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Comoros GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
Government: Constitution approved in referendum
on June
7, 1992. Islam is state religion. President elected by
universal
suffrage for five-year term; president nominates ministers
to
form twelve-member Council of Government; prime minister
belongs
to majority party in legislature. Bicameral legislature:
Federal
Assembly elected for four-year terms; Senate appointed by
Electoral College. Supreme Court and judiciary independent
branch.
Politics: More than twenty political parties
active in
1994.
Most recent election in December 1993, with voting
irregularities. Incumbent ruling coalition declared selves
winners with twenty-two of forty-two seats. Opposition
parties
refused to participate in legislature.
Foreign Relations: Close relationships
traditionally
with France and recently with conservative Persian Gulf
states
and to lesser extent with South Africa. Good regional
relations
with Madagascar, Mauritius, and Seychelles in Indian Ocean
Commission.
Also developing relations with China and Japan.
Data as of August 1994
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