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2023 Djiboutian parliamentary election

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has ruled Djibouti with almost unchecked power and has become increasingly authoritarian. In all of his presidential re-election campaigns he has never gotten below 80 percent of the vote, which the opposition have decried as fraudulent. Additionally, during his time in office his political party,
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system in which 80% of seats (rounded to the nearest integer) in each constituency were awarded to the party receiving the most votes. The remaining seats were allocated proportionally to other parties receiving over 10% of the vote using the
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They were 586 polling stations set across the country for voters, but many refused to vote, saying the election was unfair and that they had no interest in voting.
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Loi N° 219/AN/18/7ème L modifiant la Loi n°192/AN/02/4ème L instituant le système de quota dans les fonctions électives et dans l'administration de l'Etat
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This long history of fraudulent elections, combined with recent erosion of press freedoms, has resulted in key members of the opposition coalition, the
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Due to lack of opposition participation, a RPP and UMD victory is almost guaranteed, as it has been for the past 50 years.
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Loi n°192/AN/02/4ème L Instituant le système de quota dans les fonctions Electives et dans l’Administration de l’Etat
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2018
National Assembly


Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
UMP
UDJ
Politics of Djibouti

Arab League
Member State of the Arab League
Constitution
Human rights
President
Ismail Omar Guelleh
Prime Minister
Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed
Ministries and ministers
National Assembly
Mohamed Ali Houmed
Elections
2016
2021
2018
2023
Political parties
Administrative divisions
Regions
Districts
Foreign relations

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