DEMOCRACY

ELECTIONS AND BEYOND

‘Sadly, the most notable feature of the campaign is the number of candidates killed’

Luis Eduardo Medina Torres | MEXICO

‘We’ll have to stay vigilant and resist any attempt to curtail rights and freedoms’

Olga de Obaldía | PANAMA

CENTRAL AMERICA

‘The entry of the far right into government will halt or reverse progress on human rights’

Ivan Novosel | CROATIA

‘This election is about whether South Africans still believe in democracy’

Tessa Dooms | SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTHERN AFRICA

‘Anti-Muslim hate speech sustains polarisation that benefits the ruling party’

Aakar Patel | INDIA

‘The election’s outcome wasn’t determined by expectations but rather by disillusionment’

Shahindha Ismail | MALDIVES

‘The election results will have a direct impact on foreign policy’

Darko Duridanski | NORTH MACEDONIA

‘The opposition candidacy brings hope for a democratic transition’

Guillermo Aveledo | VENEZUELA

‘Civil society demands a return to constitutional order through free elections’

anonymous | MALI

‘Anti-democratic political leaders and supporters remain active’

Flávia Pellegrino | BRAZIL