AFC restates backing for US democracy project

Brendt Hardt

The Alliance for Change yesterday restated its support for a US-funded democracy project that has sparked a withering attack by the government here on Washington’s Ambassador on the grounds that the country’s sovereignty has been challenged.

In a statement, the AFC said that any effort which enhances democracy will promote rather than undermine sovereignty.

Noting that there has been no local government election since 1994 and that the country is being run by a