CFA franc (CFAF) = 100 cents Exchange rates: NA Fiscal year: 1 July (1962) Political parties and leaders: People's Progressive Party (HPP), Panalal PARMESSAR; Party for Progress and Socialism (PPS), Ali YATA Suffrage: 21 years of age; universal Elections: President: last held 24 April 1970 Legal system: civil law system National holiday: Saint Patrick's Day,
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