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Le ministre délégué à la sécurité nationale, Ridha Sfar a exclu lors d’une déclaration accordée à Mosaïque FM l’éventualité d’une campagne de déstabilisation à son encontre en estimant que les députés de l’Assemblée Nationale Constituante ont le droit de l’auditionner et que ceci s’inscrit dans le cadre de l’instauration de la transparence et la mise en place de la démocratie. 

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has registered to stand in the country's presidential elections due to be held in June.

Parliamentary speaker Mohammad al-Laham made the announcement on Monday during a televised session of Syria's parliament.

Assad is widely expected to secure a third term in office despite a thee-year old civil war that stemmed from protests against his rule, the Reuters news agency reported.

Abdelaziz Buteflika es ya oficialmente, desde este mediodía, presidente de la República de Argelia e inicia así, aún convaleciente, en silla de ruedas y a sus 77 años, su cuarto mandato consecutivo de cinco años al frente de este país clave en el Magreb y para el control de las reservas mundiales de hidrocarburos .La entronización de Buteflika   fue tan curiosa y novedosa en las formas como lo fue la campaña y la jornada electoral que le llevó a la victoria clara el pasado 18 de abril.

The General Elections Commission (KPU) has delayed the announcement of the final tally of votes from 130 Overseas Election Committees (PPLNs) as D1 forms have yet to arrive in Indonesia, a commissioner has said.

“As many as 130 PPLNs have completed the recapitulation of votes; however, original D1 forms from 10 PPLNs have not yet arrived,” KPU commissioner Ferry Kurnia Rizkiyansyah said on the sidelines of an open vote recapitulation plenary meeting in Jakarta on Sunday, as quoted by Antara.

Un article du projet de loi électorale et des référendums, interdisant aux symboles de l’ancien régime de se présenter aux prochaines élections législatives, proposé par les députés du mouvement Wafa a été rejeté. 

Le député de Wafa, Azed Badi a indiqué sur nos ondes que les députés ont rejeté cet article puisqu’il est non-conforme, selon eux, à la constitution.

Thousands of members of the Peaceful Southern Movement gathered in Aden and Mukala, Yemen, yesterday to mark the 20th anniversary of the civil war and announced their refusal of the new federation system, calling instead for independence from the north.

They raised the flag of the state of north Yemen and other posters calling for "liberation and independence". The movement is headed by Hassan Ba'oum.

First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah said Kuwait did not wish to see presidential elections in Syria, while President Bashar Al-Assad's candidacy would undermine political endeavors for transition.
"We don't wish to see presidential elections in Syria in June next," Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled told a session of the Arab Media Forum.

Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) secretary-general Tjahjo Kumolo says it is unlikely that the party will form a coalition with the Democratic Party ahead of the upcoming presidential election.

He said PDI-P had decided Joko “Jokowi” Widodo would be its presidential candidate while the Democratic Party had 11 presidential convention participants, one of which would be nominated as its presidential candidate.