I recently came up across a scholarly article on a peace and conflict site and found it interesting to share. Safeguarding citizen participation through Government of Unity (GNU) or is democracy being violated? The introductory part of the article reads:

There has been a recent trend in Africa where disputed electoral results are settled through the institution of Government of National Unity (GNU) formations, mostly popularized by incumbent political leaders who are reluctant to accept electoral defeat. This has led to situations where political opponents are forced to co-exist in government while at the same time creating apathy and despondency among the electorate who feel short changed by the total disregard for their will and the imposition of leaders who should have existed from the leadership positions in government through electoral defeat.

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This entry was posted on July 5th, 2011 at 3:06 pm by Elizabeth Nyamuda and is filed under Governance, Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.