DEMOCRACY

ELECTIONS AND BEYOND

‘A key element of resistance to the far right is the firewall – which a major party has just breached’

Cynthia Freund-Möller and Matthias Meyer | GERMANY

‘Democratic rules shouldn’t be changed just because they are inconvenient to those in power’

Munashe Masiyiwa | ZIMBABWE

SOUTHERN AFRICA

‘This election campaign offers two opposing visions of how to tackle insecurity’

Jorge Tapia de los Reyes | ECUADOR

‘Protests showed the power of popular mobilisation in forcing the government to respond’

Malam Sanha | GUINEA-BISSAU

‘Each failed attempt at democratic transition reinforces the power of the authoritarian government’

Carlos Torrealba | VENEZUELA

‘The far right is still marginal; there’s a majority commitment to democracy’

Alicia Lissidini | URUGUAY

‘People saw this election as an opportunity for change and expressed their dissatisfaction with the status quo’

Iuliana Iliescu | ROMANIA

‘If mainstream parties fail to address voter frustration, right-wing populism could grow’

Akio Takayanagi | JAPAN

‘The election is just another tool to keep Lukashenko in power for as long as possible’

Natallia Satsunkevich | BELARUS

‘Many saw the election as a referendum on unmet expectations and poor governance’

Evelyn Olukeye | GHANA