Netanyahu vence a Gantz y se queda a las puertas de la mayoría absoluta
Mar 03 2020
Israel
Source:
LA VANGUARDIA
News
Damascus announces parliamentary polls on 13 April
Mar 03 2020
Syria
Source:
The New Arab
PAN sits on fence ahead of regional polls
Feb 27 2020
Indonesia
Source:
Jakarta Post
After a raucous congress last week, Zulkifli Hasan has secured his second term as National Mandate Party (PAN) chairman.
Fortes colères au Nord: Les hypothèques citoyennes sur les prochaines élections législatives
Feb 25 2020
Mali
Source:
Le Combat
Iran conservatives hope to harness popular anger to win elections
Feb 20 2020
Iran
Source:
THE GUARDIAN
“They’ve been stealing the money. Cut off their hands, make them pay and answer,” shouted an elderly woman in a black chador, suddenly standing up at a conservative election rally in south Tehran.
Iran ends week-long campaigning for parliamentary elections
Feb 20 2020
Iran
Source:
PRESS TV
Campaigning has officially ended for Iran's 11th parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections as the country prepares to hold the momentous vote on Friday.
What is at stake in the Iran elections?
Feb 19 2020
Iran
Source:
PRESS TV
Elections in Iran are big news. Not just because they receive too much attention in the foreign media. But also in the sense that they make a difference in the Iranian people’s lives in a way that — whether it feels small or big at first — is very meaningful in the longer term.
Iran elections to be dominated by hard-liners as young people refuse to vote: ‘It’s a joke’
Feb 19 2020
Iran
Source:
CNBC
Iran is holding its parliamentary elections Friday, and one thing seems all but certain: It will be a major victory for the country’s conservative hard-liners.
Afghanistan's presidential election: Ashraf Ghani declared winner
Feb 18 2020
Afghanistan
Source:
AL JAZEERA
Incumbent President Ashraf Ghani has been declared the winner of Afghanistan's presidential election, almost five months after the voting took place amid a low turnout due to the threat of violence and concerns over electoral fraud.
Ghani declared winner of Afghan election - but opponent rejects result
Feb 18 2020
Afghanistan
Source:
The Guardian
Five months after Afghans went to the polls to choose a new president, election authorities have declared the incumbent, Ashraf Ghani, the winner, but his main opponent has rejected the result and said he will form his own “inclusive government”.
À Kidal, l’armée malienne reconstituée a pris ses quartiers
Feb 17 2020
Mali
Source:
Maliweb
L’armée malienne reconstituée, arrivée jeudi dernier à Kidal, a passé son premier week-end dans cette localité aux mains des ex-rebelles. Elle est dans le camp militaire qu’elle occupait traditionnellement avant la crise. Composée de militaires et d’ex-combattants, le contingent est en période de rodage.
Religious minorities take part in Iran legislative elections
Feb 16 2020
Iran
Source:
Press TV
Christians, Jews, Zoroastrians, Armenians and Assyrians are getting ready to cast their ballots in Iran’s eleventh parliamentary elections. Under the Constitution, there are five reserved seats in the legislature for Iran’s religious minorities. Speaking to Press TV, voters said, their communities will take part in elections as it’s a national duty.
Israel’s Gantz vows to form government without Netanyahu
Feb 16 2020
Israel
Source:
Politico.com
JERUSALEM — Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz is vowing to form a government that will include neither the indicted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor the predominantly Arab parties in Parliament.
In a series of TV interviews two weeks before national elections, Gantz looked to project confidence that the March 2 vote will provide the decisive outcome that eluded the two previous elections last year.
Iran candidates kick off campaigns for parliamentary elections
Feb 13 2020
Iran
Source:
al Jazeera
Guardian Council, which vets prospective candidates, barred more than 9,000 from out of more than 16,000 aspirants.
Thousands of Iranian candidates approved to run in parliamentary elections kicked off their campaigns on Thursday ahead of next week's vote, even after authorities barred thousands of others from running, mainly reformists and moderates.
The February 21 parliamentary elections come amid high tensions between Tehran and Washington, which is at its peak in 40 years.
Mohammed Allawi appointed new Iraq PM, protesters reject him
Feb 01 2020
Iraq
Source:
al-Jazeera
Ex-minister named as Iraq prime minister-designate, but anti-government demonstrators say he is part of ruling elite.
Baghdad, Iraq - Anti-government protesters in Iraq have been quick to dismiss President Barham Salih's appointment of Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi as prime minister-designate, as rallies took place in the capital, Baghdad, and cities in the country's southern provinces.
Tunisie: La HAICA dénonce l’utilisation du discours religieux pour l’attaquer
Jan 30 2020
Tunisia
Source:
Tunisie Numerique
La Haute autorité indépendante de la communication audiovisuelle (HAICA) a mis en garde contre le “danger de l’utilisation croissante du discours religieux extrémiste pour l’incitation à son encontre et contre certains de ses membres, par des personnes qui savent depuis le début de la révolution utiliser des discours appelant à la violence et à la haine, exploitant leurs caractéristiques religieuses et partisanes, ce qui menace la sécurité des ses membres et leur sécurité. ”
Morocco’s Amazigh activists want to join the 2021 general elections through two political parties
Jan 30 2020
Morocco
Source:
Newsday24.com
Amazigh activists in Morocco have launched a new movement they called the «Amazigh Political Action Front» (APAF). «The initiative is led by several young activists from different regions of the country. Some of its members had formerly been part of the dissolved Moroccan Amazigh Democratic Party (PDAM). Our main objective is political participation», Houcine Oublih, who is a member of the initiative, said.
Élections législatives: La CMA annonce « qu’elle ne peut pas participer dans les conditions du calendrier actuel
Jan 28 2020
Mali
Source:
Le Combat
Le gouvernement de la République du Mali lors du dernier conseil des ministres a annoncé la tenue des élections législatives dès le mois de mars 2020 pour le premier tour. Le collège électoral a été convoqué à cet effet. Une annonce suite à laquelle la Coordination des Mouvements de l’Azawad vient de réagir par un communiqué.
Tunisia's Ennahdha party dismisses new coalition government
Jan 27 2020
Tunisia
Source:
al Jazeera
North African nation may be heading for new parliamentary elections over its inability to form a government.
Tunisia's Islamist Ennahdha party has rejected a new government proposal that excludes other parties, and is open to contest another election.
The biggest party in Parliament in a statement on Monday threatened to upend a second attempt to form a coalition government since elections in October, which fragmented the political establishment.
