It may also be part of a tendency to vote for groups believed to have done the most to oppose dictatorship and corruption and to offer basic welfare.

Mr. Liu said there are important forces of change inside the party, "officials at all levels who oppose the massacre, who oppose corruption.

She campaigned strongly for women's and children's rights, and opposed political corruption.

The gang that opposed corruption now lead an attack on the kingmaker who lays out a trap in which they get killed.

He was honest and seems to have opposed corruption, but he was no more successful than his predecessors in bringing peace.

Her position is also a metaphor for the republican nation, in which citizens are expected to uphold civil integrity and to oppose corruption.

Carey put together a coalition that included rank-and-file activists, TDU leaders, and local officers who opposed corruption.

The Constitution also obliged citizens to protect socialist property and oppose corruption.

In 1988 he helped to found the Brazilian Social Democratic Party, a center-left group that opposed corruption.

"We say we oppose corruption, but ultimately, it is the entire system."