The council comprises representatives from the main political parties: Two from the Liberal Party, two from the Swiss Social Democratic Party, two from the Swiss People’s Party and one from the Swiss Christian Democratic Party. But for Switzerland, which by 2019 had a population of 8.57 million, rotational presidency is not based on ethnicity but parties. In the arrangement, if the president is from the North, the vice president must come from the South and vice versa. Rainbow CoalitionCuriously, the rotational presidency is not captured in the BBI report, a document meant to unify the country. Narc came about when the Mwai Kibaki-led National Alliance Party of Kenya allied itself with the Raila-led Liberal Democratic Party.

Source: Standard Digital January 15, 2021 10:41 UTC