Noticias

The Council of Minister decided to postpone holding the next local elections in Anbar and Nineveh provinces for six months.

A statement by the CoM received by IraqiNews.com cited “During its tenth meeting, the CoM decided to postpone holding the next elections in Anbar and Nineveh province for six months according to the request of Anbar Provincial Council to postpone the elections due to the security situation.”

Mostafa Kavakebian, the secretary general of the pro-reform Mardomsalari party (Democracy Party), officially announced that he will run in the presidential election due on June 14.

Kavakebian, a former MP, made the announcement in a news conference in Tehran on Saturday, saying that he has set no condition for his participation in the election, except for the strict implementation of the law.

The General Elections Commission (KPU) has approved a proposal for 10 extra seats in the West Sumatra Provincial Legislative Body (DPRD) to 65 in the 2014 legislative election.

The rise in the number of seats is in line with the increasing number of constituents as a result of population growth.

The Independent Elections Commission (IEC) on Wednesday said it would soon submit to His Majesty King Abdullah a detailed report on the parliamentary elections of this year, after it has completed a “review” of all stages of the process.

The report will include recommendations to improve the country’s electoral system, including amending the 2012 Elections Law, according to IEC chief Abdul Ilah Khatib.

Ghad Al-Thawra Party head Ayman Nour says Qandil govt faces imminent dismissal, while cabinet spokesman says such a move isn't even being considered.

The new Prime Minister of Republika Srpska, Zeljka Cvijanovic, has named six new ministers as part of her rejigged team, while promising a tougher fight against corruption.

L’Instance supérieure indépendante pour les élections (Isie) a dénoncé, hier, les restrictions budgétaires qui lui sont imposées par le gouvernement.
« La demande du gouvernement de réduire les dépenses  mensuelles de l’Isie, à travers la fermeture de ses sections régionales, et le renoncement à payer les salaires de son personnel pour les prochains mois, est une mesure restrictive qui vient saper son indépendance », regrette l’instance dans une déclaration.

The mainly Bosniak Party of Democratic Action has turned down a ministerial position in the new government of Bosnia’s Serb-dominated Republika Srpska entity.

Islamist-dominated Shura Council is about to discuss a new electoral law, after a court ruled the current law unconstitutional and said that elections would have to be postponed.