Ecofin Agency) - The Algerian Parliament has adopted a draft relating to the revision of the Constitution. On Saturday, September 12, the Council of the Nation, which is the upper house of Parliament, gave its approval for constitutional reform; a few days after the National People's Assembly (the lower house of Parliament) gave its green light.
MOGADISHU (Somaliguardian) – Former Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire announced his presidential bid for Somalia elections in 2020, 50 days after he was ousted by parliament in a no-confidence vote following a long-standing dispute with the incumbent President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo.
TRIPOLI, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- UN-backed Prime Minister of Libya Fayez Serraj Friday announced cease-fire and ending of all hostilities in Libya, calling for presidential and parliamentary elections.
Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta dissolves national assembly amid EU concerns that mutiny could destabilise whole region.
BEIRUT: Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab announced the resignation of his government Monday, almost one week after the devastating blast that tore through the capital, and as political and popular pressure mounted.
“I announce the resignation of my government ... May God protect Lebanon,” Diab said during a televised address to the Lebanese.
“The system of corruption is greater than the state,” Diab said, adding that "one of the examples of corruption exploded at the Beirut Port.”
IEC sets November 10 as election date.
Con mascarillas como medida de sanitaria para evitar la propagación del coronavirus, el presidente sirio Bashar al-Ásad y el ministro de Asuntos Exteriores, Walid Muallem, emitieron sus votos este domingo 19 de julio, en el marco de los comicios parlamentarios que habían sido pospuestos dos veces debido a la pandemia.
Hay 1.656 candidatos en la puja por los 250 escaños del Parlamento de Siria. Unidad Nacional, la coalición política en la que está incluida el partido gobernante, partió como favorita para obtener la mayoría de las curules.
a Coordination nationale des universitaires estime que la mouture est loin de répondre “aux aspirations exprimées par l’insurrection citoyenne”.
La Coordination nationale des universitaires algériens pour le changement (CNUAC) rejette, dans le fond et dans la forme, l’avant-projet de révision de la Constitution dévoilé en mai dernier par la présidence de la République.
Somalia joins the league of country’s that cannot hold elections – not because of the coronavirus as in the case of Ethiopia but because of preparatory challenges, the elections chief has disclosed.
For the first time since the establishment of the Islamic Republic, a former military general and member of the senior cadre of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has been elected as speaker of the Iranian parliament (Majlis). Brig. Gen.
The trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges has opened in Jerusalem, days after he began a new term in office.
The government's plan to reschedule polling day for this year's simultaneous regional elections to December has sparked concerns over the uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the possibility of incumbent candidates using their coronavirus response to their own advantage.
L’avant-projet de réforme constitutionnelle promet de rééquilibrer les pouvoirs, sans proposer un changement de régime. Et peine à convaincre opposition, juristes et société civile.
Au lendemain de son élection le 12 décembre 2019, Abdelmadjid Tebboune avait tendu la main au Hirak, et promis, lors de son discours d’investiture, une révision « profonde » de la Constitution, soumise à référendum, pour ériger une « nouvelle République. »
Sudan has criminalised carrying out female genital mutilation (FGM), making it punishable by three years in jail.
The government has officially postponed this year’s simultaneous regional elections to December due to the COVID-19 outbreak, as stipulated in the newly signed Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perppu) No. 2/2020.
Syrian President Bashar Assad on Thursday issued a decree delaying the elections of the People’s Assembly for the third legislative term until July 19, due to precautionary measures to deal with the coronavirus outbreak.
On March 14, Assad had already ordered to delay the elections until May 20. The polls, which were initially supposed to happen on April 13 across government-run areas, are the third since the start of a conflict in the country nine years ago.
