Main Parties in Italy Hear Alarm Bells After Vote
Wed, 23 May 2012 07:12:37 -0700
The results of local runoff elections across Italy are being widely analyzed not as a measure of what Italians want, but what they no longer care for -- and turnout was low: 51.3 percent.
Read More...Comic Grillo shakes up Italian politics with shock win
Mon, 21 May 2012 13:40:58 -0700
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's political parties had hoped Beppe Grillo would fade away, but the comic who rails against their corruption and ineptitude and says Italy should default on its debt and quit the euro is going from strength to strength. In local elections on Monday, Grillo's Five-Star Movement shook Italian politics by winning control of the northern city of Parma and several smaller towns ...
Read More...Political parties asked to abide by code of conduct
Sat, 19 May 2012 11:04:38 -0700
The Greater Accra Regional Inter-Party Dialogue Committee, has called on all political parties to abide by the code of conduct for political parties, to ensure free, fair and non-violent election in December.
Read More...Alliance of small Algerian opposition parties announce boycott of new parliament
Mon, 21 May 2012 12:55:59 -0700
A new Algerian opposition front of 14 small political parties has announced it will boycott the new parliament, calling its election fraudulent.
Read More...President Polls: Sangma appeals to parties to support his tribal platform bid
Tue, 22 May 2012 07:10:13 -0700
New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma on Tuesday sought to reach out to political parties, saying he hoped they would respond "to the call of conscience of the tribal people of the nation" and support his bid to become India's next president.
Read More...Presidential election: Sangma seeks support of political parties
Tue, 22 May 2012 20:10:18 -0700
NEW DELHI: NCP leader and former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma, who is being backed by BJD and AIADMK for the President’s post, today sought to reach out to political parties, saying he hoped they will respond “to the call of conscience of the tribal people of the nation.”
Read More...Presidential election: Sangma appeals to political parties for support
Tue, 22 May 2012 02:09:01 -0700
Sangma sought to reach out to political parties, saying he hoped they will respond "to the call of conscience of the tribal people of the nation."
Read More...G. Bissau junta, parliament, parties sign roadmap
Sat, 19 May 2012 15:28:16 -0700
Guinea-Bissau's junta, parliament and a group of political parties have signed a roadmap aimed at ending the crisis created by the April 12 coup, officials told AFP Saturday.
Read More...Why are Jayalalithaa and Patnaik rooting for Sangma?
Tue, 22 May 2012 23:31:59 -0700
Political parties may be backing P A Sangma to mount pressure on the Congress high command to pick Pranab Mukherjee for the top post, says Neeraja Chowdhury
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