Constitutional Term Limits Initiative

12/14/2020

🚨Last call to register for the Virtual Term Limits Conference, which begins tomorrow, Dec 15th GMT. To hear from former President Dr. Joyce Banda, former Prime Minister Aminata TouréToure, and many more, make sure you register 👉 👉 👉 bit.ly/36D8iYp

Conférence Virtuelle sur la Limitation des Mandats: Un Regard en Arrière sur l'année 2020

12/12/2020

COUNTDOWN❗️❗️❗️Only 3️⃣ more days until the Virtual Conference on Constitutional Term Limits

🎉 Day 1 | Why Term Limits Matter 🎉

🗓 Dec 15 GMT
Feat: Aminata Touré, former Prime Minister of 🇸🇳; Arnold Tsunga of National Democratic Institute Zimbabwe; Adam Abebe from the African Network of Constitutional Lawyers; Dr. Boniface Dulani from Afrobarometer. Moderation by: Ichumile Gqada, from the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa

🎉 Day 2 | Building Popular Support for Term Limits - 2020 in Retrospect 🎉

🗓 Dec 16 GMT
Feat: Cheikh Fall from Africtivistes; Alioune Tine from the Afrikajom Center; Ben Nyabira from the Katiba Institute- KI Official; Brice Mackosso from Tournons La Page, Congo. Moderated by Idayat Hassan from the CDD West Africa.

🎉 Day 3 | The Role of Regional Institutions in Protecting Term Limits 🎉

🗓 Dec 17 GMT
Feat: Dr. Joyce Banda, former President of 🇲🇼; Calixte Mbari,Head of the Democracy, Governance, Human Rights, and Election division at the African Union; Yufnalis Okubo, Registrar of the East African Court of Justice; and Darren Bergman, Vice-Chairperson of the SADC Standing Committee on Democratisation Governance and Human Rights. Moderated by Arnauld Akodjenou, Special Advisor at the Kofi Annan Foundation

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12/09/2020

🗓 Dec. 17 GMT | Panel III: Building Popular Support for Term Limits - 2020 in Retrospect

A discussion on the role of the African Union (AU) and the subregional organizations -- ECOWAS, the EAC, SADC -- in safeguarding term limits in countries where respect for term limits is weak or in decline. Panelists include Dr. Joyce Banda, former President of Malawi; Calixte Mbari, Head of the Democracy, Governance, Human Rights, and Election division at the African Union; Yufnalis Okubo, Registrar of the East African Court of Justice; Darren Bergman, Vice-Chairperson of the SADC Standing Committee on Democratisation Governance and Human Rights; and a representative from Ecowas_Cedeao. The discussion will be moderated by Arnauld Akodjenou, Special Advisor of the Kofi Annan Foundation.

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12/09/2020

🗓 Dec. 16 GMT | Panel II: Building Popular Support for Term Limits - 2020 in Retrospect

A discussion on the evolution of constitutional term limits in regional contexts over the course of 2020 and what strategies organizations have employed to respond to this evolution. Panelists will include Ben Nyabira from the Katiba Institute- KI Official; Brice Mackosso from Tournons La Page Congo; Cheikh Fall from Africtivistes; and Alioune Tine from the Afrikajom Center. The discussion will be moderated by Idayat Hassan from the for Democracy and Development

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12/09/2020

🗓 Dec. 15 GMT | Panel I: Why Term Limits Matter

A discussion on the importance of term limits and the sociopolitical and economic consequences of evading them. Panelists include: Aminata Touré, Former Prime Minister of Senegal; Dr. Boniface Dulani, Director of Surveys from Afrobarometer; Arnold Tsunga, Resident Director of NDI Zimbabwe; and Adem Abebe from the African Network of Constitutional Lawyers. This panel will be moderated by Ichumile Gqada, from the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa.

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12/09/2020

🗓 We are officially less than a week away from our Virtual Conference on Constitutional Term Limits: 2020 in Retrospective

🎉 Check out all the details on each of our panels and the exciting list of speakers who will be joining us

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Conférence Virtuelle sur la Limitation des Mandats: Un Regard en Arrière sur l'année 2020

12/03/2020

Rejoignez National Democratic Institute, Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, Kofi Annan Foundation et le Africa Forum pour la Conférence Virtuelle sur la Limitation des Mandats Constitutionnels : Un regard en arrière sur 2020 - une extension du sommet de Niamey de l'année dernière.

Au cours de cet événement de trois jours, les principales parties prenantes de tout le continent 🌍 discuteront l'un des défis les plus urgents pour le progrès démocratique sur le continent : l'érosion de l'État de droit constitutionnel par l'extension et la modification des limitations des mandats présidentiels. Plus de détails à venir.

🗓 Dec 15-17
⏰ 9:00 AM ET / 14:00 UTC / 17:00 EAT



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Conférence Virtuelle sur la Limitation des Mandats: Un Regard en Arrière sur l'année 2020

12/03/2020

Join National Democratic Institute, Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, Kofi Annan Foundation, and the Africa Forum for the Virtual Conference on Constitutional Term Limits: 2020 in Retrospective - a continuation of last year's summit in Niamey .

Over the course of the three-day event, key stakeholders from across 🌍 will address one of the pressing challenges to democratic progress on the continent - the erosion of the constitutional rule of law by extending and amending presidential term limits. More details to follow.

🗓 Dec 15-17
⏰ 9:00 AM ET / 14:00 UTC / 17:00 EAT



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Conférence Virtuelle sur la Limitation des Mandats: Un Regard en Arrière sur l'année 2020

07/06/2020

In an interview with US-based think tank Atlantic Council on June 18, President Uhuru Kenyatta pledged to respect the two-term limit for the presidency set forth in Kenya’s Constitution.

When asked whether he’d attempt to remain in office after his five-year term ends in 2022, he replied, “if there is one thing that Kenyans are very, very clear about, [it’s our] two-term limit. There’s been no single president [who] has broken that, and I don’t intend to be the first.”

More on President Kenyatta’s interview with the Atlantic Council here: https://allafrica.com/stories/202006190633.html
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Pledge your support for presidential term limits by signing the Niamey Declaration! Montrez votre soutien pour la limitation des mandats présidentiels en signant la Déclaration de Niamey ! https://bit.ly/37VNElhIn

President Uhuru Kenyatta pledged Thursday that he will respect the Constitution's limit of two terms in the nation's top office.

06/26/2020

2020 represents a critical moment for citizens seeking to hold their leaders to account. Pledge your support for presidential term limits by signing the Niamey Declaration! Montrez votre soutien pour la limitation des mandats présidentiels en signant la Déclaration de Niamey ! https://bit.ly/2ygKbQR

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06/22/2020

A number of African countries hold regular multiparty elections that do not live up to commonly held international standards of freedom and transparency. Yonatan Morse, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Connecticut, refers to them as electoral authoritarian states.

In his book How Autocrats Compete: Parties, Patrons, and Unfair Elections in Africa, Morse analyzes different instances of unfair elections in Africa to uncover more about how authoritarianism operates. He argues that decisions about manipulating elections are shaped primarily by the ability of autocrats to rely on consistent elite and voter support. But how do autocrats manage to secure this consistent support? Find out more: https://presidential-power.net/?p=9611
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Pledge your support for presidential term limits by signing the Niamey Declaration! Montrez votre soutien pour la limitation des mandats présidentiels en signant la Déclaration de Niamey ! https://bit.ly/2ygKbQR

Since the end of the Cold War, terms like competitive or electoral authoritarian have abounded to describe countries with regular multiparty elections that do not live up to commonly held standards…