, The general elections and/or a round that leads each political party to assert its specific nature and differences, going as far as adopting a coalition agreement before or after the elections

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, But since 2002 partly because of the transfer over from a seven to a five year presidential mandate the three successive Presidents have all had a majority parliamentary majority in the National Assembly

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