Noticias

Kuwait Tightens Cleric Oversight

25 Nov 2013
Kuwait
Arabia Saudí
Fuente: 
Arab Times

DUBAI/KUWAIT CITY, Nov 25, (RTRS): Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have been quietly reining in their clerics on concerns that preachers could use their influence to stir up trouble and inflame sectarian divisions at a time of high tension over the crises in Syria and Egypt. Authorities in Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam and home to a powerful conservative clergy, have declined to respond to local media reports in recent months which said nearly 20 clerics had been sacked or suspended.

Old debts force up Bosnia Federation Budget

25 Nov 2013
Bosnia y Herzegovina
Fuente: 
BalkanInsight

The government of Bosnia's Federation entity has presented the entity's draft budget for 2014, saying it is nearly double this year's budget in size, as it has to include paying off old loans.

The entity has to repay around half a billion euro in these loans. The authorities hope a new tranche from an IMF stand-by will bridge the chasm.

But to get another IMF financial injection, the entity government first has to adopt a budget for next year on time.

Survey Indicates Broad Support for Islamic Coalition in 2014

24 Nov 2013
Indonesia
Fuente: 
The Jakarta Globe

Indonesian voters appear to welcome the notion of an Islamic party coalition ahead of next year’s presidential election, a new survey found, despite some Islamic parties’ own reluctance to the proposal.

The National Survey Institute (LSN) said its latest poll found that 45.6 percent of respondents favored, in principle, a coalition of Islamic parties, while 23.7 percent disagreed. The remainder were undecided or had no opinion.  The survey was conducted from Oct. 20 through 30, from 1,240 eligible voters across Indonesia’s 34 provinces.

Las legislativas malienses, sin incidentes y marcadas por falta de entusiasmo

24 Nov 2013
Malí
Fuente: 
El Confidencial - EFE

Idrissa Diakité

Bamako, 24 nov (EFE).- La primera vuelta de las elecciones legislativas de Mali se ha desarrollado hoy sin graves incidentes y sin haber logrado despertar un gran entusiasmo entre los seis millones y medio de malienses convocados a las urnas.

Los comicios, en los que 1.100 candidatos de medio centenar de partidos e independientes compiten por ocupar los 147 escaños del futuro Parlamento, se celebran tres meses después de las históricas elecciones presidenciales, que supusieron el regreso del orden constitucional tras el golpe de estado de marzo de 2012.

Mauritania holds elections despite opposition boycott

23 Nov 2013
Mauritania
Fuente: 
BBC News

Mauritanians have voted in general and local elections - the first since a military coup five years ago.

The party of leader Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, the Union for the Republic, is expected to retain power.

However, the poll was boycotted by almost all the radical opposition parties. They have described it as an "electoral masquerade".

The main Islamist party, Tewassoul, took part, but in what it described as a struggle against a "dictatorship".

Once candidatos son admitidos por la Comisión Electoral afgana para las elecciones de abril

20 Nov 2013
Afganistán
Fuente: 
Fahrenheit Magazine

KABUL (AFP) – Durante la primera vuelta de la elección presidencial de Afganistán, once candidatos participarán el 5 de abril próximo, anunció este miércoles la Comisión Electoral Independiente (IEC).

“Se ha inscrito a once candidatos en la lista final para las elecciones presidenciales”, anunció Abdul Rahman Hotak, vicepresidente de esta comisión, durante una rueda de prensa en Kabul. En la primera vuelta de la elección presidencial de 2009 habían participado 41 candidatos.

PDI-P Leaders Still Denying Gerindra Pact

19 Nov 2013
Indonesia
Fuente: 
The Jakarta Globe

Members of the Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle have denied the existence of a pact that says chairman Megawati Soekarnoputri will support Great Indonesia Movement founder Prabowo Subianto in his presidential bid in 2014.

“I do not want to comment on that. The people from Gerindra [Great Indonesia Movement] first revealed the issue, so let them assume and interpret it as they like,” said Puan Maharani, chairwoman of the Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) central executive board.

BN, Pakatan to discuss 'global settlement' over 19 pending election petition appeals

13 Nov 2013
Malasia
Fuente: 
The Star

Barisan Nasional and Pakatan Rakyat are in discussions over a possible "global settlement" on 19 election petition appeals that are pending at the Federal Court for determination.

Global settlement refers to an agreement between the parties after they address or compromise on the matter accordingly.

Barisan's lawyer Datuk Firoz Hussein Ahmad Jamaluddin said the political parties were in discussions whether the matter could be resolved amicably.

Political Pact ‘Could Boost Voter Engagement, Hold Officials Accountable’

13 Nov 2013
Indonesia
Fuente: 
The Jakarta Globe

The number of eligible voters who are not exercising their voting rights continues to rise, with many analysts believing the number will increase in next year’s legislative and presidential elections.

M. Fadillah, a member of the Jakarta office of the General Elections Committee (KPU), said the number of people voting in the capital had been falling for a number of years now.

Albania Opposition Rally against vote-rigging

12 Nov 2013
Albania
Fuente: 
BalkanInsight

Nearly a thousand supporters of the former ruling Democratic Party gathered on Monday despite rainy weather to shout slogans against the government of Prime Minister Edi Rama.

The leader of the Democratic Party, Lulzim Basha, told supporters that reported incidents of vote-buying in the elections in Korca revealed the truth about Rama’s centre-left government.

Yasmina Khadra, candidat à l'élection présidentielle de 2014

09 Nov 2013
Argelia
Fuente: 
Le Monde

L'écrivain algérien Yasmina Khadra a annoncé samedi 2 novembre qu'il était candidat à l'élection présidentielle de 2014, confirmant une déclaration au forum du quotidien Liberté. "C'est officiel, je suis candidat à la présidentielle de 2014", a déclaré M. Khadra.

Yasmina Khadra, de son vrai nom Mohammed Moulessehoul, est né en 1955 dans le Sahara algérien. Il est lauréat de plusieurs prix internationaux pour ses nombreux romans et dirige actuellement le Centre culturel algérien (CCA) à Paris.

Bosnian Census ‘Confirms Ethnic Cleansing of Croats’

08 Nov 2013
Bosnia y Herzegovina
Fuente: 
BalkanInsight

Bosnians are still awaiting the full results of the country's first census since the war, and while many think that discovering the truth about contemporary Bosnia and Herzegovina will be a positive step, others like Bishop Franjo Komarica believe that it will reveal that the impact of the ethnic cleansing during the 1992-95 conflict was even worse than previously thought.

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