News from March 2021
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: Guatemala is a multiparty constitutional republic. On Jan. 14, Alejandro Eduardo Giammattei Falla of the We’re Going for a Different Guatemala Party was sworn into office for a four-year term as president. International observers considered the presidential election held in 2019 as generally free and fair.
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: Slovenia is a parliamentary democracy and constitutional republic. Power is shared among a directly elected president (head of state), a prime minister (head of government), and a bicameral parliament composed of the National Assembly (lower house) and the National Council (upper house). In June 2018 the country held parliamentary elections. Observers considered the elections free and fair.
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: Germany is a constitutional democracy. Citizens choose their representatives periodically in free and fair multiparty elections. The lower chamber of the federal parliament (Bundestag) elects the chancellor as head of the federal government. The second legislative chamber, the Federal Council (Bundesrat),...
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
Release: Burkina Faso is a constitutional republic led by an elected president. On Nov. 22, the country held presidential and legislative elections despite challenges due to growing insecurity and increasing numbers of internally displaced persons. President Roch Marc Christian Kabore was re-elected to a...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Deputy Administrator Bradley Mims will speak at the Youth Access to American Jobs in Aviation Task Force public meeting on March 31, 2021.
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: Poland is a republic with a multiparty democracy. The bicameral parliament consists of an upper house (Senate) and a powerful lower house (Sejm). The president and the Council of Ministers headed by the prime minister share executive power. Incumbent President Duda was re-elected to a second five-year...
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
Release: The Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe is a multiparty constitutional democracy. In 2016 voters elected President Evaristo do Espirito Santo Carvalho as head of state. The legislative elections in 2018 produced a peaceful transfer of power from the Independent Democratic Action to a coalition of other parties. International observers deemed the presidential and legislative elections generally free and fair.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Solomon Gbara, 47, of Albuquerque, was arraigned in federal court today, on a 13-count indictment for aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of false and fraudulent income tax returns. A federal grand jury indicted Gbara on March 12.
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: Montenegro is a mixed parliamentary and presidential republic with a multiparty political system. Voters choose both the president and the unicameral parliament through popular elections. The president nominates, and the parliament approves, the prime minister. An observation mission of the Office for...
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: Nepal is a federal democratic republic. The 2015 constitution established the political system, including the framework for a prime minister as the chief executive, a bicameral parliament, and seven provinces. In 2017 the country held national elections for the lower house of parliament and the newly...
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: The Republic of San Marino is a multiparty democracy. Twice yearly, the popularly elected unicameral Great and General Council (parliament) selects two of its members to serve as Captains Regent (coheads of state). They preside over meetings of the Council and of the Congress of State (cabinet), which...
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: Thailand is a constitutional monarchy, with King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun (Rama X) as head of state. In March 2019 Thailand held the first national election after five years of rule by a junta-led National Council for Peace and Order. The National Council-backed Phalang Pracharath...
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: The Dominican Republic is a representative constitutional democracy. In July, Luis Abinader of the Modern Revolutionary Party was elected president for a four-year term. Impartial outside observers assessed the election as generally free, fair, and orderly.
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
Release: Zimbabwe is constitutionally a republic. The country elected Emmerson Mnangagwa president for a five-year term in 2018 in general elections. Despite incremental improvements from past elections, domestic and international observers noted serious concerns and called for further reforms necessary to meet...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig and FBI Newark Field Division Special Agent in Charge George M. Crouch Jr., today reiterated federal law enforcement’s commitment to investigating and prosecuting all acts of bias-motivated violence and other deprivations of individuals’ civil rights, including crimes committed on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
Release: Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy. It has a parliamentary system of government selected through regular, multiparty elections and is headed by a prime minister. The king is the head of state, serves a largely ceremonial role, and has a five-year term. The kingship rotates among the sultans...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - A highway construction company based in Summit County, Ohio has agreed to pay the United States $315,252.92 to settle a False Claims Act lawsuit claiming that the company violated the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program rules that are designed to encourage participation by women- and minority-owned businesses.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: WHISKEYTOWN, Calif. - Today the National Park Service (NPS) released the findings of the 2018 Carr Fire Investigation. The Investigation is comprised of three reports: The Origin and Cause Report, Multidisciplinary Accident Investigation Team (MAIT) Report, and the Damage Inspection Report.
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
News Release: Togo is a republic governed by President Faure Gnassingbe, whom voters peacefully re-elected on February 22 in a process that international observers characterized as generally free and fair. Opposition supporters alleged fraud but did not provide any credible evidence. The international community accepted...
By State Newswire | Mar 30, 2021
Release: Paraguay is a multiparty, constitutional republic. In 2018 Mario Abdo Benitez of the Colorado Party, also known as the National Republican Association, won the presidency in elections recognized as free and fair. Legislative elections took place at the same time.
