Kyrgyz Opposition Fading From View
With an election due this autumn, there is less pluralism around than might first appear.
With an election due this autumn, there is less pluralism around than might first appear.
Restricted opportunities to campaign at local as well as national level.
Creating an all-loyal parliament may look like the easy option, but it shuts off channels for articulating popular resentment.
Biometric documents meant to reduce fraud in upcoming parliamentary polls.
Despite multiparty process, there's little doubt who will win parliamentary polls.
Incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa expected an easy win, but instead he was ousted by a candidate pledging to govern as “a servant, not an authoritarian”.
Interviews reflect sense of disappointment that new president hasn’t lived up to expectations.
A proper federal structure might rationalise an over-complex system of governance, but neither institutional change nor EU accession is enough to fix Bosnia's problems.
Voters urged to hold parliamentarians to higher standards in next year’s election.
Former rivals join in anticipation of stiff competition in 2015 polls.