Word: cronyism
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...toll on motorists entering central London. His calm response to the July 2005 terror attacks on the capital and his leadership in securing the 2012 Olympic Games for the city have also enhanced his reputation. But he's been damaged by the departure of two aides amid allegations of cronyism at City Hall, and he has been mocked for giving red-carpet treatment to controversial figures such as the radical Islamic cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who last year repaid the compliment by signing a deal to provide London's buses with cheap Venezuelan fuel...
...doesn't seem to have any." Obama has alleged that McCain puts lobbyists "in charge of his campaign," even though the Democratic candidates are also advised by current and former influence brokers. The Democratic National Committee regularly blasts out statements tagging McCain with ominous phrases like special-interest cronyism...
...Suharto was not forgotten for another reason: the attempts at political reform since he left power have not produced a tangible improvement in the daily lives of Indonesians. Corruption, cronyism, a lack of transparency and accountability - they are all still around. Indonesia has been reborn as a young democracy, but because Suharto did not establish durable civic institutions, that democracy is messy enough for many Indonesians to pine for his old New Order...
...Kikuyu elite, and condemns millions to poverty. Despite an economy that grew at 6.2% last year, 55% of Kenya's 36 million population live on less than $2 a day. Though Kibaki was elected on an anti-corruption ticket in 2002, he proved a disappointment: graft and cronyism have thrived and his anti-corruption tsar John Githongo fled to London in 2005. Githongo never explained why he left Kenya. He reportedly had begun to doubt the government's commitment to tackling corruption and had received death threats...
...Prime Minister yesterday, for example, Musharraf called on Mohammedmian Soomro, his close ally and member of his own ruling League-Q party. This is hardly the action of a man with the nation’s best interest in mind—it is blatant cronyism. Pakistan has become a place where dissent is not tolerated. Musharraf established emergency rule about two weeks ago, citing national security as the reason. He claimed that emergency rule was necessary to quash the growing risk of terrorism. Hundreds of critics of Musharraf have been detained since he imposed emergency...