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A l’ouverture de la session d’avril : Moussa Mara froidement accueilli par les députés

Apr 09 2014
Mali
Source: 
Maliactu

La 1re session ordinaire de la 5e législature s’est ouverte lundi sous la présidence du l’honorable Issaka Sidibé, président de l’Assemblée nationale.

 C’était en présence du tout nouveau Premier ministre, Moussa Mara. Ce dernier a été froidement accueil par les députés. Contrairement à la pratique, les élus de la nation n’ont pas fait une standing ovation au nouveau chef du gouvernement.

President Atambayev took part in ceremony of swearing new members of the Government

Apr 09 2014
Kyrgyzstan
Source: 
Kabar

Bishkek, April 9 / Kabar /. Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev took part in swearing in ceremony of new members of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic. 

During a swearing in ceremony held in the Parliament, the following members of the government of the Kyrgyz Republic took an oath:

Djoomart Otorbaev – Prime Minister:

Tayirbek Sarpashev – the First Deputy Prime Minister;

Abdyrakhman Mamataliev - Deputy Prime Minister for Security, Law Enforcement and the Boundary;

Valery Dill - Deputy Prime Minister for Investments;

Legislative agenda: Women’s Caucus to become an ‘influential group’

Apr 09 2014
Pakistan
Source: 
The Express Tribune
LAHORE: The priority agenda of the Women’s Parliamentary Caucus charted at a two-day consultation includes recognition for the caucus in the provincial assembly, legislation on domestic violence, violence against domestic workers, women’s rights to reproductive health, and analysis and amendments to the Punjab Vocational Training Council Act .

The two-day consultation, organised by the United Nations Development Programme and the Women’s Parliamentary Caucus, concluded at the Faletti’s Hotel on Tuesday.

Asylbek Zheenbekov: If person goes into state service, he should refuse from his business

Apr 09 2014
Kyrgyzstan
Source: 
24.kg News Agency

"If a person goes into the state service, he should refuse from his business," the Spokesman Asylbek Zheenbekov said at the session of the parliament.

According to him, it is necessary to adopt such practices in Kyrgyzstan. "We should support the draft law of Dastan Bekeshev who suggests prohibiting companies affiliated with officials to participate in public tenders. It is necessary to spell out in the law that officials and their close relatives can't participate in tenders, otherwise loopholes in the legislation will remain," he said.

Remove gender gap in social safety nets, say labour unions

Apr 09 2014
Pakistan
Source: 
The Express Tribune
LAHORE: Representatives of several labour unions in the province met on Monday to discuss the government’s Labour Policy draft. They said while the policy was comprehensive and covered most of the workers’ key areas of concern, the lack of social safety nets for home-based, domestic and agriculture workers needed to be addressed.

The participants of the meeting met at the Working Women Organisation’s office. The All Pakistan Trade Union Federation’s general secretary and WWO Executive Director Aima Mahmood shared the Labour Policy draft with them.

Elders criticize Yaqshid district administration over fraud cases

Apr 09 2014
Somalia
Source: 
Shabelle News

Elders and intellectuals residing in Yaqshid of the Benadir region have publicized their criticism of the new district administration.

The elders contacted Radio Shabelle in Mogadishu and described that district officials fabricated documents to collect taxes from residents in Yaqshid.

“Most officials appointed to a position in the new district administration defraud us of our money.” Said Mohamud Ali Mohamud, a peacebuilder

Indonesians Start Voting in Legislative Elections, a Key Factor in July’s Presidential Race

Apr 09 2014
Indonesia
Source: 
Jakarta Globe

Jakarta. Indonesians go to the polls today, picking legislators in what is seen as a decisive factor in selecting candidates for the presidential election in July.

About 190 million eligible voters across the nation will decide the fate of around 6,000 candidates vying for 560 seats in the House of Representatives (DPR) and 133 seats in the Regional Consultative Council (DPD). An additional 230,000 hopefuls are also running for local government positions in the world’s third-largest democracy.

Job security: G-B governor yet to sign ‘controversial’ regularisation act

Apr 09 2014
Pakistan
Source: 
The Express Tribune
GILGIT: The fate of nearly 180 employees of the Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) government hangs in the balance as the G-B Contract Employees Regularisation of Service Act, 2014 is yet to be endorsed by the governor.

The act was unanimously passed by the G-B Assembly on March 11 and calls for the regularisation of contract employees of the government from basic pay scale 1 to 18.

Tabling the bill in the house, Law Minister Ali Madad Sher had said the law would only be applicable to those government servants who fulfilled required protocols during their induction.

Indonesians flock to polling stations

Apr 09 2014
Indonesia
Source: 
Antara News

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesians living in eastern parts of the country have flocked to polling stations in their respective areas on Wednesday morning to cast their votes for parliamentary election.

They are part of more than 187.8 million Indonesians whose names have been registered in the final voter list. In Biak Numfor District, Papua Province, for instance, voters have come to the voting booths since 07.30 am local time.

Papua province to postpone vote casting in 35 subdistricts

Apr 09 2014
Indonesia
Source: 
Antara News

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Papua provincial district of Yahukimo should postpone vote casting in 35 subdistricts from the earlier schedule of April 9, because ballots had not arrived at the locations, the General Election Commission (KPU) commissioner said.

"Ballot papers cannot be sent to areas in Yahukimo District due to bad weather. Cargo airplane had started flying there, but bad weather had forced the airplane to return to the capital of Yahukimo District," the KPU commissioner, Hadar Nafis Gumay, said here on Tuesday night.

Will ElBaradei run again for president of Egypt?

Apr 09 2014
Egypt
Source: 
Al Monitor

The supporters of former interim vice president and founder of the Dustour Party Mohamed ElBaradei have not lost hope that he will reach power, even though he left Egypt after he resigned in August to protest how the Rabia al-Adawiya protest was broken up.

“Authorize Elbaradei [to run] for President " is a campaign begun by a group of his supporters aimed at collecting signatures to support a presidential run and filing them with the Egyptian Recorder of Deeds, the government office responsible for authorizing candidates.

Meeting du FNDU : pour un dialogue sans ligne rouge

Apr 09 2014
Mauritania
Source: 
Mauriweb

Au cours d’une sortie télévisée a Nouadhibou, au sujet du dialogue pouvoir-opposition en Mauritanie, le président de la République, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, a laissé entendre que « tout est discutable sauf la question d’un gouvernement d’union nationale. » Pour le Forum national mauritanien pour la démocratie et l’Unité (FNDU) qui regroupe des partis politiques, des organisations de la société civile et des personnalités indépendantes, ce dialogue doit se tenir sans aucun préalable.

Parliament cannot abolish local government elections, Federal Court hears

Apr 09 2014
Malaysia
Source: 
The Star Online

PUTRAJAYA: Abolishing local government elections is beyond Parliament’s power as it contradicts the Federal Constitution, the Federal Court heard Tuesday.

Lawyer Tommy Thomas, representing the Penang government, said in amending prior laws, Parliament cannot change the basic structure of the Constitution.

The state government and former Aliran president P. Ramakrishnan have petitioned to challenge the validity of Section 15 of the Local Government Act 1976, which prevented state legislatures from providing for local government elections within their states.

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