CDD Raises Concerns Over Proposed Election Changes
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- Fiji’s Centre for Democracy and Dialogue warns that proposed electoral-law changes could make Election Day more partisan.
- The organisation opposes reducing the polling-station protection zone from 300 metres to 100 metres.
- Executive Director Nilesh Lal says the existing distance helps keep political activity away from polling stations.
Fiji’s Centre for Democracy and Dialogue is warning that proposed changes to electoral law could make Election Day more partisan.
The organisation strongly opposes a proposal to reduce the protection zone around polling stations from 300 metres to 100 metres. Executive Director Nilesh Lal says the current 300-metre zone helps keep political activity away from polling stations.
The existing 300-metre zone helps keep political activity away from polling stations.
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