With a day left for nominations, 259 Emiratis, including 52 women, have registered their names for the upcoming Federal National Council Elections (FNC).
On Wednesday, the fourth day of candidate registration, 62 candidates, including 19 women, filed their papers at the candidate registration centres across the emirates.
TEHRAN - Iranian Minister of Interior Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli says his ministry would take necessary measures to hold the upcoming parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections electronically upon an approval by the country’s Guardian Council of the Constitution.
TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iran’s Hassan Rouhani has said no single political party would claim permanent grip on political power according to the Constitution.
Dubai: Candidates continued to nominate themselves in large numbers on day two of the nominations for the Federal National Council (FNC) elections on Monday.
In Sharjah, eight members registered for the candidacy, including a woman, while in Ajman seven people signed in for the nominations.
Aisha Mutawa Al Suwaidi, Principal of Al Manar Model School in Sharjah, thanked the Rulers of the country for giving her this wonderful opportunity, following the registration of her candidature at the Sharjah Consultative Council.
Around 102 members of the UAE's Electoral Committees seeking to run for the Federal National Council Elections 2015 submitted their nominations when Registration Centres opened for the first time on Sunday.
The first day nominations included 14 female candidates. Of the nine registration centres, 24 nominations were made in Abu Dhabi, including two by women. In Dubai, six women registered to run in the elections.
Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic on Sunday said Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina will be the first ex-Yugoslav republics to sign a border demarcation agreement.
After meeting the President of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dragan Covic, in the town of Tivat, Vujanovic said the agreement would be signed by the end of August in Vienna.
"The agreement with Montenegro is of special importance for Bosnia and Herzegovina since it will be the first one with one of our neighbours," Covic said.
Potential prime ministers and government ministers have been meeting in Tobruk with members of the House of Representatives.
Registration begins today for candidates hoping to run in the Federal National Council's 2015 elections. The National Election Committee has set up registration centres in all seven Emirates. In Dubai, registration will be held at the Dubai World Trade Centre. The centres will remain open until Thursday, August 20.
Registration is open to any member of the UAE's 224,279 member electoral college, which includes 53,568 members from Dubai, 90,408 from Abu Dhabi, 27,455 from Ras Al Khaimah, 31,766 from Sharjah, 10,887 from Fujairah, 6,090 from Ajman and 4,105 from Umm Al Quwain.
Muscat: Not only women are expected to miss out on chances to be elected for the next Shura Council but the ineffectiveness of the campaign has left many voters disillusioned as to how well the electoral process serves the country.
JEDDAH: Abdullah Al-Mansour, deputy secretary-general for municipal council affairs at the Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs, said election regulations explicitly prohibit all forms of mixing between men and women, be they candidates or voters.
He said regulations stipulate separate electoral centers for male and female voters. Male candidates can address female voters at the women’s centers through audio circuit or CCTV, while female candidates can address voters at the men’s centers through closed audio circuit.
Dr Anwar bin Mohammed Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, and Federal National Council Affairs urged members to register their names from August16 to 20.
The centres are Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce, Baynounah Institute of Sciences and Technology; Dubai: World Trade Centre; Sharjah: Sharjah Consultative Council; Ras Al Khaimah: Culture, Youth & Community Development Centre; Umm Al Quwain: the Executive Council; Fujairah: Chamber of Commerce &Industry; Ajman: Humaid bin Rashid Hall. - Wam
A number of Iranian reformist figures have met with Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi and Ayatollah Mohammad Momen, members of the Guardian Council, to discuss concerns about the council disqualifying reformist candidates from running in the next Assembly of Experts elections.
The Guardian Council determines the eligibility of candidates to run in the elections based on constitutional provisions; however, it has often been accused by reformist and moderate factions of the Islamic Republic establishment of bias toward conservative candidates.
JEDDAH: The municipal election committee on Wednesday held a training session for 45 poll staff members, who were given instructions in conducting elections in a smooth manner.
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