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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 […]
The post Democracy Works Foundation for improved Malawi Parliament oversight role appeared first on Malawi 24.
\"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
The announcement last week of a unilateral ceasefire in the Central African Republic is among recent positive steps in the country, the top UN official there told the Security Council on Monday, urging continued support for peace and reconciliation efforts.
Right-wing media outlets and social media spread false information and conspiracy theories. Conservative activists and politicians opposed public health measures as a form of “tyranny.”
The post The Far-Right Political Playbook Is a Threat to Our Health, Our Schools, and Our Democracy first appeared on Post News Group.
\"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\"
Street protests continued in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum Friday, as demonstrations continued against the military who seized power in a coup this week.
D.C. Council member Kenyan McDuffie said Thursday he will run for the city's attorney general, foregoing a reelection bid to pursue the soon-to-be-vacated position.
The post D.C. Council's Kenyan McDuffie to Run for Attorney General appeared first on The Washington Informer.
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.
In a statement yesterday after her 10-day visit to assess the impact of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe, Alena Douhan said sanctions were hitting ordinary Zimbabweans hard and called for dialogue as a solution to the problem.
The post UN calls for dialogue appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
The MDC Alliance claimed on Tuesday that its leader had survived an assassination attempt while campaigning in Manicaland province.
The post Regional opposition slams Chamisa attack appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
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Former government minister Winston Dookeran believes the commission of enquiry into the 1990 attempted coup did not address two issues - the 'sensitive matters' in the failings of the national security system and the inadequacies of the constitutional arrangements for the handling of such an event.
'In my view, those were two very fundamental issues for which we could have learnt to protect ourselves against not only that (attempted insurrections) but future occurrences,' he said on Saturday in the aftermath of the death of Jamaat al Muslimeen leader Imam Yasin Abu Bakr.
Bakr, 80, collapsed at his home on Long Circular Road, St James, on Thursday night and was later pronounced dead at the St James Health Facility. His funeral took place on Friday at the Jamaat's mosque on Mucurapo Road, St James.
On July 27, 1990, Muslimeen insurgents, led by Bakr, stormed the Red House in Port of Spain and attempted to overthrow the then ANR Robinson-led National Alliance for Reconstruction Government. Several people, including Diego Martin parliamentarian Leo Des Vignes, died during the attack.
On September 7, 2010, two decades later, then acting President Timothy Hamel-Smith appointed a commission of enquiry into the incident.
The commission, chaired by Sir David Simmons, completed its work on September 23, 2013 and the report was submitted to former president Anthony Carmona in March 2014.
Dookeran, who was then Minister of Planning in the NAR administration, said while the commission did make some recommendations regarding the treatment of victims, the then government (UNC) and successive administrations have not addressed them with any alacrity.
'Much of that required government decisions and I don't get the impression that it was taken seriously by the then government or subsequent governments.'
Dookeran recalled after Robinson was shot in the Parliament chamber, he was hastily-appointed acting prime minister and had to not only appease the insurrectionists but restore some semblance of calm in the country. He subsequently brokered an agreement with the Muslimeen through an amnesty.
Reflecting on the casualties of the crisis and the general uncertainty of that period, Dookeran lamented the removal of the eternal flame from the eastern side of the Red House. He said the flame was an enduring symbol of the resilience of the country's citizens.
'I think the historical monument that was supposed to be a memory of how the people in our country responded to this crisis in democracy and which was supposed to be reflected in the eternal light, not only to acknowledge the ultimate sacrifice that a number of our citizens had to make by losing their lives but also to inspire the next generation that this was a victory of the people in defense of our democracy.\"
He said the eternal flame eventually removed and replaced by another monument which is now really a recognition of the past when the flame was meant to be an inspiration for the future.
'I thought that was a fundamental flaw in terms of learning psycho
On Aug. 16, the duly elected Arkansas attorney general issued an official opinion--2021-042--to state Rep. Mark Lowery.
Analysis - Armed coup attempts have struck five countries of the greater Sahel. Better policies can help reverse that.
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 29 October 2021: Norbert Neuser - a Member of the European Parliament and the EU Election Follow-up Mission and his team, held discussions with former President Koroma - the outgoing Chairman and Leader of the main opposition All Peoples Congress (APC), at his residence in Freetown on [Read More]
UNC Oropouche West MP Dave Tancoo on Saturday accused the PNM of discriminating against people based on their geographic location in Trinidad and Tobago. Tancoo made his action when he participated in a protest in Timital, San Francique. Also involved in the protest were Fyzabad MP Dr Lackram Bodoe and UNC councillor Doodnath Mayhroo.
Bodoe explained the road where the landslip occurred over the last 48 hours is a main artery between Fyzabad and Oropouche West. He expressed concern about further deterioration of the road and about a lack of response from Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan to his letters for the road to be repaired.
After saying he could not exactly remember what Sinanan said about repairs to infrastructure during the recent Standing Finance Committee of the House, Tancoo said, \"Except that he said that this area and these landslips are not important enough.
He claimed, \"That is what the minister is telling citizens of this country who are taxpayers.\" Tancoo said that instead of fixing these roads, Sinanan \" is busy building highways in the east.\"
He alleged that Sinanan was depending on ordinary citizens to patch roads. \"While they fight us down and they deceive democracy in the Parliament, they cannot do that outside here because the voice of the people is the voice of God.\"
Tancoo claimed that if Sinanan and Rural Development and Local Government Minister Kazim Hosein lived in this area, the roads would be repaired quickly. \"This is geographic discrimination.The government of this country is discriminating against constituencies like this. This government hates the south but we are taxpayers too. This must stop now.\"
Mayhroo agreed with Bodoe and Tancoo. He called for Sinanan to resign if the road and other infrastructural problems in the area were not fixed in two weeks.
In separate protests in Couva North and Cumuto/Manzanilla, respective MPs Ravi Ratiram and Dr Rai Ragbir highlighted other infrastructural problems in their areas.
The post UNC MP accuses PNM of 'geographic discrimination' appeared first on Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.
THE Electoral College – which comprises all members of the House of Representatives and the Senate – on Thursday rejected a motion filed by Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar for the appointment of a tribunal to investigate the removal of President Paula-Mae Weekes from office.
Persad-Bissessar's motion was in relation to events that led to the collapse of the Police Service Commission (PSC) last month and the failure to send a merit list of candidates for a commissioner of police (CoP) to the House for consideration.
Tunapuna MP Esmond Forde and Mayaro MP Rushton Paray were not present for the meeting of the college or the earlier sitting of the House, both having requested leave from Parliament and that leave being granted. No other members were absent
At the end of the college's meeting (during which members either voted yes. no or abstained when their names where called by the chairman, Speaker Bridgid Annisette-George, the Opposition fell short of the two-thirds majority needed to approve the motion.
A two-thirds vote of the members of both Houses of Parliament equates to 48 votes. The Government has 37 members in the House and Senate combined, while the Opposition has 25. The nine independent senators, Annisette-George and Senate President Christine Kangaloo complete the membership of the college.
[caption id=\"attachment_920232\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\"] The meeting of the Electoral College on Thursday. Photo courtesy Parliament -[/caption]
Annisette-George announced the motion had been defeated by a vote of 47 against and 24 for. All 24 UNC parliamentarians present voted for the motion. The 36 government parliamentarians present voted against. Also voting against the motion were the nine independent senators, Annisette-George and Kangaloo to complete the 47-vote tally that saw it defeated.
When the independent senators each voted \"no\" on the motion, UNC parliamentarians cried, \"Shame!\" Their protests were particularly heightened when Independent Senator Charrise Seepersad (sister of former PSC chairman Bliss Seepersad) voted against the motion. Before the vote was taken, Opposition MPs continued the complaints they raised in the earlier sitting of the House, where the motion was heard.
Annisette-George reminded them the guidelines for the proceedings were clear. She said while there might be disagreement over the procedure being used, all members of the House and Senate agreed the matter was an important one to be dealt with.UNC MPs, including Persad-Bissessar, continued to complain about democracy being undermined, the lack of debate on the motion and whether the vote would be by secret ballot or not.
Opposition MPs and senators loudly protested the presence of Seepersad in the college's membership.
Earlier in the House, Annisette-George dismissed claims of bias levelled against Seepersad and herself in their participation in the proceedings. UNC MPs Khadijah Ameen and Rudranath Indarsingh demanded Annisette-George make a ruling on Seepersad's participation in the college,
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Senator Moses Wetangula has received blessings of his Ford Kenya party to vie for the presidency in next year's General Election.
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UN Secretary-General, António Guterres on Monday condemned the “ongoing military coup” in Sudan, saying Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and all other officials, “must be released immediately.” In a statement, he called for the 'immediate reconstitution' of the Government, which is due to guide Sudan through to democratic elections. Long-time ruler Omar al-Bashir was overthrown by the military following months of popular protest in April 2019, and a transitional government was set up comprising […]
Election Day is taking place in 35 states. However, the warning is clear — Democrats should “panic” if they lose
The post Democrats should 'panic' if Black voters in key elections do not turnout appeared first on TheGrio.
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 26 October 2021: In the fast-developing story concerning President Bio’s decision to appoint former Acting Registrar of the country’s Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC) as the National Electoral Commission’s Commissioner for the Western Region, opposition parties say they will not accept her appointment, and are calling on [Read More]
By Edward Henderson, California Black Media California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber has certified the votes from the Sept. 14, 2021, California Gubernatorial Recall Election. The election marked the second time since 1913 that a recall petition made it to the polls in California. The results for the question on the ballot asking whether […]
The post 91 % of Californians Voted by Mail in Gov. Recall Election appeared first on Voice and Viewpoint.
The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News Oropouche West MP Dave Tancoo, with fist in the air, supports San Francique residents during a protest over bad roads on Saturday. - Photo by Marvin Hamilton 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 […]
