HoR fails to meet yet again due to lack of quorum
The House of Representatives (HoR) has failed to meet in official session in Tobruk again today due to the lack of a quorum.
The House of Representatives (HoR) has failed to meet in official session in Tobruk again today due to the lack of a quorum.
The Government of National Accord (GNA) and its Presidential Council has announced that its security arrangements are now complete and that it is now ready to move to the capital Tripoli to resume its work.
Ahmad Yusuf Nuristani's resignation as chief of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) is expected to intensify electoral reforms, said the Chief Executive's office on Sunday.
In addition, Mujiburrahman Rahimi, Spokesman for the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah, said that those who do not have the background for any particular job should not be assigned to other government positions.
He also said those involved in the electoral crisis in Afghanistan in 2014 should be prosecuted.
Sunday has been a busy and tense day in the capital Tripoli as locals woke up to the rumours and counter rumours that PM-designate Faiez Serraj and his GNA were again on their way to the capital. This followed on from the same rumours Friday and Saturday.
House of Representatives president Ageela Saleh has called on its members to turn up on Monday and Tuesday to debate the proposed Government of National Accord and the constitutional amendment.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is likely to meet Government of National Accord prime minister-designate Faiez Serraj during his two-day Tunis visit starting on Monday.
Le secrétariat général du PJD a décidé le 25 mars de tenir un congrès extraordinaire du parti ainsi qu’un congrès du Conseil national de la formation le 21 mai, nous confie Abdelali Hamieddine, membre du secrétariat général du PJD. Quant à l’ordre du jour de ce congrès extraordinaire, « ils sera décidé lors de la prochaine réunion du secrétariat général qui se tiendra la semaine prochaine», poursuit-il.
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Attorney General Chancellor Dherar Al-Assousi yesterday issued an arrest warrant against MP Abdulhameed Dashti after the parliament lifted his immunity over a case filed against him for slandering Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the judges in the Abdali cell case. Notably, Bahrain’s Public Prosecution had issued a directive including an Interpol arrest warrant against Dashti.
Chafik Sarsar, le directeur de l’Institution Supérieure de l’Indépendance des Elections (ISIE), a affirmé aujourd’hui, 24 mars 2016, qu’il est strictement impossible d’organiser les élections municipales au cours du mois d’octobre 2016. Le président de l’ISIE a, par contre, indiqué la possibilité de les organiser courant décembre 2016.
Ten new ministers were sworn in on Wednesday before Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi at Cairo's Ittihadeya Presidential Palace.
Minister of Justice - Mohamed Hossam Abdel-Rahim
Born in February 1945, Abdel-Rahim graduated from the Faculty of Law at Ain Shams University in 1966.
He started his career as a prosecutor in 1967, later being appointed as a judge in 1976.
In July 2014, he was appointed as head of the cassation court and the High Judicial Council for his seniority.
A Qatari poet who was jailed for nearly five years will leave the country now that he has been pardoned by the Emir, his lawyer said.
Speaking to Doha News, former justice minister Najeeb Al Nauimi said he had a conversation with Mohammed Rashid Al-Ajami this week, who confirmed he has been given an unconditional pardon.
“It’s finished, it’s over,” Al Nauimi said.
The Tebu and Tuareg members of the Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA) who have boycotted its proceedings for the past seven months but are taking part in its informal meetings in Oman have demanded that their languages be made official in the constitution and that they each have three members in all
The Presidency Council must go to Tripoli and, as its top priority, start rebuilding the Libyan armed forces so that they can fight the so-called Islamic State (IS/) Special Envoy Martin Kobler has said.
Nasim Online reported on Tuesday March 22 that Minoo Khaleghi, a leading candidate in Isfahan, was disqualified by the Guardian Council. Her name had been on the list of candidates endorsed by reformists.
According to the report, the fifth representative from Isfahan will therefore be elected in a by-election.
Khaleghi, 31, is an environmental activist, has a master’s degree in communications law and is pursuing a PhD degree in general law.
According to the final results issued by the elections office, Khaleghi was in third place among the Isfahan candidates.
Najaf / NINA / The leader of the Sadrist movement called to determine timeframe for forming technocrat government, stressing the continuing sit-ins and emphasized on the protesters to abide by the commandments, which were issued to them.
Muqtada al-Sadr warned of economic disaster in the event of failure to respond to the demands of the protesters and all the Iraqi people, calling to activate dialogue in the political disputes, accusing political leaders of the three presidencies what he called "ignoring reality during recent meetings."
Support for the Government of National Accord (GNA) is strong and continuing to grow in Misrata, according to local officials, despite a rejection of it over the weekend by the city’s Council of Elders and Wise Men.
Efforts to end the boycott by Tebu and Tuareg members of the Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA) and address their concerns and those of all Libya’s minority communities headed the agenda at today’s meeting of the CDA which took place in the western Omani city of Salalah.
Manama: Around 1,100 Lebanese and Syrian citizens living in Kuwait will be asked to leave the country over their links to Lebanese militia Hezbollah, a Kuwaiti daily said.
The expatriates have direct support and organisational links with the group classified as terrorist this month by the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Arab League, and condemned by the Arab interior ministers in the Tunisia Declaration.
Some of the men on the black lists have already been informed they had only one month to finalise their arrangements and leave Kuwait, Al Qabas reported on Friday.