‘Councillors, legislators self-serving’

THE majority of African citizens do not trust their parliamentary and council representatives, a recent study by a leading research institute on public attitudes, Afrobarometer has revealed.

According to the Afrobarometer’s study, most citizens in over 36 countries believe that their representatives were after serving their own interests at the expense of the electorate, which voted them into power.

“These findings suggest considerable room for improvement,” Afrobarometer said in a Press statement accompanying the report.

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