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NDI’s Democratic Governance programs support legislative institutions to effectively uphold their representative and oversight responsibilities.
Democracy never stops, even in the face of a globally broadcast Zoom call. During a session of the Legislative Track of the Summit for Democracy, featured panelist, Polish MP Hon. Agnieszka Pomaska took viewers into the parliamentary chambers while she voted and simultaneously spoke about parliament’s role in fighting executive overreach.
NDI mourns the passing of its Chair, Madeleine Albright, earlier today in Washington D.C.
At the time of her passing, her family released a statement, which we attach here.
A NDI statewide poll in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), conducted in December 2021 found that a minority of respondents in Republika Srpska (RS) at 34%, support Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik’s declared intention to withdraw the RS from state institutions, with 35% favoring RS independence. Forty-eight (48)% of RS respondents are against the withdrawal of the RS from state institutions, and 45% of RS respondents are against independence.
NDI opens first country office in Romania in 1991, and more offices open rapidly across the entire Eastern European region as support for democracy expands at the end of the Cold War