2.3: Political Competition and Consensus Building

Encourage the development of transparent and inclusive electoral and political processes, and democratic, responsive, and effective political parties.

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Our objective in this area is to encourage the development of transparent and inclusive electoral and political processes, and democratic, responsive, and effective political parties. Political parties are indispensable vehicles for like-minded citizens to organize and compete through electoral processes for the right to govern. Parties also serve as vehicles to aggregate and articulate the interests of their members and constituents. Consensus-building processes are critical where fundamental issues about the democratization process have not yet been settled. We seek to promote consensus-building among government, political parties, and civil society to advance a common democratic agenda. To accomplish this, we will use diplomatic and foreign assistance tools to:

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