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Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman has called for everyone, including opposition leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to accept the people's decision in the just-concluded general election and move forward for the good of the country.

In making the call, Musa, who is state Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman, urged the opposition to stop making allegations of fraud on the part of the BN -- merely designed to instigate the people.

His Majesty King Abdullah on Sunday called on deputies to upgrade the Lower House bylaws and codes as a prerequisite to having parliamentary governments.

His Majesty made his remarks at a meeting with Lower House members at the Royal Court, where he discussed Parliament’s duties, escalating campus violence as well as Jordan’s stand on Syria crisis developments and repercussions of the conflict on national security, according to a Royal Court statement.

Iran’s Guardian Council Spokesman Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei says the supervisory body has begun the vetting process of hopefuls for the upcoming presidential election.

Kadkhodaei made the comments on Sunday, adding that the council would try to finish vetting the hopefuls in five days’ time.

However, Kadkhodaei added, the supervisory body may need another five days to vet the hopefuls if it cannot finish the job during the initial five-day period.

Egypt’s main opposition alliance, the National Salvation Front, will meet on Monday to discuss the latest political and economic developments.

The NSF is also expected to discuss future work plans and strategies, the state news agency reported.

The opposition alliance intends to transform itself into a larger network with roots in every part of the country.

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Former foreign minister, Ali Akbar Velayati, said the Coalition of Three will endorse chief nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, provided that top clerics throw their weight behind him.

The Coalition of Three brings together Velayati, former Majlis Speaker Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel and Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf.

Jalili, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, chairman of the Expediency Council, signed up on the final day of the registration for the June 14 vote on Saturday.

La Convention pour une Alternance Pacifique (CAP) a déploré le fait que certains points fondamentaux de l’accord suite au dialogue national entre la Majorité consolidée et les Partis, notamment ceux relatifs à la bonne gouvernance, à la professionnalisation et la neutralité de l’Administration ainsi qu’aux inéligibilités et aux incompatibilités entre certaines fonctions avec l’engagement politique de ceux qui les occupent, sont, jusqu’à présent, restés lettre morte.

North Cairo Criminal Court Head Judge Mahmoud Kamel postponed the retrial of ousted President Hosni Mubarak, his two sons and his Minister of Interior Habib El-Adly until 8 June.

“The postponement gives civil rights lawyers the chance to coordinate on the case,” said Khalaf Bayoomi, a civil rights lawyer.

The prosecution and defence had appealed the court sentence issued in June 2012, which sentenced Mubarak and El-Adly to life sentences for failing to stop the deaths of protesters, and a retrial was set for Saturday.

Iranian media report that a large number of reformist candidates have been pronounced ineligible to run in the city council elections.

Mohsen Hashemi, Masoumeh Ebtekar and Parvin Ahmadinejad are among the many well known faces in Iranian politics who were disqualified, according to ILNA.

Mohsen Hashemi said he has not received an official disqualification letter from the Supervisory Committee.