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Another Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) lawmaker has joined the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Friday, along with two former legislators. According to details, PML-N lawmaker Jaffar Leghari after meeting Imran Khan in Lahore, announced to join PTI.

Jaffar Leghari’s decision was also endorsed by member of National Assembly (MNA) Dr Meena Leghari and ex-senator Mohsin Leghari, who also announced their decision to join Imran Khan’s party.

President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi held an “Ask the President” session during the National Youth Conference on Wednesday; a move seemingly unprecedented for an Egyptian president. The questions, too, were unusually straightforward; no one was beating around the bush. 

What the Q&A session signified in terms of internal policies was somewhat a new strategy for bringing the people and their president on closer terms. The presidential palace was opening wide, and the president was going to meet the people half way. 

À l'approche de l'élection présidentielle, prévue le 29 juillet, l'opposition prévoit de publier un ouvrage de 300 pages contre la politique du chef de l’État, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.

D’ici à la présidentielle de juillet, l’opposition publiera un livre de 300 pages fustigeant la politique du chef de l’État, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, et intitulé Le Mali sous IBK : cinq années de mauvaise gouvernance politique et financière. Indignez-vous !

A la question de savoir s’il s’agit là d’une réactivation de “la Coordination nationale pour les libertés et la transition démocratique”, qui avait regroupé de nombreux partis politiques, toutes tendances confondues, y compris le MSP, Makri n’a ni confirmé ni infirmé.

Le président du Mouvement de la société pour la paix (MSP), Abderrazak Makri a annoncé, mercredi à Alger, que son parti entamera prochainement de larges contacts avec l’ensemble des forces nationales pour parvenir au consensus national, y compris avec le pourvoir, “sans lequel il ne peut être réalisé”.

N'ayant pas obtenu de majorité lors des municipales du 6 mai, Hafedh Caïd Essebsi, directeur exécutif de Nidaa Tounes, a été tenté de s'allier avec Ennahdha, avant de faire machine arrière.

Bien qu’Ennahdha et Nidaa Tounes soient arrivés en tête des municipales, leur score est insuffisant pour obtenir une majorité. Avec le soutien de Borhane Bsaies, conseiller politique de Nidaa Tounes, Hafedh Caïd Essebsi, directeur exécutif de cette formation créée par le chef de l’État, Béji Caïd Essebsi, a été tenté de s’allier avec Ennahdha.

The Sudan People’s Liberation Movement North-led by Malik Agar (SPLM-N Agar) welcomed the position of the Sudanese Congress Party (SCoP) over the opposition’s participation in the 2020 elections and called for a large alliance against al-Bashir’s re-election

The SPLM-N Agar has called since several months for the participation of the opposition in the 2020 general elections in Sudan on the condition that a peace deal is struck, freedoms are guaranteed and transitional arrangements are implemented to ensure free and fair elections.

There are a total of 59.4 million eligible voters in Turkey and abroad, Supreme Election Board (YSK) Chairman Sadi Güven said on May 14. According to Güven, there are 56.34 million eligible voters in Turkey and 3 million Turkish expats entitled to cast their votes in the June 24 snap presidential and parliamentary elections.

The number of first-time voters is 1.65 million, while a total of 180,869 ballot boxes will be set up on polling day, Güven added. Turkish expats will vote in 60 countries at 123 diplomatic representations.

The lawyers of Selahattin Demirtaş, the presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), have appealed for his release from jail, saying his official candidacy constitutionally necessitates active participation in the election period.

Demirtaş’s lawyers appealed to the Ankara 19th High Criminal Court on May 15 demanding his release, stating that Turkey’s constitution and European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) legislation stipulates the “right to a free election.”