Category: Political Parties

PNG Political parties joint statement on election related violence

The BCI team has been in Papua New Guinea for the last two weeks, implementing capacity programs for the National Democratic Institute (NDI).  One of the activities included facilitating a discussion among political parties competing in the 2017 elections.  Parties discussed the triggers of violence in elections and were united in their commitment to mitigate […]

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Liberal parties’ solidarity in the Balkans

This week I made a quick trip to Sofia, Bulgaria at the invitation of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs and the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom for Southeast Europe . In Sofia, I facilitated working sessions of the Steering Committee of the Liberal South East European Network (LIBSEEN). The network is part of the […]

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Morocco: Who Really controls political parties?

Guest post: Siham Bojji is a Moroccan political expert working on democracy and development programs in the Middle East and North Africa. Francesca Binda contributed to this post. After more than a dozen years of working with political parties in Morocco and continued direct interaction with politicians in Morocco, I still have a fundamental question: what […]

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Morocco’s regional elections – PJD takes all major cities

As the Morocco local and regional election results have come in over the last couple of days, the results – good and bad – should be no real surprise to anyone who has been paying attention to the Moroccan political scene. The real winner is the Party of Justice and Development (PJD). With 31,503 seats […]

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