Noticias

Huge turnout for Sharjah Consultative Council elections

29 Ene 2016
Emiratos Árabes Unidos
Fuente: 
Khaleej Times

The first day of voting for Sharjah Consultative Council (SCC) elections on Thursday saw a huge turnout across all nine polling stations. Citizens flocked to cast their votes for the candidates they believe will be perfect to convey their messages to the government.

Voters arrived early morning even before the polls began at 8am, showing their enthusiasm in participating in decision-making process.

Adwan: Electoral Law Committee Concludes Meetings, Hybrid Law Probable

29 Ene 2016
Líbano
Fuente: 
Naharnet

A parliamentary committee tasked with devising a new electoral law concluded its meetings Thursday and is set to refer a report to the parliament which in turn will refer it to the parliament bureau for discussions.

“The committee tasked with drafting a new electoral law ended its discussions on the file and will refer it to the parliament which in turn will refer to the parliament bureau for deliberations,” the state-run National News Agency reported.

Electing both president and PM ‘unsustainable’: Erdoğan

29 Ene 2016
Turquía
Fuente: 
Hurriyet

The current parliamentary system in Turkey is out of date and the existing situation, in which both the prime minister and president are elected by the people, is unsustainable, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stated, emphasizing his wish to hold a referendum over a new constitution and a transition to a presidential system while calling on civil society organizations and media to launch a grassroots campaign to this aim.

NA-125: SC orders vote verification in Saad Rafique's constituency

27 Ene 2016
Pakistán
Fuente: 
The Express Tribune

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ordered on Tuesday the National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) to verify the record of all voters in National Assembly’s NA-125 Lahore constituency wherein current Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafiq was declared victorious in May 2013 general elections.

The NA-125 Lahore is one of the four constituencies which Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman demanded to be verified during his party’s historic 126-day sit-in at Islamabad’s D-Chowk in 2014.

Iran Guardian Council endorses credentials of 166 for Experts Assembly polls

27 Ene 2016
Irán
Fuente: 
The Iran Project

 

The council, which vets candidates for general elections, wed out 634 hopefuls who had registered to run for the February 26 elections, Hossein-Ali Amiri said on Tuesday.

He added that 37 candidates would be vying for seats in the 88-member Assembly at Tehran Province constituency.

Amiri said the disqualified candidates will have two days to appeal with the Guardian Council. The council will examine their requests during three days.

Grandson of Iran’s Khomeini excluded from elections

26 Ene 2016
Irán
Fuente: 
The Iran Project

The grandson of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, founder of the Islamic Republic on Iran, has been excluded from contesting elections next month, his son said Tuesday.

Hassan Khomeini, a 43-year-old cleric with close ties to Iranian reformists, was not verified as having sufficient religious competence by the Guardian Council, his son Ahmad said on his Instagram account, despite “testimony from dozens of religious authorities”.

Vatican Satisfied with LF-FPM Rapprochement, Says Next President Should 'Act as Bridge'

26 Ene 2016
Líbano
Fuente: 
Naharnet

The Vatican has expressed its satisfaction with the latest rapprochement between the Lebanese Forces and the Free Patriotic Movement, reiterating its warning that the Baabda Palace vacuum puts the Christians in danger.

Maronite Bishop of Beirut Boulos Matar told al-Joumhouria daily published on Tuesday that the meetings of Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi in Rome “have been positive.”

“The Vatican believes that the Christian reconciliation meeting, which took place in Maarab, helps the presidential elections,” he said.

Report: Hizbullah Continues to Back Aoun as President Despite Competitions in Race

26 Ene 2016
Líbano
Fuente: 
Naharnet

A Hizbullah delegation led by senior official Wafiq Safa visited the founder of the Free Patriotic Movement MP Michel Aoun and reiterated the party's adamant stance in backing him for the top state post despite other competitors in the presidential race, An Nahar daily reported on Tuesday.

The newspaper said that Safa has restated “the party's unwavering backing for Aoun even if the Marada chief MP Suleiman Franjieh remained a candidate.”

ECP faces internal strife over reshuffle

24 Ene 2016
Pakistán
Fuente: 
The Express Tribune
ISLAMABAD: 

A large-scale, ‘arbitrary’ reshuffle in the country’s top polling supervisory body is likely to lead to more bickering in the organisation that is already mired in controversies.

Earlier this week, the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) notified reshuffle of 54 of its Grade-18 officers in the first phase of transfers. The notification was approved only by the chief election commissioner (CEC), apparently without any input from four other members of the body.

National Unity Government built on cronyism and will fail says Presidency Council member Aswad

23 Ene 2016
Libia
Fuente: 
Libya Herald

Presidency Council member Omar Al-Aswad, who suspended his membership of the body earlier this week over the composition of the new government of national unity, has accused other members of behaving dishonestly in the matter. There had been moral and political corruption in the way they had acted, he said. The government was, moreover, too big and with ministers chosen not on the basis of competence but on cronyism, it would not work and was not what Libya needed at present, he said.

Intra-party elections: SC seeks ECP statement over access to data server

22 Ene 2016
Pakistán
Fuente: 
The Express Tribune

ISLAMABAD: The top court has sought concise statement from Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) over Pakistan Tehreek-i- Insaf (PTI) plea, seeking access to the data server of the commission to prepare credible voter lists for the upcoming intra-party elections (IPEs).

The three-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, took up Thursday PTI chief election commissioner Tasneem Noorani’s petition against Islamabad High Court’s November 16, 2015 order, wherein the party’s petition was dismissed.

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