Tonga To Require Public Servants To Resign To Run For Office

Posted: 09/01/2010
Proposed legislation in Tongo will require public servants to resign before registering as candidates. The proposal, which parliament will vote on next month, comes before parliamentary elections on November 25. In previous elections, public servants could take a leave, campaign for the elections, and resign if elected.

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Danish Politicians Call For Observers In Swedish Elections

Posted: 08/31/2010
Members of Denmark's governing coalition on Tuesday called for election observers to be sent to neighboring Sweden for the country’s September 19 parliamentary poll. The Danish politicians claimed observers were necessary after two Swedish stations refused to broadcast election advertisements from the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats party. The stations rejected the ads, which are critical of Muslim immigration, stating that they violate laws barring hate based on race and religion. Muslim immigration has been a contentious issue in Danish politics over the past decade. Now some conservative Danish lawmakers are claiming censorship, and believe the incident threatens the fairness of the Swedish election. Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke RASMUSSEN, however, stated that it was not his role to interfere in Swedish polls.

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Uganda: Political Party Quits Opposition Coalition

Posted: 08/30/2010
THE Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) party, one of the five political parties that form the Inter-Party Cooperation (IPC), has opted out of the coalition over what it called irreconcilable reasons.

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Malawi: Women Candidates Hard Hit By Election Postponement

Posted: 08/27/2010
News that Malawi's November local government elections are to be postponed yet again has hit female candidates hard - and mostly in their pockets. And it could mean that the country will have less female candidates to vote for when they finally go to the polls.

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South Africa: Public Health Strained By Nurses' Strike

Posted: 08/27/2010
Striking health workers have continued their work stoppage despite accusations that it endangers patients' lives.

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Mozambique: No Third Term For President, Says Ruling Party

Posted: 08/27/2010
The secretary-general of the ruling Frelimo Party, Filipe Paunde, on Wednesday said nobody should doubt the assurances given by President Armando Guebuza that he will not run for a third term in 2014.

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Almost 92 Million Enrolled To Vote In New Zealand Local Elections

Posted: 08/25/2010
New Zealand’s Electoral Enrollment Centre released the final voter registration numbers on Wednesday, which show that over 91 percent of eligible voters are enrolled for upcoming local body elections. Local polls in New Zealand, which elect local government officials and district health board members, are held every three years. All voters in local elections cast their ballot by mail.

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Australians Elect Hung Parliament

Posted: 08/21/2010
Parliamentary elections in Australia on Saturday have left the country with a hung lower house for the first time in forty years. Both the ruling Labor Party of Prime Minister Julia GILLARD, and the opposition Liberal/National Party alliance failed to capture the 76 seats needed for an outright majority. Patrick DUNLEAVY, a professor of political science at the London School of Economics, has noted that the election results mean that every major Westminster model country in the world now has a hung parliament. This includes Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and India. Although Australians will not know final election results for another week, GILLARD, and Liberal Party leader Tony ABBOTT are attempting to win negotiations with independent lawmakers to form a government.

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Kenya: Revealed: What New Bills Say About 2012

Posted: 08/20/2010
The next General Election will be conducted by a trim but powerful commission which will also set constituency boundaries, according to proposed new laws.

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