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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has invited the Atta-Mills Institute (AMI) for Civic Education and Public Policy Advocacy to observe the April 11 Presidential elections of Benin.
The Founder and CEO of the AMI, Mr Samuel Koku Anyidoho will lead a three-member team which also includes Maxwell Okamafo Addo and a Technical Director of the Institute to observe the elections which will elect the President of the Republic of Benin for a five-year term.
A statement signed by the Director and Chief of Staff of the Institute, Andy Kankam, said the team will be in Benin between April 8 and 14, 2021.
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Philip Norcross
Law firm Parker McCay and lobbying firm Optimus Partners might represent the epitome of the politically connected firms – if the news headlines and government watchdogs are to be believed. Philip, an executive at both, is the nexus of those connections. That became evident in 2019, when activists and a task force put together by the Murphy administration outlined Optimus’ and Parker McCay’s alleged influence over the creation of the 2013 tax break program, and in helping businesses win lucrative incentive awards. Philip is the brother of both George Norcross, the South Jersey political kingmaker, and Donald Norcross, a U.S. congressman representing the First Congressional District. With the creation of a new massive tax break legislation, Trenton insiders have been speculating about just what kind of role Philip could play in helping businesses win incentives.
equivalent when i started out in 1967 talking with a guy who started working in politics in 1922. and i m just i hadn t realized i was at a point when the phone rang i flinched saying what new problem is this? so i expect to do a lot of public policy advocacy. yeah. i also think the way it s working now, there s a set of attitudes in the country i don t agree with in terms of, one, i think people are unduly pessimistic about government and elected officials. being an elected official in the congress. i ve always thought i was better at legislating than campaigning. i like doing the work on the inside, but the scope for that now has been very constricted by the attitudes. so there s some offset to me. for instance, i will say the same things about public policy going forward that i said in the past. but there ll be less cynicism. you re just saying that to get elected, i have a better chance