Constitutional Term Limits Initiative
The Constitutional Term Limits Initiative seeks to address one of the pressing challenges to democratic progress on the African continent - the erosion of the constitutional rule of law by extending and amending presidential term limits.
12/09/2020
🗓 Dec. 16 GMT | Panel II: Building Popular Support for Term Limits - 2020 in Retrospect
A discussion on the evolution of constitutional term limits in regional contexts over the course of 2020 and what strategies organizations have employed to respond to this evolution. Panelists will include Ben Nyabira from the Katiba Institute- KI Official; Brice Mackosso from Tournons La Page Congo; Cheikh Fall from Africtivistes; and Alioune Tine from the Afrikajom Center. The discussion will be moderated by Idayat Hassan from the for Democracy and Development
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12/09/2020
🗓 We are officially less than a week away from our Virtual Conference on Constitutional Term Limits: 2020 in Retrospective
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Virtual Term Limits Conference: 2020 in Retrospective | Term Limits Conférence Virtuelle sur la Limitation des Mandats: Un Regard en Arrière sur l'année 2020
06/26/2020
2020 represents a critical moment for citizens seeking to hold their leaders to account. Pledge your support for presidential term limits by signing the Niamey Declaration! Montrez votre soutien pour la limitation des mandats présidentiels en signant la Déclaration de Niamey ! https://bit.ly/2ygKbQR
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06/22/2020
A number of African countries hold regular multiparty elections that do not live up to commonly held international standards of freedom and transparency. Yonatan Morse, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Connecticut, refers to them as electoral authoritarian states.
In his book How Autocrats Compete: Parties, Patrons, and Unfair Elections in Africa, Morse analyzes different instances of unfair elections in Africa to uncover more about how authoritarianism operates. He argues that decisions about manipulating elections are shaped primarily by the ability of autocrats to rely on consistent elite and voter support. But how do autocrats manage to secure this consistent support? Find out more: https://presidential-power.net/?p=9611
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Pledge your support for presidential term limits by signing the Niamey Declaration! Montrez votre soutien pour la limitation des mandats présidentiels en signant la Déclaration de Niamey ! https://bit.ly/2ygKbQR
New Research: Dynamics of Electoral Authoritarianism in Africa Since the end of the Cold War, terms like competitive or electoral authoritarian have abounded to describe countries with regular multiparty elections that do not live up to commonly held standards…
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