Politics of the Comoros

The politics of the Union of the Comoros take place in a framework of a federal 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, the Comoros and Mauritania were considered by US-based organization Freedom House as the only real “electoral democracies” of the Arab world. Since then, Comoros has experienced democratic backsliding and is only considered to be partially free, while elections are no longer considered free or fair.

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