DEMOCRAT LEADER Abhisit Vejjajiva marked the party’s 72nd anniversary celebrations on April 06, 2018 by highlighting liberal democracy as its continuing core value and he also distanced himself from the junta that is looking to remain in politics. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/ politics/30342655 |
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Vice President Leni Robredo reassured her supporters they have nothing to be afraid of as the ballot recount for the electoral protest filed against her began last Monday, April 2. https://www.rappler.com/nation/199366-bongbong-marcos-leni-robredo-ballot-recount-mass |
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Jailed opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) President Kem Sokha has called on court authorities to release him so that he can seek medical treatment abroad and restart negotiations with Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) ahead of a general election.
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Gerakan president Datuk Seri Mah Siew Keong says he will not take up a senator’s post which will then pave a way for him to become a minister if he loses the Teluk Intan parliamentary seat. https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/04/06/mah-if-i-lose-i-will-not-take-up-senators-post/#7xI04jfQqhFYQdzm.99 |
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Pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong called for an end to “one-party dictatorship” in China, as they marked the deaths of students and activists in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on the day of the Ching Ming Festival. http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/2140456/hong-kong-democracy-activists-call-end-one-party |
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President Joko Widodo proclaimed that Indonesia will continue to stand strong for decades in the future. It is conveyed during his speech at the Indonesian Armed Forces headquarters in Cilangkap. https://en.tempo.co/read/news/2018/04/07/055917387/Jokowi-Proclaims-Indonesia-will-Live-on-for-Decades |
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