African legislators appeal to European states to fund political parties

By Alice Lubwama
Members of African parliaments meeting in Brussels Belgium have called for an increase of funding of political parties by European states to develop principles of democracy.
The African legislators say it is important that the European Union considers funding all the political parties in the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries to foster democracy. But Uganda’s head of delegation, Deputy Speaker of the Parliament Jacob Oulanyah, is of the view that member states should fund their democratic processes.