Mozambique remains in 118th place in terms of political representation, but has fallen in other key areas, such as civil rights and the rule of law. This information is contained in the Global Report on the State of Democracy, published on Tuesday (17) by the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA).
According to the newspaper O País, citing the report, Mozambique has dropped four places in civil rights and is now in 121st place. ‘In addition, the country fell nine places in the Rule of Law ranking, to 116th place,’ the document emphasises. Political and civil participation also suffered a decline, falling to 129th place.
While Mozambique faces these challenges, other Portuguese-speaking countries have shown improvements in their rankings.
Brazil climbed five places in political representation, reaching 42nd place, and improved significantly in political and civil participation, reaching fourth place in the world. ‘Brazil also climbed 38 places in the rule of law, and is now in 53rd place,’ reads the document.
Cape Verde also made progress, rising three places in political representation (32nd) and remaining stable in civil rights. Angola, meanwhile, despite maintaining its 121st position in representation, showed slight improvements in civil rights and the rule of law.
On the other hand, Guinea-Bissau rose one place in representation (112th), two in civil rights (129th) and rule of law (137th) and three in political and civil participation (66th). Meanwhile, East Timor moved up five places in the political representation criterion (51st), four in civil rights (95th), two in rule of law (65th) and seven in political and civil participation (79th).
Equatorial Guinea also saw improvements, rising two places in political representation (144th), remaining in 163rd place in civil rights, rising six places in rule of law (157th) and rising three places in political and civil participation (161st).
The Global State of Democracy Report is produced annually by International IDEA, based in Stockholm, Sweden, and offers a comprehensive analysis of democracy in 173 countries, assessing four main parameters: political representation, civil rights, rule of law and political and civil participation.
