Noticias

Will Sisi consider military rule over Egypt's bureaucracy?

22 Mayo 2014
Egipto
Fuente: 
Al Monitor

To say that the challenges facing Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's likely presidency look insurmountable is a huge understatement. As the next president, Sisi will have to contend with a sluggish economy, an energy crisis, a water crisis, vanishing tourism and foreign currency reserves, political instability and political violence. All the while, he will have to deal with voter expectations like those US President Barack Obama faced in 2008, and a potentially fatal backlash if he doesn’t deliver on them.

Sibghatollah Mujadidi Endorses Ashraf Ghani

22 Mayo 2014
Afganistán
Fuente: 
Tolo News

On the first day of runoff campaigning Former Afghan president Sibghatollah Mujadidi announced his support for presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai.

Mujadidi said he had decided that the other candidate, Abdullah Abdullah, was not the right person for the position of president. 
 
“For days and nights I was wondering which candidate to support, so after collecting information and consideration, I decided to support Ashraf Ghani,” he said on Thursday.

TSA s’est procuré le plan d’action du gouvernement : comme un air de déjà vu

22 Mayo 2014
Argelia
Fuente: 
Tout sur l'Algérie

Au lendemain de son adoption par le Conseil des ministres, le plan d’action du gouvernement descend à l’APN. Le document a été déposé ce jeudi 22 mai au niveau du bureau de la chambre basse du Parlement. Premier constat à la lecture du document dont TSA s’est procuré une copie : le programme du gouvernement Sellal, qui sera débattu en plénière dans une semaine, ne contient aucune nouveauté ni annonce importante. Le plan de 49 pages puise dans les engagements déjà annoncés et répétés durant les quinze années du règne du président Bouteflika.

IEC Announces Additional 80 Polling Sites In Helmand

21 Mayo 2014
Afganistán
Fuente: 
Tolo News

The Independent Election Commission (IEC) Provincial Chief of Helmand, Qudratollah Naqshbandi, on Wednesday said that the commission intends to open 80 additional polling sites in southern Helmand province.

“The election commission has directed its provincial headquarter in Helmand to ensure the opening of 80 more polling sites during the election runoff,” Naqshbandi said.

In addition, Naqshbandi confirmed the involvement of some IEC staff in riggings and frauds in the first round and reiterated that no one would be allowed to commit fraud in the runoff.

PCB accused of rigging in LCCA zonal polls

21 Mayo 2014
Pakistán
Fuente: 
The Express Tribune
KARACHI: The ousted Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) regime has been accused of rigging zonal elections of the Lahore City Cricket Association (LCCA).

According to Mohammad Shoaib Dar, the PCB announced the result of the election for the West Zone Cricket Association president in defiance of court orders. Dar was the losing candidate as the board declared Rai Zulfiqar head of the zone after the voting.

Egypt interim prime minister: 'Elections will be fair'

21 Mayo 2014
Egipto
Fuente: 
BBC News

Egyptians are due to vote in a presidential election next week, in the first vote since the military deposed President Mohammed Morsi last summer.

The former Army Chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to win - and assume the leadership of a country where the economy is stagnant, public debt is mounting and unemployment is soaring.

The BBC's Shaimaa Khalil spoke to interim Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab. She began by asking him about security ahead of the vote.

 

Komnas HAM to evaluate Mahfud's position

21 Mayo 2014
Indonesia
Fuente: 
The Jakarta Post

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) will evaluate Mahfud MD’s position as one of its advisory council members, following his appointment as the election campaign team head of candidate pair Prabowo Subianto and Hatta Rajasa.

Komnas HAM commissioner Natalius Pigai said Mahfud’s new role could taint the commission’s position as an independent institution that was not affiliated to any political entity.

Amnesty slams Bahrain for human rights violations

21 Mayo 2014
Bahréin
Fuente: 
Press TV

Amnesty International (AI) has voiced concerns over the lack of reform of the judiciary in Bahrain, amid the ongoing Al Khalifa regime’s crackdown on dissent.

In a statement issued on Monday, the rights group also criticized the country for “slow and inadequate investigations” into past human rights abuses and “continuing restrictions on freedom of expression, association and assembly.”

Al-Sisi routes Sabahy in expatriate voting

21 Mayo 2014
Egipto
Fuente: 
Daily News Egypt

Results of the expatriate vote showed Former Defense Minister Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi winning with a huge margin of 94.5% over 5.5% for his Nasserist opponent Hamdeen Sabahy, the Supreme Electoral Commission (SEC) announced in a press conference on Wednesday.

Total valid votes were 318,033, of which 296,628 went to Al-Sisi and 17,207 to Sabahy. Meanwhile, 41,98 of the voters casted invalid votes.

Parliament to study Sleiman’s vote appeal

21 Mayo 2014
Líbano
Fuente: 
The Daily Star Lebanon

Parliament will meet Wednesday to discuss President Michel Sleiman’s appeal to lawmakers to elect a new president amid growing fears that MPs will again fail to choose a successor in time and avert the presidential vacuum hanging over Lebanon.

Sleiman, whose six-year mandate expires on May 25, last week sent a letter to Parliament urging lawmakers to elect a new president to avoid the risks that would ensue if a successor is not elected this week.

The letter stresses the importance of holding the presidential election on schedule.

Akbar Tandjung says rift weakens Golkar

21 Mayo 2014
Indonesia
Fuente: 
The Jakarta Post

A rift within the Golkar Party between those supporting presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and running mate Jusuf Kalla, former Golkar chairman, and those toeing the party line and backing Prabowo Subianto is hurting the party, a Golkar senior member has said.

Golkar advisory council head Akbar Tandjung said the party’s fractured state was similar to what had happened in the 2004 presidential election when the party’s support was split into two factions, namely supporters of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono-Jusuf Kalla and Wiranto-Salahudin Wahid.

First foreign monitoring of Egyptian elections might herald better relations with Europe

21 Mayo 2014
Egipto
Fuente: 
Ahram Online Egypt

European diplomats in Egypt say they are hoping that the decision of the Egyptian government to facilitate a European Union (EU) observer mission monitor the presidential elections scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, 26-27 May, across the nation is an indication of a new inclination on the side of authorities to accommodate some the basics of democracy and political freedoms.

 

NU members urged to remain neutral

21 Mayo 2014
Indonesia
Fuente: 
The Jakarta Post

Faithful members of the country’s largest Muslim organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), known as Nahdliyin, should remain neutral in the upcoming presidential election, a senior NU official has said.

NU executive board (PBNU) member Slamet Effendi Yusuf said any NU members who wished to express support for presidential candidate pairs Joko “Jokowi” Widodo-Jusuf Kalla or Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa should do so on an individual basis and not on behalf of the organization.

Special task force to protect candidates: Police

21 Mayo 2014
Indonesia
Fuente: 
The Jakarta Post

A police official said the National Police would deploy personnel grouped under the VIP task force to safeguard the presidential and vice-presidential candidates.

He said the personnel were highly trained and would perform closed and open security perimeters.

“The task force will also provide traffic and personal escorts with special vehicles,” brig. Gen. Boy Rafli Amar of the National Police said on Wednesday, as quoted by tribunnews.com.

Berri: Election session can be held at any moment

21 Mayo 2014
Líbano
Fuente: 
The Daily Star Lebanon

Speaker Nabih Berri Wednesday said he was ready to call for a parliamentary session to elect a new president just as soon as quorum was met.

The speaker’s remarks came during a legislative session to discuss a letter President Michel Sleiman sent to the legislative branch, in which he urged lawmakers to avoid a vacuum in the country’s top Christian post by electing a new president on time.

Chafik Sarsar: L'ISIE n'a reçu aucune aide financière de l'étranger

21 Mayo 2014
Túnez
Fuente: 
Radio Mosaique

Le président de l'instance indépendante supérieure pour les élections Chafik Sarsar a démenti, ce mercredi 21 mai 2014, l'information selon laquelle l'ISIE aurait reçu de l'argent d'une partie étrangère. 

Il a expliqué que seul l'Etat a la prérogative de gérer les aides financières de l'étranger. 

Notons que Chafik Sarsar est intervenu sur les ondes de Mosaïque FM en réponse aux déclarations de Hamma Hammami concernant cette affaire.

Maronites warn MPs over failure to elect president

21 Mayo 2014
Líbano
Fuente: 
The Daily Star Lebanon

A gathering of Maronite organizations Wednesday warned lawmakers against disrupting the vote and failing to elect a new president on time, saying such moves only jeopardized the top Christian seat.

The remarks came after a number of Maronite organizations held a meeting in Bkirki chaired by Maronite Patriarch Beshara Rai, who briefed the attendees on developments and his discussions with political leaders about the coming presidential election.

Women’s leadership forum to be held in Bali

21 Mayo 2014
Indonesia
Fuente: 
The Jakarta Post

The Partnership for Governance Reform (Kemitraan) is working together with the Caucus of Female Parliamentary Members in Indonesia (KPP RI) to present the second "Women’s Leadership Forum for Women Parliamentarians in Promoting Women's Representation in Southeast Asia" event in Denpasar, Bali, from May 23 to May 24, 2014.

Women lawmakers from across the Southeast Asian region will attend the forum to discuss strategies for winning elections and also methods of voicing support for policies that uphold women's rights.

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