Moreover, national parliaments are also composed of elected representatives.
Overigens bestaan de nationale parlementen ook uit verkozen vertegenwoordigers.
Introduce codes of conduct/ethics for officials and elected representatives.
Invoeren van gedrags- en ethische codes voor functionarissen en verkozen vertegenwoordigers.
These are, after all, concerns of elected representatives.
Dit zijn tenslotte zaken waarmee de gekozen vertegenwoordigers zich bezig moeten houden.
Members are elected representatives of local and regional authorities.
Leden zijn gekozen vertegenwoordigers van lokale en regionale autoriteiten.
And congratulations to our newly elected representatives.
En felicitaties aan onze nieuw gekozen vertegenwoordigers.