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  • Published on Mar 30, 2025

    SERAP Threatens To Sue National Assembly Over Bill To Jail Nigerians Six Months For Failing To Vote

    The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has demanded the immediate withdrawal of a proposed bill that seeks to punish Nigerians who fail to vote in national and state elections. The bill, currently before the National Assembly, …

    Source: Information Nigeria - Neutral
  • Published on Mar 30, 2025

    A constitutional amendment to rein in runaway power

    Published: 31 Mar. 2025, 00:03 Audio report: written by reporters, read by AI   Jaung Hoon   The author is an emeritus professor at Chung-Ang University and a columnist for the JoongAng Ilbo.  A mix of anxious anticipation and hope-tinged unease hangs over …

    Source: Korea JoungAng Daily - Center-right
  • Published on Mar 30, 2025

    Democracy in Africa: A failure or work-in-progress?, by Richard Odusanya

    Let’s begin with a “positive inference” from our former President Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo, a Nigerian former army general and statesman who served as Nigeria’s head of state from 1976 to 1979 and later as its president from 1999 to 2007. Regrettably on …

    Source: Eagle Online - Neutral
  • Published on Mar 30, 2025

    Drop bill to ‘jail eligible Nigerians who fail to vote’, SERAP tells Akpabio, Abbas

    The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, “to immediately withdraw the oppressive bill which contains repressive provisions to …

    Source: Eagle Online - Label Pending
  • Published on Mar 30, 2025

    SERAP Demands Withdrawal Of Bill To Jail Nigerians Who Fail To Vote, Labels It ‘Oppressive’

    The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Senate President Godswill Akpabio and House Speaker Tajudeen Abbas to withdraw a proposed bill that seeks to make voting compulsory for all Nigerians of voting age. The bill, currently …

    Source: Sahara Reporters - Left-wing
  • Published on Mar 30, 2025

    Drop Bill To ‘jail Eligible Nigerians Who Fail To Vote’, Serap Tells Akpabio, Ab

    Socio-Economic Rightsand Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speakerof the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas “to immediately withdraw the oppressive bill which contains repressive provisions to jail …

    Source: The Nigerian Voice - Uncategorized
  • Published on Mar 30, 2025

    Our Democracy and Its Vagrant Elite

    ENGAGEMENTS By Chidi Amuta In recent weeks, we seem to have been wrestling with the very idea of democracy. After all, our political system has passed through the Westminster parliamentary system and over three decades of the Washington type presidential …

    Source: This Day - Pro-Government
  • Published on Mar 29, 2025

    Chiinda Slams Government’s Push for Constitutional Amendments Without Public Consent

    Chiinda Slams Government’s Push for Constitutional Amendments Without Public Consent Munali Constituency aspiring Member of Parliament, Chrispin Chiinda, has strongly condemned the government’s sudden move to amend the Republican Constitution without broad …

    Source: Zambian Observer - Uncategorized
  • Published on Mar 29, 2025

    Sports News | AIFF Draft Constitution Provides for Inclusion of Five Players in Executive Committee

    New Delhi, Mar 29 (PTI) The draft constitution of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) has proposed several radical changes, including the provision for inclusion of at least five former national players in the 14-member Executive Committee and removal …

    Source: Latestly - Uncategorized
  • Published on Mar 29, 2025

    Why stop at electing Supreme Court?Bill Fiander 

    Kansas lawmakers advanced a constitutional amendment to be voted on in 2026 that would give voters the power to elect state Supreme Court justices. The author argues that this change would be a step towards direct democracy, which Kansas currently lacks. …

    Source: The Hutchinson News - Kansas - Label Pending
  • Published on Mar 29, 2025

    Bidness Men

    Is it said that business prowess would be an asset for serving in the government. This certainly was repeated ad nauseam regarding Trump and his sidekick, Musk: “If only we could run the government as a business, then all of our problems would be fixed.” …

    Source: Daily Gate City - Iowa - Neutral
  • Published on Mar 28, 2025

    Of Course We’re a Republic - That’s Why Your Vote Barely Counts

    It seems like many times when I express a political opinion, especially if it leans toward expanding voting rights, promoting equality, or strengthening democratic participation, someone inevitably shows up to remind me that "the United States is a …

    Source: East Texas News - Label Pending
  • Published on Mar 28, 2025

    Our view: Your vote really counts in spring election

    April elections point up an ongoing contradiction in our voting habits. Local races affect us more directly and immediately than other contests in our representative democracy, yet proportionately fewer of us turn out to decide those races. How many folks …

    Source: The Joplin Globe - Missouri - Label Pending
  • Published on Mar 28, 2025

    Co-ops create community, advisors say

    Greg Brodsky, left, founder and executive director of business accelerator Start.coop, tells how his father launched a carpet co-op in Manchester in 1984, joined by key figure Stanley Langer. (Photo by Trisha Nail) Grocery stores, carpet and flooring …

    Source: New Hampshire Business Review - Neutral
  • Published on Mar 28, 2025

    Opinion: Elect Supreme Court? Why stop there?

    It’s not often the people of Kansas get to hold a “referendum” on state legislation. In fact, they can’t. At least not on their own. Under our state’s Constitution, we operate a representative democracy electing legislators to make decisions on our behalf …

    Source: Lawrence Journal-World - Kansas - Neutral
  • Published on Mar 28, 2025

    In Defense of Media and Democracy: The Inspiring Work and Life of My Friend Robert W. McChesney

    Bob McChesney, who died on Tuesday at the age of 72, first introduced himself to me almost 30 years ago, on the set of a public television news program in Madison, Wisconsin. Bob was a distinguished University of Wisconsin professor who was gaining an …

    Source: Common Dreams - Left-wing
  • Published on Mar 28, 2025

    Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down: State basketball success, protest paranoia, and the importance of town halls

    Thumbs up. State basketball: Interior Alaska basketball teams saw remarkable performances at the 2025 state playoffs. The Monroe Catholic Rams showcased exceptional grit, with both the boys’ and girls’ teams securing third-place finishes. The girls …

    Source: Fairbanks Daily News Miner - Alaska - Neutral
  • Published on Mar 28, 2025

    A Negotiation Strategy Doomed to Fail

     The early phase of the new Tsipras government “It was a measure of the depth of the euro crisis that it took a radical left-wing government to table mainstream liberal proposals for its solution.” (Yanis Varoufakis) Varoufakis says that during the …

    Source: CADTM - Left-wing
  • Published on Mar 28, 2025

    Republicans Claim Connecticut Has Culture Of Corruption In Call For New Watchdog

    House and Senate Republicans listen on Thursday, March 27, 2025, as House Minority Leader Vincent Candelora talks to reporters about his party’s claims of “Gov. Lamont & CT Democrats’ Culture of Corruption.” Credit: Screengrab / CT-N HARTFORD, CT – …

    Source: CT News Junkie - Label Pending
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