News from March 2017
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a nominally centralized constitutional republic. Voters popularly elect the president and the lower house of parliament (National Assembly). Under the constitution the president’s second and final term in office expired on December 19. The government, however,...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Japan has a parliamentary government with a constitutional monarchy. Shinzo Abe, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, became prime minister in 2012. Upper House elections in July were considered free and fair.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is an authoritarian state ruled by a single party, the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), and led by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, President Tran Dai Quang, and Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. The most recent National Assembly elections, held on May 22, were neither free nor fair, despite limited competition among CPV-vetted candidates.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: The Republic of Kazakhstan has a government system dominated by President Nursultan Nazarbayev and the ruling Nur Otan Party. The constitution concentrates power in the presidency. The president controls the legislature and judiciary as well as regional and local governments. Changes or amendments to...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: Samoa is a constitutional parliamentary democracy that incorporates traditional practices into its governmental system. In 2012 parliament re-elected Head of State Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi. The unicameral parliament, elected by universal suffrage, is composed of “matai" (heads of extended families).
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: The Kingdom of Spain is a parliamentary democracy headed by a constitutional monarch. The country has a bicameral parliament, the General Courts or National Assembly, consisting of the Congress of Deputies (lower house) and the Senate (upper house). The head of the largest political party or coalition...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Cristan Taylor, 48, of Springfield was sentenced today to three years in prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), released the following statement on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia's ruling to uphold the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's 2012 decision to remove the gray wolf in Wyoming from the endangered species list.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Two Miami residents pleaded guilty today to fraud charges stemming from their roles in a $20 million home health care fraud scheme.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: Namibia is a constitutional multiparty democracy. In local and regional elections held in November 2015, the ruling Swapo party won 112 of 121 regional council seats and gained control of 54 of 57 local authorities. Elections held in November 2014 resulted in the election of Prime Minister Hage Geingob to the presidency and retention by Swapo of its large parliamentary majority. International observers characterized the elections in 2014 and 2015 as generally free and fair.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: PHOENIX - Yesterday, Jeremiah Johnson, 26, of Peridot, Ariz., a member of the San Carlos Apache Tribe, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane J. Humetewa to 45 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for assaulting a victim on the San Carlos Indian Reservation. Johnson had previously pleaded guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: Estonia is a multiparty, constitutional democracy with a unicameral parliament, a prime minister as head of government, and a president as head of state. The prime minister and cabinet generally represent the party or coalition of parties with a majority of seats in the parliament. The most recent parliamentary ...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: Swaziland is an absolute monarchy. King Mswati III and Queen Mother Ntombi, the king’s mother, rule as co-monarchs and exercise ultimate authority over the cabinet, legislature, and judiciary. There is a parliament consisting of appointed and elected members and a prime minister appointed by the king,...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.- Acting U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Joshua Butler, 42, of Buffalo, NY, pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years, and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: ROCKFORD - A Lake County man pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Kapala for his role in a conspiracy to manufacture and distribute marijuana.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: South Sudan is a republic operating under the terms of a peace agreement signed in August 2015. President Salva Kiir Mayardit, whose authority derives from his 2010 election as president of what was then the semiautonomous region of Southern Sudan within the Republic of Sudan, is chief of state and head...
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
News Release: New Zealand is a parliamentary democracy. Citizens choose their representatives in free and fair multiparty elections, most recently held in September 2014. The National Party won 60 of 121 parliamentary seats and formed a coalition government with three other parties, led by John Key as prime minister.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: The Principality of Liechtenstein is a multiparty constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government. The unicameral Landtag (parliament) nominates, and the monarch appoints, members of the government. Five ministers, three from the Progressive Citizens’ Party and two from the Patriotic Union, formed a coalition government following free and fair parliamentary elections in 2013.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: Brazil is a constitutional, multiparty republic. In 2014 voters re-elected Dilma Rousseff as president in elections widely considered free and fair. On Aug. 31, Rousseff was impeached, and Vice President Michel Temer assumed the presidency as required by the constitution.
By State Newswire | Mar 3, 2017
Release: Zambia is a constitutional republic governed by a democratically elected president and a unicameral national assembly. On Aug. 11, the country held elections under a new constitution for president, national assembly seats, and local government, as well as a referendum on an updated bill of rights.
