“It is first lady Liza Marcos’s right to feel angry and frustrated, but her personal feelings are not related to my mandate as a government official,” she said on Monday. ‘I felt hurt’: Philippine first lady breaks silence on ties with vice-president Sara Duterte added that she would speak to President Marcos Jnr privately to … Read more
Observers said turnout among the more than 7 million registered voters appeared to be high in the morning, although more precise figures would be available later Sunday. Babacar Gueye, who heads Senegal’s civil society network of observers, said participation was important to give the election legitimacy. “At the opening of polling stations today, I have … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin is poised to extend nearly a quarter century of rule for six more years on Sunday after wrapping up an election that gave voters no real alternatives to an autocrat who has ruthlessly cracked down on dissent. The three-day election that began Friday has taken place in a tightly controlled environment … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is running for the country’s top office again as an independent candidate, cast his electronic vote in the presidential elections, Russia-based TASS reported. Footage released by the Kremlin showed Putin walking towards a computer in his office, casting his vote and then smiling and waving at the camera. A notification … Read more
Former President Donald Trump cast November’s presidential election as “judgment day” and declared himself a “proud political dissident” during a speech before conservative activists outside of Washington Saturday as he again cloaked his campaign in religious imagery. Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference on the day of South Carolina’s Republican primary, Trump painted an … Read more
President Joe Biden is set to visit San Francisco, Los Altos Hills and Los Angeles this week, hitting up California’s deep-pocketed Democratic donors in the ramp-up to his impending rematch against former President Trump. Among Biden’s stops is a fundraiser at the home of Robert and Danielle Klein in Los Altos Hills on Thursday, the … Read more
There was chaos on the floor of Senegal’s parliament on Monday as lawmakers voted to extend the tenure of President Macky Sall until a new presidential election is held in December. Mr Sall was due to leave office on 2 April, following a failed move to extend his tenure beyond the constitutionally permitted limit. However, … Read more
Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the 2016 presidential election delivered a shock to financial markets. If he manages to secure a second one, traders will – if anything – be far more prepared.Trump seems to be on a quicker path to the nomination than eight years ago, when he didn’t lock it down until May. … Read more
“[The] process of democratisation has recently been distorted; the coming elections have shown increasingly worrying symptoms,” the group said in a statement published in The Jakarta Post newspaper. “The slogan of ‘a fair and honest election’ is not enough, because the elections must also take place peacefully and with dignity.” ‘Power does not last’, Indonesia’s … Read more
It comes as Indonesia’s LGBTQ community has increasingly been feeling politically “left out in the cold”, said Hendrika Mayora Victoria, the country’s first transgender public official. The public discrimination Gunawan faced only crystallises their anxieties as the nation gears up to vote in presidential and legislative elections on February 14, she added. “I could feel … Read more
