Elderships

While the elderships have a potential of becoming a source of local initiative to tackle rural problems, complaints are made that elderships have no real power and receive too little attention.

Elderships, numbering over 500, are the smallest units and do not play a role in national politics.

Elderships, numbering over 500, are the smallest units of local government.

They provide necessary public services close to their homes; for example, in rural areas the elderships register births and deaths.