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Former vice president Jusuf Kalla still holds Golkar Party membership. He is also a former chairman of the party. However, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has its own way of viewing Kalla's political status.

"Many have asked me, what is Pak Kalla's political party really?" PDI-P secretary-general Tjahjo Kumolo said during a luncheon at the residence of the party's chairwoman, Megawati Sukarnoputri, in Jakarta on Monday.

Israeli lawmakers will elect a successor to outgoing President Shimon Peres on June 10, parliamentary speaker Yuli Edelstein told reporters on Monday.

Edelstein's announcement marks the official start of the race for the position, which has been held by Peres since 2007.

Candidates must receive the backing of at least 10 other MPs, and formally present their requests in writing to the speaker on May 27, Edelstein said.

In Israel, the post of president is largely ceremonial and executive power rests with the prime minister.

The leader of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) will start, this week, consultation meetings both within the party and with nongovernmental organizations to hear proposals and to find out what qualities most Turkish citizens are looking for in a presidential candidate.

Gürsel Tekin, newly appointed secretary-general of the CHP, said the party's leader, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, would have talks with representatives of professional chambers, labor unions and major nongovernmental organizations and ask them what they would like to see in a presidential candidate.

Le porte-parole de Nidaa Tounes, Lazhar Akermi a critiqué sur les ondes de Mosaïque FM les déclarations faites par le membre du bureau exécutif du parti, Ridha Belhaj dans "Midi Show" selon lesquelles il a exprimé son opposition à la tenue du congrès constitutif de Nidaa Tounes avant les prochaines élections. 

Lazhar Akermi a ajouté que ceux qui refusent la tenue du congrès constitutif de Nidaa Tounes avant les élections craignent que la démocratie va leur couter leurs postes au sein du parti. 

L’ancien chef de gouvernement considère que «les propositions sont manifestement le produit de préoccupations étroites du régime en place et certainement pas celles d’un peuple en attente de changement».

The European Union (EU) said on Monday it would monitor all of Egypt's presidential election, reversing a decision to scale back its operations after authorities agreed to release a load of impounded equipment.

The bloc had said two days earlier its officials would only be able to watch voting in the capital as vital communications and medical gear was being held up in the airport.

"We are going to be spread all over the country," EU Chief Observer Mario David told reporters on Monday.

Le directeur exécutif de Nidaa Tounes, Ridha Belhaj, a assuré que personne au sein de son mouvement n'essaie d'ébranler la position de Béji Caïed Essebsi bien que les problèmes existent. Il a ajouté qu'il n'a jamais été question de soutenir un candidat indépendant lors des prochaines élections aux dépens de BCE.

Ridha Belhaj a aussi déclaré qu'il ne participera pas au prochain congrès du mouvement s'il se tenait à la date du 15 juin, quitte à perdre son poste de directeur exécutif. 

Unless there is a sudden and major development in internal or external political positions before May 25, Lebanon will have a presidential vacancy for the third time in its modern history. Repeated attempts to hold a parliamentary session to elect a new president have failed.

PETALING JAYA: The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) will cooperate with other Indian-based political parties to get Indian voters in the Teluk Intan constituency to come out and vote in the by-election on March 31.

Its president Datuk M. Kayveas said the PPP election machinery would be focusing on the Indian community in the India by-election campaign.

“We see that the majority of the Indian voters, numbering more than 11,000 in Teluk Intan, live in the estates.