Latest in Tag: elections Highlight
Latest in Tag: elections
Kuwait cabinet sets December 1 for snap polls
The opposition has called for a massive demonstration on Sunday to protest the decision to change the electoral constituency law, charging it is a bid by the government to influence the results and elect a rubber-stamp assembly.
FJP to contest 100% of seats in next election
FJP seek majority in next parliament
Ali Zeidan, ex-Kadhafi opponent, elected Libya PM
Zeidan won 93 votes, trumping the 85 garnered by his only other candidate, Mohammed al-Hrari
FJP Candidates launch their election campaigns
Essam El-Erian and Saad El-Katatny compete for party’s presidency after Sabah Saqary withdraws
Tunisia sets dates for polls after compromise
Elections scheduled for 23 June, 7 July 2013
Who can oppose the Muslim Brotherhood?
Morsy’s administration and the Muslim Brotherhood’s blatant domination, vulgar exclusion of other forces and sheer propaganda will end up facing the Brotherhood militias that were mobilised last Friday.
Venezuelans vote in Chávez’s toughest election yet
Chavez presidency in danger after rival Henrique Capriles electrified the opposition
Libya PM under pressure to offer new government
Abu Shagur might be relieved of his duties, new elections for the PM post might take place
Al-Nour Party resolves internal rift
Party resolution brokered by its supreme commission and Salafi Calling
Al-Nour Party favours internal solution to rift
Bakar says party will form reconciliation committee
Review: Constituent Assembly, Morsy’s promises and parliamentary elections
Columnists are counting how many promises President Morsy has fulfilled, of the many he said he would meet within his first 100 days in office. Others are considering upcoming parliamentary elections, in particular the odds of success for Salafi former presidential candidate Hazem Abu Ismail and his new party. Finally, the ongoing saga of the …
Review: Columnists debate Al-Nour clashes, Constituent Assembly members and Sinai
Columnists explore the continuing internal dispute splitting the Salafi Al-Nour party. Others dedicate their columns to Sinai and the suggested idea of arming tribes to safeguard the peninsula. On another note, some commentaries have discussed the growing debate on the Constituent Assembly and its membership, focusing on the five members who resumed their roles within …
FJP start search for new party president
Essam Elerian and Mohamed Al-Beltagy are the top nominees for the position
Review: Al-Nour’s inner conflict
Egyptian columnists have recently been inundating their readers with analyses of the root causes of internal clashes hitting the infrastructure of the salafist Al-Nour party. Some have put the blame on the party’s lack of experience in the political arena. Other writers explore the recent developments taking place in Sinai, especially in Rafah, where Christian …
Al-Nour elections continue despite party rift
High board members denounce former Chairman Abdel Ghafour
Al-Adl and Al-Dostor announce merger
Al-Adl absorbed in to Al-Dostor, El-Baradie maintains leadership
Abou-Reida’s disqualification “contrary to EFA rulebook”
Decision to disqualify Abou-Reida from EFA elections sparks rumours of a possible football suspension by FIFA
Nour Party standoff
High board relieves chairman of duties, he responds by sacking them
Former PM Abe wins Japan opposition party vote
Shinzo Abe might secure PM position in the next general elections
Non-Islamists need to get their act together
It is in the interest of Egypt to have a strong political opposition in parliament to hold the government, and the presidency, to account.
Review: op-ed pages discuss constitution, dole out criticism for Morsy
Heated debates are triggered over the Constituent Assembly, it dwindling membership and the delay in finalising the country’s most important document, the constitution. In almost all Egyptian newspapers columnists have analysed the factors affecting the Constituent Assembly in its process of drafting a constitution. On another note, some writers continued with their weekly dose of …
Dostor Party publishes manifesto, reveals economic and social policies
The manifesto outlines the party’s goals and principles
Student groups fight back
18 student movements and parties criticise the Egyptian Student Union’s attempt to dominate the drafting of governing bylaws
Government will not wait for an elected parliament to sign IMF loan agreement
Cabinet spokesperson: “President Morsy currently has legislative authority in the absence of the People’s Assembly and can ratify international agreements”
Review: new political coalitions and ways to combat religious offences
As political parties continue their pursuit of establishing solidified alliances for the upcoming parliamentary elections, Egyptian columnists dissect the new partisan coalitions, filled with hopes that division won’t strike at them once more. Some writers continue analysing American anti-Islam film, at the risk of becoming overwhelmed, by exploring options through which Muslims could prevent conflict …
New US voting could shift votes towards Romney
Controversial law could disenfranchise ten million Hispanic US citizens
GUC referendum results out
Students give administration one-week deadline to adopt new bylaws
From the other side: The inspired leader and the constitution
How many years will we wait for the ruler to be convinced that his position in power is temporary?
FJP “astonished” at court rulings on People’s Assembly
FJP expresses astonishment after one case on repeating elections postponed while another dismissed
Iranian female ex-parliamentarian sentenced over “anti-state propaganda”
Faezeh Rafsanjani sentenced to six months in prison