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You can call it ' Community Policing ' , ' Positive Public Interaction Tactics ' or any other cute and cuddly name the City Hall consultants come up with , but the fact is , if you do n't have The People behind you , it 's tough to do your job . That 's the difference between an artist and a karaoke singer . While Mesa has committed to completing his term , the present conditions highlight the need to rebuild healthy and responsive political parties that can effectively channel citizen demands , offer policy alternatives , and provide avenues for all Bolivians to engage in constructive political participation . In 1997 , opposition parties also won a majority of seats in the national chamber of deputies . Our regional program in Russia aims to assist the long-term development of political , civic and administrative partners at the local level with community outreach . Since 1996 , NDI has provided technical assistance to ET , Nicaragua 's first nonpartisan national election observer organization , which has since contributed to raising the standard of elections in the country . Despite severe repression , grassroots democratic activists on the island continue to demand their fundamental rights and work to overcome the culture of fear that has permeated Cuban society for decades .