Simone Foxman and Abbas Al Lawati
Qatar moved a step closer to holding legislative elections Wednesday after delaying them repeatedly for over a decade. The country’s ruler, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, issued a decision establishing a committee to prepare for elections to a key legislative body, according to a tweet from state-run Qatar News Agency.
PM heading to presidential palace to tender gov't resignation amid mass protests demanding departure of ruling elite.
Authorities in Iraq have declared a curfew in the capital, Baghdad, where mass anti-government demonstrations continue for a fourth day.
The renewed protests came weeks after an earlier wave of rallies broke out as a result of widespread anger at high-level corruption, mass unemployment and poor public services. More than 200 people have been killed in this month's demonstrations in Baghdad and several southern cities.
Quelques heures nous séparent du délai fixé ce soir à minuit par l’Autorité nationale indépendante des élections (ANIE) pour le dépôt des dossiers de candidature à l’élection présidentielle prévue pour le 12 décembre. Sur les 147 postulants, seuls 12 ont pris rendez-vous pour le dépôt des dossiers. Aucun n’est considéré comme étant issu de l’opposition.
As speculation among Afghan presidential contenders continues, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) still has not managed to come up with an exact date to announce the preliminary results of the elections.
There are reports that Election Commission officials are in conflict with the commission’s secretariat.
IEC commissioner Awrangzeb on Saturday said that the proposal to delay the preliminary result for three weeks by the IEC’s secretariat has been facing opposition and that meetings are underway to settle the issue.
The government on Wednesday decided to let the opposition's 'Azadi March' protest in Islamabad proceed as long as parameters laid out by courts for lawful protest are not breached.
The decision was made after a team delegated to negotiate with the opposition presented its recommendations to the prime minister.
October 22, 2019 (WASHINGTON) - The Friends of Sudan agreed Monday to establish a multi-donor trust fund to support Sudanese government economic reforms while Washington announced engaging discussions with Khartoum to remove it from the terror list.
The U.S. led international group discussed on Monday how the international community can support Sudan’s civilian-led transitional government’s economic reform efforts.
October 21, 2019 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese took to the streets in the capital Khartoum and several Sudanese cities to express their impatience and called to expedite reforms and dismantle the former regime.
The rallies were organized by the Sudanese Professionals Association, the spearhead of the protests that overthrown al-Bashir regime last April, to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the first popular uprising against a military regime in 1964.
The Independent Election Commission on Tuesday said that the announcement of the preliminary election results might be delayed.
Rahima Zarifi, an IEC commissioner, stated that the possible delay for the preliminary results could be between three or four days or a week, but she said that the commission is working in three shifts to accelerate the process.
The Council of Presidential Candidates on Tuesday accused Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah for being involved in large-scale electoral fraud.
They said that each of these two candidates declared himself winner of the election while the nation was still awaiting the election commission to separate the valid and invalid votes.
The Council members also said that any attempt to put pressure on the election result before the invalidation of fake votes could push the country into crisis.
Une nouvelle initiative politique à moins de deux mois de l’élection présidentielle. Dix-huit personnalités nationales, parmi lesquelles Ali Yahia Abdenour, Ahmed Taleb Ibrahimi, Ahmed Benbitour, Abdelaziz Rahabi et Ahmed Benmohamed, ont lancé ce mardi 15 octobre un appel implicite au report du scrutin du 12 décembre, estimant qu’ « il n’est pas possible d’envisager de véritables élections dans ces conditions ».
(TAP)- The Independent High Authority for Elections (French: ISIE) Monday held a press conference at the Tunis Convention Palace to announce the preliminary results of the presidential runoff.
Here are key figures :
· Total number of registered voters : 7,074,566
· Total number of voters: 3,892,085
· Number of spoiled ballots : 55,348
· Number of blank votes: 15, 912
· Turnout: 55%
Kais Saied : 72.71 % of votes
Number of votes : 2,777,931
Nabil Karoui : 27.29% of votes
Number of votes: 1,042, 894.
Independent candidate Kais Saied forecast by polling agencies to win presidential runoff by a landslide.
Measures meant to prevent a repeat of fraudulent elections resulted in delays that will likely mean an Oct. 19 deadline for announcing the winner will be missed.
La société de sondages Sigma Conseil, vient, à l’instant de publier les premiers résultats issus des sondages à la sortie des urnes, qui ont été comme suit :
With reports from Anwar Ahmad, Aghaddir Ali, Faisal Masudi, Samihah Zaman, Ahmed Ramzan, Virendra Sakhlani, Clint Egbert)
Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman [UAE]: Dubai: The Federal National Council (FNC) elections have been successfully conducted across the country and concluded late evening on Saturday with the declaration of preliminary results of winning candidates.
The National Election Committee (NEC) announced the names of the winning candidates at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (Adnec) in the capital.
By Mujib Mashal and Fahim Abed
