Dernière ligne droite pour les leaders des partis politiques engagés dans la bataille électorale pour les scrutins municipal et régional du 4 septembre 2015. La campagne électorale s'achèvera ce jeudi 3 septembre à minuit.
Prominent politician Mohamed Abul-Ghar has resigned as head of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party citing a schism within the group, ahead of the long-awaited parliamentary elections the party will contest.
Abul-Gahr, 75, said his exit was prompted by destructive splits, "polarisation" and failed attempts to "heal the rift" within the party.
"It strikes me that my desire for the party to have a clear social democratic ideology, to be popular and to self-finance is impossible with these disagreements raging," Abul-Ghar said in his resignation letter.
Dubai: A list of things to avoid while campaigning for the Federal National Council (FNC) elections was shared during a workshop on political campaigns on Wednesday.
The workshop was aimed to help ensure candidates comply with executive instructions of the 2015 electoral process and curb any possible electoral violations.
A Sohag criminal court convicted and sentenced on Thursday 25 Morsi supporters to life in prison on multiple counts of murder and the arson of a church in 2013 following the violent dispersal of the pro-Morsi sit-ins in Nahda and Rabaa squares by security forces.
The court also sentenced 67 defendants in the same case to 15 years in prison while 27 others received ten-year sentences, all of which can be appealed.
The defendants were found guilty on a number of charges, including the torching of Mar Gerges Church in Upper Egypt’s Sohag governorate.
Egypt’s cassation court rejected on Wednesday an appeal submitted by top Muslim Brotherhood members, including the group's supreme guide, to be removed from the countries "terrorism list" on Wednesday.
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie, along with 17 other high profile members from the organisation, including Khairat El-Shater, Mohamed El-Beltagy and Essam El-Erian, were all placed on the "terrorism list" earlier in 2015 by the late Prosecutor-General Hesham Barakat.
Abu Dhabi: Slandering other nominees and ‘buying votes’ can lead to individuals’ dismissal from the list of candidates ahead of the upcoming Federal National Council (FNC) elections, officials in the capital said on Wednesday.
Speaking to an audience of candidates for the FNC elections at a workshop on how to launch a political campaign, Dr Mohammad Salim Al Mazrooi, General Secretary of the council, said the voting process does not happen at random but is instead based on scientific methodologies.
An estimated 2745 hopefuls aiming to run in Egypt's parliamentary elections have submitted their papers on Tuesday, the first day of registration, Egypt's Higher Elections Committee (HEC) announced on Wednesday.
Candidates wishing to run in the upcoming parliamentary elections, whose first stage is set to begin 17 October, can register between 1 and 12 of September.
ABU DHABI // Strong local knowledge and realistic promises are crucial in a successful campaign, candidates for the FNC polls were told on Wednesday.
A workshop was held at the Higher Colleges of Technology to pass on successful strategies for attracting voters, after the final list of 341 candidates was released on Monday by the National Election Committee.
In response to President Hassan Rohani’s statements about the limited role of the Guardian Council in the elections, the head of the Assembly of Experts, Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, said on Tuesday September 1 that the council has jurisdiction over the approval of candidates.
At the meeting of the Assembly of Experts on September 1, new chairman Ayatollah Yazdi referred to the two upcoming elections. Without naming the president, he said the Executive Branch is changed with running the elections and the Guardian Council is charged with monitoring them.
Muscat: As the October elections for the Majlis Al Shura approach, candidates have been reminded against indulging in bribery and other such illegal activities to influence the elections.
As per the law for the Majlis Al Shura elections, Article 71 states that candidates who bribe a voter will have to face imprisonment between six months and three years and pay a fine between OMR1,000 and OMR3,000.
Women constitute 22 per cent of the total number of candidates for the Federal National Council (FNC) elections 2015, with 76 women contesting from across the country.
The final electoral list released by the National Election Committee on Monday has 341 nominees from an initial pool of 347.
The committee recorded appeal requests against three candidates - two from Sharjah and one from Abu Dhabi. After a review process, the two appeals in Sharjah were accepted, while the third was rejected.
The Emirates Human Rights Association (EHRA) has called for giving civil society organisations the right to monitor Federal National Council (FNC) elections.
Urging the National Election Committee to give civil society organisations an observer status, the association said it will ensure transparency, integrity and fairness of the electoral process.
The association said it is "looking forward to seeing an electoral process that ensures the right to political participation to achieve the objectives of the political empowerment programme in the UAE".
Une équipe qui accompagnait le candidat et tête de liste du PPS dans les communales de la ville de Machraâ Belksiri affiliée à la région de Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, s’est faite attaquée par des partisans de l’Union constitutionnelle, soutient le secrétaire général du PPS. Ces derniers se serait rués sur les militants PPS.
La tarjeta del elector es historia antigua en las elecciones en Marruecos. El Ministerio del Interior ha decidido que para las próximas elecciones municipales y regionales del 4 de septiembre, sólo la documento de identidad nacional (CIN) será válido.
Según el ministerio las personas registradas como votantes deben presentar su CIN sólo para votar, sin ser obligado de presentar la tarjeta del elector como en las elecciones pasadas.
Egypt’s parliamentary elections hopefuls, who previously passed medical check-ups in February before the postponement of the elections, do not need to take new tests to qualify for the polls that start mid-October, the High Elections Committee (HEC) said on Tuesday.
In a statement, the committee said its decision would make the election process easier for candidates.
Passing medical tests is mandatory for candidates to register for running in the parliamentary elections. The tests cost EGP 2850 ($365).
JEDDAH: In an attempt to win the race and get a municipal seat, a number of female candidates are approaching media marketing agencies or media directorates for the election campaign, with the value of some programs reaching SR250,000.
Local media monitored a number of files that have been prepared by such agencies with a comprehensive election program, with the service charges reaching between SR200,000 and SR250,000. The program defines the vision of the candidate and offers solutions to the goal defined by them.
KABUL, Afghanistan — Months late, Afghanistan’s electoral reform commission has delivered a list of proposals, in a critical step to holding overdue parliamentary elections.
ABU DHABI // The call for more women to take part in the Federal National Council elections has been met with great response – they make up almost a quarter of the final list.
The National Election Commission announced 341 candidates, including five past members, are eligible to run for the council. Of these, 78 are women.
Three appeals against those standing were lodged with the NEC and two were upheld, removing an Abu Dhabi candidate and one from Ras Al Khaimah from the race.
Fars News Agency reported on Monday morning that Ali Shakourirad, the head of the newly formed reformist party, Union of Islamic Nation of Iran, was reportedly arrested on August 31. Later news of the day, reflected in some media outlets such as Kaleme website, reported that Shakourirad was released on bail on Monday evening.
The charges for the arrest were reportedly described as past offences and persistence in “seditious” activities.
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