The Constitution provides citizens with the right to change their Government peacefully, and citizens exercised this right in practice through periodic, free, and fair elections held on the basis of universal suffrage. Elections to the 200-seat Parliament were held on March 16 and led to the formation of a new coalition Government.

Women were well represented at all levels of government. There were 74 women in the 200-member Parliament and 8 in the 18-member Cabinet. The President was a woman. A woman was elected Prime Minister in the March parliamentary elections but resigned in June due to a political scandal. The law requires a minimum of 40 percent membership from each sex on all state committees, commissions, and appointed municipal bodies.