Electoral Network In The Arab Region

  March 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mauritania

 Elections were characterized with calmness and were called the transitional phase toward stability
One million voters will choose a president of the country from 19 candidates who will run in these important elections

  •  Accelerating preparations and calm prevails before the launch of the presidential campaign

  •  Promises made to gain the confidence of the voters and new rules to keep the attitude of the media workers toward the elections neutral.

  •  Election Network given official approval to watch elections and the old voter card was no longer valid for voting purposes.

  • Election extravagance raises questions on the sources of financing.



 
Morocco

Calm prevails after a storm of discussions on the amendment of the laws and on holding the elections on their due date

The legislative elections are the focus of the political life and a private observatory for monitoring the elections

 

Algeria

Algeria fixes 17 May as the date for its legislative elections and 18 million Algerians have registered their names

Official government promises made that the elections will be Transparent and the real challenge posed to the authorities was to convince the citizens to go the ballot boxes and to Return to political life

  • Alliances are unlikely to be forged, and those who were behind   violence were not allowed to nominate themselves;

  • Interior Ministry freezes Djaballah before the elections, and   supports Yunus.

 





Jordan

The last elections were held in Jordan in June 2003

Jordan:  Parliamentary and municipal elections will begin at the end of this year

  • The Islamists form committees in preparation for the

  • Parliamentary and municipal elections; the conditions of the academic qualifications of the mayors; Women get ready to fight for seats in the parliament;

 

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