Full Coverage: Democracy

31.10.2006 The Referendum on the New Constitution of Serbia succeeded, reports CeSID on the basis of its exit poll conducted on a representative sample of 600 ballot stations. 51.6% of all registered voters voted for the New Constitution. In absolute numbers, that is 108,000 votes more than the required threshold.

30.10.2006 Há exatamente quatro anos atrás comemorávamos – tantos de nós na Avenida Paulista, outros tantos pelo Brasil afora e para além daqui -, finalmente a vitória de Lula, a vitória do PT, a vitória da esquerda.

27.10.2006 JOHANNESBURG, Oct 27 (IPS) - Various African researchers and civil society groups have given a mixed response to the launch of a five-million-dollar prize for African leaders who relinquish power and promote good governance.

27.10.2006 Marijana Pajvancic, professor of Constitutional Law at Novi Sad University, said last night, at the “Boycott, Of Course!” debate held at the Museum of Vojvodina, that the referendum process won’t be controlled properly, having in mind that the Referendum Commission members come solely from the ranks of political parties that support the New Constitution.

25.10.2006 O apoio dos movimentos sociais à reeleição do presidente Luis Inácio Lula da Silva se intensificam no país faltando poucos dias para a votação do segundo turno, dia 29 de outubro. Na última quinta-feira, 19, milhares de militantes foram às ruas em várias capitais para lançar e distribuir o manifesto "Com Lula, para derrotar a direita nas ruas e nas urnas".

24.10.2006 BEIJING, Oct 24 (IPS) - Celebrating the success of microfinance as an antidote to poverty has raised some uncomfortable questions here over China's reluctance to allow civil society a bigger role in addressing tough social issues.

24.10.2006 There has been one issue, however, on which the Bush administration has worked diligently: a long and expensive effort to unseat democratically elected Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez.

16.10.2006 We know that the US did support a military coup, which briefly overthrew President Chavez and the US had to back down, when he was restored quickly and also had to back down in the face of a very angry reaction in Latin American. In almost all of Latin America, there was a very angry reaction. They take democracy there more seriously then we do here.

16.10.2006 The Director for Public Relations at the Parliament of Albania has notified the editorial offices of the private media that starting on October 11, 2006, there shall be no live broadcasts of the plenary sessions of the Parliament. The reasons for this decision was explained with the need to sign specific contracts with the private TV stations.

13.10.2006 Les élections présidentielles qui se tiendront au Venezuela, le 3 décembre prochain, seront précédées d’une intensification des attaques de la presse « indépendante » contre le président du Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, et contre la révolution vénézuélienne.

13.10.2006 “Tuto Completo”, the Kakanj based NGO that is known to the public for its role in the “Motley Revolution” in front of the Building of the B&H Presidency in Sarajevo of two weeks ago, finally spoke out on the reasons and goals of its action. At the same time, it apologized to the citiznes and to the members of SIPA for the “provoked brutality”.

11.10.2006 Growth means there is more money and political will to tackle obstacles to eradicate poverty, says Bank.

11.10.2006 More than 20 nongovernmental organizations asked the citizens of Serbia to reconsider whether to go out and vote in the Referendum on the New Constitution, scheduled for October 28-29.

05.10.2006 A última semana de campanha política tem pouco de bom a oferecer. No desespero de convencer os eleitores, vale tudo. O tiroteio se generaliza. Para se defender, todos passam a atacar, e já não se distingue a mentira da verdade, os fatos da fantasia

05.10.2006 The State Electoral Commission published the first preliminary results of the B&H General Elections, held on October 1. The voter turnout in the Elections was 55% of the total number of registered voters.

03.10.2006 Last Friday, September 29, Albanian Government faced the first civil protests in Tirana since the eruption of the “Albatros” Scandal. “Civil Action” – a new movement on the civil scene – protested in front of the Ministry of the Public Affairs – demanding immediate dismissal of the Director of Civil Aviation, Gazment Dibra.