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Head of the National Elections Authority (NEA) Lasheen Ibrahim announced, on Monday, that the second phase of the House of Representatives elections has witnessed 29.5% voter turnout.

The electoral list led by pro-government Mostaqbal Watan Party has won the majority of votes in the second phase.

The House of Representatives, the High Council of State, and the Constituent Drafting Body have reiterated that the draft constitution is now in the hands of the Libyan people, who have the sole right to accept or reject it through a public referendum.

In a joint statement, the three blocks demanded the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) to adhere to its mission by supporting the constitutional process and help clear the way for holding the constitutional referendum, which would lead to a permanent constitutional stage.

The study’s youngest respondents expressed the lowest levels of trust in their government, as well as in the country’s political parties.

Rabat – The Moroccan Institute for Policy Analysis (MIPA) released a study on trust in Morocco’s institutions, showing that only 23% of Moroccans trust the government.

Jordan ended voting on Tuesday in elections that were set to keep parliament in the hands of tribal and pro-government factions and have been criticised by the Islamist and liberal opposition for failing to reflect their true level of support.

Officials said turnout among the 4.64 million eligible to vote was 29.88%, the lowest participation rate in many years. The poll coincides with deep public discontent as Jordan grapples with an economic crisis, and unemployment and poverty aggravated by a surge in the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Independent Election Commission will for the first time form special committees to calculate and audit the final results of the parliamentary elections in the three regions of the Kingdom.

Commission spokesman Jihad Momani told Petra in an interview that the committees' formation aims to tabulate and audit the votes in their final form in the constituencies in the three regions, and not to leave it to the Amman central committee to do so, with the aim of speeding up the announcement of results.

The Sudanese Communist Party (SCP) announced its withdrawal from the ruling Forces for Freedom and Change, accusing its leadership of plotting against the revolution. The withdrawal was decided in a two-day meeting on Friday and Saturday held by the SCP Central Committee to discuss the party’s strategy during the transitional period which should pave the way for general elections.

Voting in the second stage of parliamentary elections kicked off this week with the Mostaqbal Watan Party expected to once again sweep the polls. An estimated 31 million voters in 13 governorates will head to the polls next Saturday and Sunday (7-8 November) to cast their ballots in the second stage of parliamentary elections. Egyptian expats in 124 countries began voting on Wednesday and Thursday (4-5 November).