Tag Archives: MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
1,545 officials to monitor polls
The Executive Committee of the Municipal Elections has appointed 837 controllers and 708 inspectors to monitor the Dec. 12 elections. Judea Al-Qahtani, head of the committee and spokesman for the elections, was quoted as saying in a press report that
Women’s role in Saudi municipal elections is a huge step
By : Abdulrahman al-Rashed It makes us proud to see Saudi women take part in elections for the first time. There are 979 women participating as candidates in the upcoming municipal elections. That is a big number, and it’s a
Saudi municipal elections sees withdrawal of 120 women candidates
At least 120 female candidates out of a total 1,019 running for Saudi Arabian municipal council elections have withdrawn their candidatures, according to the spokesman for the National Committee for Municipal Elections Jidai al-Qahtani who was quoted on Tuesday in
Ban on direct campaigning irks women candidates
Female candidates in the municipal elections and leaders in the women’s community described the Supreme Electoral Committee’s decision banning female candidates from addressing male voters directly and requiring them to appoint proxies or specialized companies to manage their advertising campaigns
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