 | This article needs to be updated. (January 2018) |
 |
|---|
|
|
The Politics of the Union of the Comoros take place in a framework of a unitary[1] presidential republic, whereby the President of the Comoros is both head of state and head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament. The precolonial legacies of the sultanates linger while the political situation in Comoros has been extremely fluid since the country's independence in 1975, subject to the volatility of coups and political insurrection.
As of 2008, Comoros and Mauritania were considered by US-based organization Freedom House as the only real “electoral democracies” of the Arab World.[2]
- ^ "Comoros 2018". Constitute. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "Freedom House Country Report 2008". Archived from the original on 2009-07-12. Retrieved 2008-08-01.