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Iraqi President Fuad Masum has rejected the country’s controversial 2018 budget bill, and ordered it back to the parliament, according to a source quoted saying  on Tuesday.

Alsumaria News quoted an “informed source” saying that the president declined to approve the bill and decided to return it to the parliament for review.

A substantial law that gives the green light to political parties to form pre-election alliances and overhauls electoral regulations on the eve of 2019 polls has been approved at parliament after a marathon nightlong session, which included a physical fight between ruling and opposition lawmakers.

The 26-article law was approved by a majority vote led by the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP). The two parties have already announced an agreement to form what they have dubbed the “People’s Alliance.”

Former Libyan Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Aref Al-Nayed, has announced his intentions to run for the country’s presidency, slated for later this year.

In an interview with Egyptian newspaper Youm7 in Dubai, Al-Nayed said he is preparing an election campaign in cooperation with teamwork of young people to get Libya out of its crisis.

“Elections are the only way out of the Libyan crisis,” he thinks.

L’homme d’affaires malien, Aliou Boubacar Diallo, s’est déclaré ce dimanche candidat à l’élection présidentielle du 29 juillet, avec les couleurs de l’Alliance démocratique pour la paix (ADP-Maliba). Connu pour sa société Wassoul’Or, la mine d’or de Kodiéran, au sud du Mali, il est également un ancien poids lourd de l’entourage de Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.

The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft 2018 state budget, sending it to Parliament for ratification.

“The budgets of all ministries have been slashed by 20% and I thank the finance minister for finalizing the state budget,” Prime Minister Saad Hariri said at a joint press conference with Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil, describing Cabinet's speedy approval of the budget as an “achievement.”

Selon Barr Al Aman, le coût de l'encre n'est pas si dérisoire que ça, bien que le président de l'ISIE, Mohamed Tlili Mansri avait nié quelconques problèmes financiers à l'origine de cette décision, évoquant d'autres raisons selon lui "objectives".

En 2011, l’encre électorale a coûté près de 678 mille dinars à l'état (25000 flacons), selon un rapport de l'ISIE relatif au déroulement des élections, publié en février 2012.

Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani got 57 votes against Raja Zafarul Haq (of PML-N) and has been elected as chairman, said Presiding Officer Sardar Yaqoob Khan Nasar. 

The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) suffered a major setback on Monday when its candidate for Senate chairmanship was defeated by an independent candidate supported by the opposition parties.

Le maire de Sikasso, Kalfa Sanogo, a officiellement été investi candidat à la primaire de l'Alliance pour la démocratie au Mali-Parti africain pour la solidarité et la justice (Adema-PASJ), ce samedi, par la section de sa ville. Le parti, principal allié de la formation d'Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, présentera bien un candidat à la présidentielle du 29 juillet.