Politics in Muluwheyo (Muluwheyo, The African dream that could have been....)

POD


The POD is that colonial rule worked in part of Africa. What would have a nation been like if the British Empire (and maybe the French Empire as well) had succeeded in their cultural goals and also held out much longer, like say until 1972...

Overview
Muluwheyo is a democratic nation located on the coast of south west Africa between Namibia and Angola.

Voting system
It uses the first past the post system to elect a 50 strong parliament, 12 strong county councils and a preseident for 4 years. Polling is noted for being exceptionally free and fair. Election related violence is rare apart from during the brief military Junta of the 1990s. It uses the first past the post system and is open to all citizens over the age of 18.

Political parties
Liberal Democratic and Federal Liberal are mostly divided over the FL's support for proportional representation and legalizing Cannabis. The Socialist party is opposed to the New Socialist Party's 'Blairite' policies. ~more to come~

The presidency
~more to come~

The national parliament
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The country got self-rule in 1966 and independence in 1972.

Foreign relations
Political and ecanomic relations with the UK have always been close, especialy under James Calaghan and John Major, the latter visiting the enclave for a week in 1993. Muluwheyo is a member of the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA).


 * Top allies- UK, Namibia, Botswans, S. Africa, Ireland, Libya's new NTC regime, the FSA of Syria, Greece Poland, Gambia, Jamacia, Naru and Barbados.
 * Top enemies- Germany, Somali pirates, Cololnel Gadaffie's old Libyan regime, President Assad of Sirya, iran and Zimbabwe.