Still, he thought of it as a first step toward broader popular participation in the government.

These regulations also provided for broader public participation in rangeland management.

Rather, he defined democracy as the generation of broad participation in government, a process the church supported.

The objective is to have as broad a public participation as possible.

But even with such broad participation, more than three out of five Israelis could vote for peace and the agreement would still be defeated.

They were careful to ensure broad racial participation in the design of the test itself and its administration.

The prime minister, he said, "wants a much broader participation than a small circle of deputies talking among themselves."

He said he hoped for broad public participation in the process.

The advantages are clear - an open debate and broad participation - but here too questions can be raised.

I wish to begin by expressing my pleasure at the broad participation in this debate: we have been here more than five hours.