LETTER N° 26

From 25 June to 01 of July

24/25 Zimbabwe		Parliamentary elections in Zimbabwe. Results : the MDC won 57 seats in weekend parliamentary elections, to 62 for Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) and one for the small ZANU-Ndonga party.
25 Japan		Japan, General election. Results : the three-way coalition dominated by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was returned to power but voters sliced to 56 percent the two-thirds majority it previously held in parliament's Lower House. The main winner was the Democratic Party, which increased its seats in the lower house from 95 to127. Altogether, 35 women also won seats in the lower house of parliament.
25 Haiti		Parliamentary elections (2nd round). Results :
26 Canada (Saskatchewan)		Provincial by election in Wood River constituency. Results : the Saskatchewan Party won the by election in the southwestern riding of Wood River.The win gives the Saskatchewan Party 26 seats in the legislature against 29 New Democrats and three Liberals.
27 France		Former prime minister (1958) Pierre Pflimlin dies.
29 Uganda		Uganda, Referendum on replacing non-partisan politics with partisan. Early results from the Ugandan referendum show a clear majority in favour of retaining the country's current no-party system.
29 South Korea		Parliament confirms Lee Han Dong as prime minister (139-130).
30 Solomon Islands		Lawmakers elected opposition leader Mannasseh Sogavare as the new prime minister Friday. Sogavare won 23-21.
30 Iran		By-election in the Iranian capital, Tehran, to fill two parliamentary seats left undecided from general elections in February. Four candidates are competing.
01 France (E.U)		France takes over presidency of the European Union.
01 Canada		Canada National Day.