Comprehensive polling on attitudes toward African legislatures and public institutions shows much work to be done

Job Performance of MPs, Local Councillors – Are Representatives Serving Africa’s Voters or Themselves? [press release]

Members of Parliament and local government councillors across Africa have earned little trust and largely negative performance ratings from their constituents, a new report from Afrobarometer shows. Complaining of increasing official corruption and impunity, most Africans say their political leaders are not interested in listening to their constituents’ views and are more concerned with advancing their…