Solomon Islands:
there are two main coalitions - Coalition for
National Unity, Reconciliation, and Peace or CNURP and Alliance for
Change; the CNURP took power on 30 June 2000, it comprises members
of the Liberal Party, People's Alliance Party, and the United Party,
as well as a number of independents; the Alliance for Change,
represents the former government and now is the opposition; in
general, Solomon Islands politics is characterized by fluid
coalitions; Group for National Unity and Reconciliation or GNUR
[leader NA]; Liberal Party [Bartholomew ULUFA'ALU]; National Action
Party of Solomon Islands or NAPSI [Francis SAEMALA]; People's
Alliance Party or PAP [George LEPPING]; People's Progressive Party
[Mannaseh Damukana SOGAVARE]; Solomon Islands Labor Party or SILP
[Joses TUHANUKU]; United Party or UP [leader NA]
Somalia:
none
South Africa:
African Christian Democratic Party or ACDP [Kenneth
MESHOE, president]; African National Congress or ANC [Thabo MBEKI,
president]; Democratic Alliance (formed from the merger of the
Democratic Party or DP and the New National Party or NP) [Anthony
LEON, leader]; Freedom Front or FF [Constand VILJOEN, president];
Inkatha Freedom Party or IFP [Mangosuthu BUTHELEZI, president];
Pan-Africanist Congress or PAC [Stanley MOGOBA, president]; United
Democratic Movement or UDM [Bantu HOLOMISA]
Spain:
Basque Nationalist Party or PNV [Xabier ARZALLUS Antia];
Canarian Coalition or CC (a coalition of five parties) [Paulino
RIVERO]; Convergence and Union or CiU [Jordi PUJOL i Soley,
secretary general] (a coalition of the Democratic Convergence of
Catalonia or CDC [Jordi PUJOL i Soley] and the Democratic Union of
Catalonia or UDC [Josep Antoni DURAN y LLEIDA]); Galician
Nationalist Bloc or BNG [Xose Manuel BEIRAS]; Party of Independents
from Lanzarote or PIL [Dimas MARTIN Martin]; Popular Party or PP
[Jose Maria AZNAR Lopez]; Spanish Socialist Workers Party or PSOE
[Jose Luis Rodriguez ZAPATERO]; United Left or IU (a coalition of
parties including the PCE and other small parties) [Gaspar
LLAMAZARES]
Sri Lanka:
All Ceylon Tamil Congress or ACTC [Nalliah GURUPAUAN];
Ceylon Workers Congress or CLDC [Arumugam THONDAMAN]; Communist
Party [Raja COLLURE]; Democratic United National (Lalith) Front or
DUNLF [Srimani ATHULATHMUDALI]; Eelam People's Democratic Party or
EPDP [Douglas DEVANANDA]; Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation
Front or EPRLF [Suresh PREMACHANDRA]; Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna or
JVP [Tilvan SILVA]; National Unity Alliance or NUA [leader NA];
People's Alliance or PA [Chandrika Bandaranaike KUMARATUNGA];
People's Liberation Organization of Tamil Eelam or PLOTE [D.
SIDDATHAN]; Sihala Urumaya or SU [leader NA]; Sri Lanka Freedom
Party or SLFP [Chandrika Bandaranaike KUMARATUNGA]; Sri Lanka Muslim
Congress or SLMC [Rauff HAKEEM and Ferial ASHRAFF]; Sri Lanka
Progressive Front or SLPF [leader NA]; Tamil Eelam Liberation
Organization or TELO [SUBRAMANIUM]; Tamil United Liberation Front or
TULF [R. SAMPATHAN]; United National Party or UNP [Ranil
WICKREMASINGHE]; Upcountry People's Front or UPF [P.
CHANDRASEKARAN]; several ethnic Tamil and Muslim parties,
represented in either parliament or provincial councils
Sudan:
the government allows political "associations" under a 1998
law revised in 2000; to obtain government approval parties must
accept the constitution and refrain from advocating or using
violence against the regime; approved parties include the National
Congress Party or NCP [Ibrahim Ahmed UMAR], Popular National
Congress [Hassan al-TURABI], and a handful of minor pro-government
parties
Suriname:
Democratic Alternative '91 or DA '91 (a coalition of the
Alternative Forum or AF and Party for Brotherhood and Unity in
Politics or BEP, formed in January 1991) [S. RAMKHELAWAN];
Democratic National Platform 2000 or DNP 2000 (coalition of two
parties, Democratic Party and Democrats of the 21st Century) [Jules
WIJDENBOSCH]; Independent Progressive Democratic Alternative or OPDA
[Joginder RAMKHILAWAN]; Millennium Combination or MC (a coalition of
three parties, Democratic Alternative, Party for National Unity and
Solidarity, and National Democratic Party) [leader NA]; National
Democratic Party or NDP [Desire BOUTERSE]; Naya Kadam or NK [leader
NA]; Party for Renewal and Democracy or BVD [Tjan GOBARDHAN]; Party
of National Unity and Solidarity or KTPI [Willy SOEMITA]; Pertjaja
Luhur [Paul SOMOHARDJO]; Progressive Workers' and Farm Laborers'
Union or PALU [Ir Iwan KROLIS]; The New Front or NF (a coalition of
four parties Suriname National Party or NPS, Progressive Reform
Party or VHP, Suriname Labor Party or SPA, and Pertjaja Luhur)
[Ronald R. VENETIAAN]; The Progressive Development Alliance (a
combination of three parties, Renewed Progressive Party or HPP,
Party of the Federation of Land Workers or PVF, and Suriname
Progressive People's Party or PSV) [Harry KISOENSINGH]
Swaziland:
Imbokodvo National Movement or INM [leader NA]; Ngwane
National Libertatory Congress or NNLC [Obed DLAMINI, president];
People's United Democratic Movement or PUDEMO [Mario MASUKU,
president]; Swaziland National Front or SWANAFRO [Elmond SHONGWE,
president]; Swaziland Progressive Party or SPP [J. J. NQUKU,
president]; Swaziland United Front or SUF [Matsapa SHONGWE, leader]
note: political parties are banned by the constitution promulgated on 13 October 1978; illegal parties are prohibited from holding large public gatherings; the organizations listed are political associations
Sweden:
Center Party [Lennart DALEUS]; Christian Democratic Party
[Alf SVENSSON]; Communist Workers' Party [Rolf HAGEL]; Green Party
[no formal leader but party spokesperson is Briger SCHLAUG]; Left
Party or VP (formerly Communist) [Gudrun SCHYMAN]; Liberal People's
Party [Lars LEIJONBORG]; Moderate Party (conservative) [Bo
LUNDGREN]; New Democracy Party [Vivianne FRANZEN]; Social Democratic
Party [Goran PERSSON]