Noticias

Tehran, Jan 6, IRNA – Chairman of the Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Wednesday that the procedures of screening of candidates was sound and the prospect of election in Iran is very promising.

The 34th session to elect a president has been postponed on Thursday due to the lack of quorum at parliament.

Speaker Nabih Berri scheduled a new electoral session for February 8.

MP Marwan Hamadeh said after failed elections: “The number of lawmakers present at the failed session reflects the pessimism over the possibility to elect a head of state.”

MTV said that some 36 MPs were present at parliament.

Ahmed Ouyahia, el director del Gabinete del presidente argelino, Abdelaziz Buteflika, ha presentado este martes el proyecto de Constitución que pretende aprobar el Ejecutivo, un texto que limitará a dos los mandatos presidenciales y que obligará al jefe del Estado a consultar al Parlamento antes de designar al primer ministro.

The Election Commission Selection Committee said Saturday it will receive nomination papers of election commission members from Sunday.

They said it will take ten days for nominations to be handed in and as soon as the deadline has passed they will start studying nominations.

Meanwhile, members of the selection committee said they are still trying to finalize some issues.

The selection committee convened its first meeting on Saturday to discuss the nomination process of candidates for electoral commissions.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in a quest to find new ways to create a new constitution, has proposed “conference calls” with as many people as possible to provide a strong ground for “societal agreement.”

Speaking at a press conference after his Istanbul arrival from an official visit to Saudi Arabia late Dec. 31, Erdoğan was asked to elaborate on his earlier remarks concerning “conference calls.”

The Tripoli-based General National Congress (GNC) has today launched an alternative ‘‘Libyan-Libyan’’ proposal to the UN-brokered Libyan Political Agreement and its Government of National Accord (GNA) signed in Morocco’s Skhirat on 17^th December.

A cross-section of social groups representing the city of Zawia declared their support yesterday for the Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) and its Government of National Accord (GNA) led by Prime Minister-designate Faiez Serraj that was

The House of Representatives (HoR) was forced to postpone its session today due to the lack of a quorum.

Today’s session was called by the majority group in the hope of voting in support of the UN-brokered Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) signed in the Moroccan city of Skhirat on 17^th December. The LPA is to lead to the formation of a Government of National Accord (GNA) to be led by Prime Minister-designate Faiez Al-Serraj.

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – More than ten thousand Iranians have registered as of Friday noon to run for a seat in the parliament in elections slated for late February, an official announced.

Interior Ministry Spokesperson Hossein Ali Amiri said on Friday that 10,004 persons have registered to run in the parliamentary elections, 960 of whom are women.

Earlier in the day, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli had announced that the number of female applicants have risen by 3 percent compared to the previous term.