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Democracy Works Foundation (DWF) says it working towards the improvement of the oversight role of Malawi Parliament by making sure that parliament is acting and following up on recommendations that are given to different committees of the National Assembly. Regional director of Democracy Works Foundation Augustine Magolowondo revealed this on Thursday 28th of September 2023 […]
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\"Our Parliament has been reduced to a fish market with members jostling for five minutes of infamy. Is this the example our representatives want to set for our youth looking on?\"
Our Parliament has been reduced to a fish market with members jostling for 5 mins of infamy. Is this the example our representatives want to set for our youth looking on?
— Mickela (@mickelapanday) October 21, 2021
Leader of the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) David Abdulah said, \"Does the UNC understand what they are doing? Their actions are seeking to dangerously divide the country. It is not about democracy. They are laying the basis for justifying why their motion will not succeed.
\"This is a serious issue but I am reminded of Explainer's Calypso – In Parliament they kicksin. The motion will be defeated
Matthew Purse was one of the most malevolent characters in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6. The horrifying extent of his extremism has gone unreported, until now.
This story, originally published in The Dallas Morning News, is reprinted as part of a collaborative partnership between The Dallas Morning News and Texas Metro News. The partnership seeks to boost coverage of Dallas’ communities of color, particularly in southern Dallas.
The post Justice Department sues Texas to stop two provisions in new GOP elections law from taking effect appeared first on Texas Metro News.
But just as Sen. Ted Cruz recently found out, Aussies are a proud people and they've been giving the conservative pundit the business from down under.
[Premium Times] \"Two days ago, the man who succeeded him, one Malam Bako, one of the prominent leaders of the Shura Council of the Islamic State of West African Province, was also taken out.\"
Prospective candidates of the Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) have signed a contract promising to operate in integrity, with accountability and transparency, if elected to the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) on December 6.
All 15 candidates signed a contract agreeing to follow the PDP’s eight principles of good governance.
PDP deputy political leader, chief secretary candidate and prospective candidate for Parlatuvier/L' Anse Fourmi/Speyside Farley Augustine said this move is timely, since, “It’s about time somebody gets serious with the business of the people of Tobago.” Those in breach of the contract will be removed from the THA’s Executive Council, he promised.
He said Tobagonians have lost confidence and grown disgruntled by the way the island has been governed over the last 20 years. He hopes this promise will restore that confidence.
The event happened on Wednesday night, at a virtual political meeting at the Magdalena Grand Beach and Golf Resort. There, each candidate signed in the presence of a commissioner of affidavits, who then stamped each contract.
Drafted with the help of a team of lawyers, the contract highlights key responsibilities and by signing each candidate promises to answer to Tobago and face consequences if they fail to lead with integrity and honesty; and to have a zero-tolerance position on corruption.
Augustine told his team, “The contract does not hold the same weight as other types of contracts. This social contract will be the guiding principle by which every single representative for the PDP must operate.”
Augustine will have a copy of each contract, and copies will be made available for constituents. “There is a blank line called 'constituents,' which I am inviting you to sign at your pleasure,\" he told voters, \"because I expect you to hold your area representatives to these very values.
“I also want to give you the commitment that my focus is not so much on retaining power, but my focus is on good governance. And sometimes, leaders in our system question whether or not they should put the rod of correction down because they're afraid somebody might leave the party, they afraid somebody might cross the floor.
“We have many people (who) have left this party already because they don't like democracy because they like their own way, because they feel I could manipulate systems within the party, (but) no organisation is beneath any individual, the organisation is above the individual and the island of Tobago is above this organisation called the PDP. The process was led by Augustine.
PDP candidates' contract: The candidates hereby agree as follows: To use regularly organised town hall meetings and modern technology to determine the consensus among the views of constituents on all matters that affect your lives. To respect and represent the views of ALL (majority and minority) constituents in the electoral district and the island, within the Government of Tobago. To live in the strictest harmony and closest collaboration and connection with constituents. To ma
Press Release - Government welcomes the start of the 2021 local government elections. Government is pleased with the millions of South Africans who have already heeded the call to cast their vote.
The views and opinions expressed by the author(s) do not represent the official position of Barbados TODAY. by Dr. Peter Laurie We live in a hemisphere notorious for its dictators — Trujillo of the Dominican Republic, Pinochet of Chile, Papa Doc of Haiti and currently Noriega of Nicaragua and Maduro of Venezuela. If you had […]
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Consider technology-based development schemes that have been popularised in Africa over the years, and the huge budgets squandered on these schemes that we barely understand or have the support systems to make them work. Such a reflection, in these times of global fiscal austerity, will urge us to be impatient at resisting the pangs of failed sociopolitical experimentations that landed us where we are today. Because we do not need a sage to tell us that innovating and cutting down infrastructure cost holds the key to relieving the continent of its crippling debt recovery budgets to unlock our development potentials.
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Is this century a season for gunshots in Africa? Why is African politics dressed in a cloak of bloody violence and ethnically fuelled wars? Must the gunshots in Tigray be the identity of Ethiopia? Is it true that the gunshots in Central Africa must dictate the fabric of our democracy? Are the gunshots in Cameroon the only...
On Saturday, the country's ruler King Mswati III appealed for calm and announced that a national dialogue would be launched, a day after a visit by mediators from southern Africa
[New Zimbabwe] Zanu PF party says opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa is receiving self-deserving pain after he imposed himself on villagers who are rejecting him for inviting sanctions in Zimbabwe.
“We can take action by making phone calls, sending emails, tweeting, or writing letters to our state legislators. Demand transparency. Send letters to the editor of your local media outlets. Attend public hearings and speak out. Support those in your community who are holding our legislators accountable,” said Moné Holder. BY MONÉ HOLDER, Florida Rising […]
“By preventing this bill from moving forward to a full floor debate, Senate Republicans have blocked access to our most sacred and fundamental right in a democracy — the right to cast our ballots freely, safely, and equally. Our voices and calls for federal legislation that will help realize the promise of our democracy will not be silenced. The American people cannot wait any longer.”
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[Premium Times] \"The publicising of the proceedings made lawmakers to sit up and take the act of law-making, because no one wants to be caught on camera... ... .\"
THE UNC's \"October Revolution\" has begun.
Two days after Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar alerted the public, the UNC launched its latest campaign against the ruling PNM on Saturday with a three-pronged attack of public protests in at least four UNC-controlled constituencies, internal expressions of support for Persad-Bissessar and the criticisms of UNC opponents.
The genesis was the Opposition's unsuccessful attempt on October 21 to convince the Electoral College to support Persad-Bissessar's motion for a tribunal to consider the removal of President Paula-Mae Weekes from office, in accordance with Section 36 of the Constitution.
Persad-Bissessar's motion was in relation to events that led to the collapse of the Police Service Commission (PSC) last month and the issue that a merit list of candidates for a commissioner of police (CoP) was not sent to the House of Representatives for consideration. The college rejected the motion by a vote of 47 to 25.
[caption id=\"attachment_920609\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\"] UNC Fyzabad MP Lackram Bodoe, fourth from left, stands alongside San Francique residents, as two policemen look on, during a protest on Saturday. - Photo by Marvin Hamilton[/caption]
Immediately after the motion's defeat, Persad-Bissessar declared the matter was not over.
\"This matter will be kept alive long after October 21 until the truth is revealed, we will take it to the people as an 'October Revolution' when our Constitution was defeated.\"
On Saturday, two days later, UNC chairman and Oropouche West MP Dave Tancoo confirmed the start of the \"revolution.\" Joining deputy political leader and Fyzabad MP Dr Lackram Bodoe at protest at a landslip in Timital, San Francique, Tancoo said, \"The Leader of the Opposition has coined a phrase it is called the 'October Revolution'. It is based on the uprising of the people to demand their rights.\"
\"This is an attempt for us to signal to the national community that the October Revolution has started. Join us now. Demand your rights that this government should not be allowed to continue to trample your rights and hide behind cloistered petticoats,\" he declared.
\"That is what they are doing. They have done it in Parliament and they are doing it now.\"
Bodoe said the protest also dealt with the cry of residents to have their roads fixed. Asked if this was the first of many protests to come, Bodoe replied, \"Yes.\"
Asked if other UNC MPs will lead similar protests, Bodoe replied, \"I would expect so …, because many other constituencies are suffering from similar neglect by this government.\"
UNC San Francique/Avocat North councillor Doodnath Mayhroo called on the government to resign and call a general election if infrastructural issues in the constituency were not fixed. He also called on Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan to resign if the problems were not dealt with in two weeks.
Simultaneously, Couva North MP Ravi Ratiram and Cumuto/Manzanilla MP Dr Rai Ragbir were involved in protests in their constituencies, also advocating
The Innovative Democratic Alliance (IDA) is calling on the country’s leaders to ensure that the views of citizens are duly considered in drafting policies and laws meant to govern them.
The party was reacting to the death of Jamaat al Muslimeen leader Yasin Abu Bakr, who, on July 27, 1990, tried to overthrow the National Alliance for Reconstruction Government, led by ANR Robinson.
Bakr, 80, collapsed at his home on Long Circular Road, St James, on Thursday night and was taken to the St James Health Facility, where he was declared dead.
In a statement issued through the party’s PRO Kaye Trotman on Friday, the IDA extended condolences to Bakr’s family and the Jamaat al Muslimeen, but noted there may still be many unanswered questions surrounding the attempted coup, including his true motives.
The party said leaders must be mindful of history.
“When a people are discontented, and feel oppressed with no hope, they tend to move towards effecting change in ways that are counterproductive to their cause,” the party said.
“As such, leaders must always ensure that the people’s views are duly considered in the drafting of policies and laws meant to govern them.”
Saying the IDA will continue to champion participatory democracy as the way to enact meaningful and sustainable change, the party said it rejects any administration that would “perpetuate an environment of insensitivity that can lead a nation to a state of anarchy.
“Fortunately, we live in a democracy that affords us another choice in resolving issues of discontent; an alternative that we are on the eve of exercising in the upcoming Tobago House of Assembly election on December 6, 2021. Let us exercise this choice and use this mechanism afforded to us, with the understanding of the significant responsibility we as citizens have in bringing about the changes we seek.
“At this watershed moment, with the passing of Yasin Abu Bakr, we say farewell; closing an era where people believe bloody revolt is the only way to secure change and heralding this season in Tobago where we can realise change through democracy.”
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[SAnews.gov.za] The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) has called on registered voters to exercise tolerance while casting their votes during today's fifth municipal elections.
Election Day is taking place in 35 states. However, the warning is clear — Democrats should “panic” if they lose
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\"Those divisions don't bode well for Sudan,\" said Jok Madut Jok, professor of anthropology at Syracuse University in New York in an interview with Euronews. \"There's a genuine threat of civil\"
Who will take the Cape Winelands, Central Karoo, Garden Route, Overberg and West Coast district municipalities?
[Nation] The African Union (AU) High Representative for Infrastructure Development in Africa, Raila Odinga is calling on African Nations to invest in infrastructure as a lifeblood of economic recovery post Covid-19.
Claiming that efforts to uphold the constitutionally protected rights of state residents are opposed to the university's interests is a weird flex. The subtext seems that the university's interests and values need to align with Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican majority in the statehouse.
With three Barbados Labour Party (BLP) Parliamentary Representatives having already declared their intention to quit elective politics, a fourth BLP MP has not ruled out the possibility of stepping aside before the next general elections.MP for Christ Church West Dr William Duguid on Monday hinted at the likelihood of not running again.“Everybody wants to know whether I running again. No decision has been made as yet. I have to discuss it with the party, the leader and the constituency, but no decision has been made as yet,” Dr Duguid told Barbados TODAY.
In a cringeworthy video that appeared more suited for this Halloween season, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott offered up a diatribe on why he and Republican colleagues unanimously rejected a federal voting rights bill that would protect minority voters.
The post After GOP Defeats Voter Protection Bills, Biden Sets Sights on Filibuster Changes appeared first on The Washington Informer.
It remains unclear who carried out the arrests.Witnesses have said the internet is down in the the capital, Khartoum, while images have appeared on social media showing angry crowds burning tyres in the streets. Khartoum airport is now closed, and international flights are suspended.
By BEN JEALOUS People For the American Way (TriceEdneyWire.com) – The New York Times recently reported that the public health system in the United States may be less prepared for the next pandemic [...]
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Eswatini security forces used live ammunition to break up a pro-democracy protest by nurses, shooting at least 30 of them, their union has said.
[Daily News] SEVERAL high ranking judicial officers from various countries in Africa continent converge today in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania for a special conference to discuss matters pertaining to the implementation and impact of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights.
