5 hours agoThe US invites Angola and Congo to the Summit for Democracy, but not Turkey, that's what “Freedom House”
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)The United States State Department has published the list of states that have been invited to the Democracy Summit, which will be held on 9 December and 10 December in the US. But what criteria have been used to draft this list? There are some countries in it that, according to the internationally known organization for it [...]
For example, on the list of invited locations At the summit on Democracy is the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to the Organization Report “Freedom House”, the index of democracy in this state in the 2021 report is only 20 out of 100 points, so it is considered a non-free country. Meanwhile, Turkey has the democracy index 34, according to “Freedom House”, but has not been invited to the summit.
As far as political rights are concerned, the known organisation has given the Democratic Republic of Congo only 5 out of 40 possible points, while for civil liberties, only 15 out of 60 possible ones, writes the Express newspaper.
The political system in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been paralyzed in recent years through manipulation of the election process by political elites. Citizens are unable to freely exercise basic civil freedoms, and corruption is evasive”, says the organisation's report “Freedom House” for the African state.
The list of countries invited to the Democracy Summit is also the other African country, Angola. Neither this country, according to the organization “Freedom House”He's not free. In the annual report for 2021, Angola has only 10 points out of 40 possible political rights, and only 21 points out of 60 possible civil liberties.
“andola has been led by the same party since independence (1975) and authorities have systematically suppressed political discontent. Corruption, violations of the justice system and abuses by security forces remain common”, says the organisation's report “Freedom House” for Angola. However, the White House has found it reasonable to invite this country to the summit for Democracy.
