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The Federal National Council’s Committee for Foreign Affairs said it had discussed a number of articles of the federal draft law regarding the establishment of the International Centre of Excellence for Countering Violent Extremism (Hedaya).

The National Salvation Front will form a committee within the coming days to discuss its stance on the upcoming parliamentary elections, Magdi Hamdan, a member of the front, said on Wednesday.

The front held a meeting earlier today to discuss whether it will contest or boycott the elections, Hamdan, a member of the Democratic Front Party, told Aswat Masriya.

The meeting was held at the Democratic Front Party headquarters.

Reformist candidates in the municipal elections are being threatened against running, an opposition website reports.

The Kaleme website writes that reformist candidates are being summoned by security bodies to be dissuaded from running in the elections.

“While numerous reformists, critics, and progressive former leaders of the country are participating in the city council elections and have officially registered their names, these days they are being contacted and told not to engage in elections activities,” Kaleme writes.

La liste des 108 candidats présélectionnés à l’Isie pour être auditonnés le vendredi 10 mai par la commission parlementaire de tri est enfin publiée.
Après plusieurs déclarations et communiqués rectificatifs de la part de la présidence de l’ANC, le site web de la Constituante a révélé, hier, les noms des 108 candidats dont seront retenus 36.
Les noms de ces derniers seront soumis au vote des constituants lors d’une séance plénière pour le choix définitif de 9 membres qui constitueront le conseil directoire de l’Instance supérieure indépendante des élections.

A new law that excludes former officials of the Moammar Gadhafi era from public office is dividing Libya and deepening the turmoil plaguing the country since the 2011 civil war that ousted the erratic leader.

Speaker Nabih Berri Wednesday scheduled four consecutive legislative sessions for next week to study a new electoral law with the Orthodox Gathering topping the legislature’s agenda.

Meanwhile, the Future Movement reiterated its opposition to the Orthodox proposal.

Lawmakers who visited Berri quoted the speaker as saying the consecutive sessions would begin on May 15 in order to discuss and approve a new electoral law.

Many legislative candidates in next year’s election face disqualification because they are registered with more than one political party or in more than one electoral area, the national election body revealed on Tuesday.

“There are at least 24 people who are either registered under two parties … or in two electoral areas, with some even registered in three electoral areas,” said Husni Kamil Manik, chairman of the General Elections Commission (KPU).