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Catalan Elections: The Conflict Continues
The Catalan elections on Thursday produced an expected result in an atypical election. The liberal anti-independence party Ciudadanos won the most representatives but the combined vote share of the pro-independence …
Mexico election 2018: business as usual or meaningful change?
On 27 November, the President of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto led an event at Los Pinos, the presidential residence and office. There, he publicly accepted the resignation of the Minister …
Caribbean Vibes… in Germany?
From the outside, it seems as if nothing has changed. For a brief moment, the world turned its eyes to the German election, noticed Merkel had won and then turned …
“The best electoral system in the world”
The recent gubernatorial elections in Venezuela, in which Nicolas Maduro’s ruling Socialist Party unexpectedly won eighteen out of twenty-three state governorships, has promoted yet another salvo of criticism from domestic …
Will Singapore ever have Freedom of Speech?
Author: Quintus Lim One normally associates General Elections (GE) with democracies. However, is it plausible for democratic rights, such as freedom of speech, to be inconsiderable in a GE? This …
US Elections – Ben Carson: The Tarnishing of a Legacy
Author: Olisa Maduegbuna When all the ecstasy of the Trump phenomenon fades away, when the Donald commits one too many gaffes, one man will be waiting in the wings to …
Have Romania’s Elections Revived its Nationalism?
So, Romania has had its presidential elections, and everything about it was delightfully innovative. Take one tiny (in terms of importance not surface area) poor country, ridden with corruption and …
Remember, Remember, the… Fourth of November
On the eve of Bonfire Night, the peculiar celebration of the foiling of Guy Fawkes’ plot to blow up British democracy, our American cousins will voluntarily tear apart their own. …
Botswana’s Elections: ‘Free’ and ‘Fair’?
Once again the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) emerges victorious at the 11th General elections of the world’s largest diamond producing country, Botswana. With an outstanding track record of peaceful, free, …