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As the two-year mandate of the current Parliament Speaker Cemil Çiçek will terminate on July 4, the election process for the country’s number two protocol is being launched today, which will also reshuffle the political party’s top executives at their parliamentary group administrations. 

Not only are political parties nominating more female candidates for the 2014 legislative election but some are placing 10 at the top of their candidate lists, a study has shown.

The Indonesian Parliament Watch (Formappi) found in its study that female legislative candidate numbers had hit an average of above 30 percent for each political party. Formappi based its study on data provided by the General Elections Commission (KPU).

The Qatari emir has confirmed to members of the ruling family that he will step down and transfer power to his heir apparent.

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani met royals and prominent members of Qatari society on Monday, and announced plans for a transition to his son, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

Sheikh Tamim, 33, has been groomed for the position since 2003, when his elder brother stepped aside.

Sheikh Hamad has been in power since 1995, during which Qatar has evolved into an important player on the regional and international political scenes.

he Cabinet yesterday put the election process on hold “as a precautionary measure” while the country waits for the constitutional court to explain its verdict issued last week amid expectation the election date could change. The constitutional court, whose rulings are final, is scheduled to provide legal interpretations for its verdict which ordered the National Assembly dissolved and confirmed the controversial single-vote amendment.

Congressman Safwan Milad, the only member of the Al Asala and Development Party and who was elected on the party list system for Tripoli’s Hay Andalus district, has declared himself a candidate for the presidency of the General National Congress. The vote to replace former Congress President Mohamed Magarief is due tomorrow.

The Meshrano Jirga on Sunday approved a draft law on the structure, duties and powers of election panels, with some members saying the legislative measure should have been adopted by a two-thirds majority.

Le bureau de la nouvelle Isie se compose des personnes suivantes :

Juges judiciaires : Safi-Eddine El Haj, Mourad Ben Moula, Hasna Ben Slimane, Samia El Bokri.

Magistrats : Abdessatar Khlifi, Mohsen Belkhiria, Naoual Hannachi, Lamia Zargouni

Finances publiques : Abdelkhalek Boujnah, El Borni El Amri, Wafa Khouaja et Raja Hannachi.

Huissiers de justice : Rim Selliti, Naoual Chradi.

Polling stations open on Sunday for what will undoubtedly be one of the most closely scrutinised elections in Albania’s recent history.  

Standing by to ensure a free and fair election will by an army of more than 8,000 local and international observers. 

Facing a difficult transition to democracy since the collapse of the Communist regime in 1991, Albania’s elections have been routinely marred by fraud and violence. 

The last elections in 2009 sparked a political crisis between the ruling Democrats and opposition Socialists that still reverberates. 

Protesters gathered in Cairo, Alexandria, Port Said, Suez, Daqahleya, and Kafr Al-Sheikh to voice their dissent against the ruling Muslim Brotherhood and demand the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi’s government.

Al-Dostour Party Spokesman Haitham El-Hariri in Alexandria said that a group of opposition members and Islamists there had started chanting against each other after Friday prayers at the Qa’id Ibrahim Mosque. Minor clashes broke out with some rock-throwing until the Islamists left the scene, El Hariri said.