People’s choice: Election officials transporting a sealed ballot box to a counting centre in Colombo at the end of Sri Lanka’s presidential polls on Sept 21. The UNDP has called 2024 a ‘super year’ for elections. — AFP
IS democracy backsliding globally? Are citizens no longer interested in voting? How should we respond to the rise of autocratic governments?
These were the big questions floating around during Inter-national Democracy Day (IDD) in Brussels, a yearly event organised by democracy organisations and think tanks. I had the chance to attend the event in person, and it gave me a lot to think about.
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