Afghan meeting

It was a pleasure to meet with the Afghan delegation of civic leaders on Monday 28th November.
They were accompanied by staff from Democracy International who are funded by USAID. They had many questions about New Zealand's political system as well as direct democracy. Evidently there are very few parties in Afghanistan and at present all Members of Parliament are independents. Even their vote in parliament is secret so no one knows how they vote and therefore every MP is unaccountable. This group plans to act as a lobby group to push for a better democracy.

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