First Independent Mena Newspaper
International observers praised the strong turnout of voters at polling stations in the Moroccan Saharan city of Laayoune, and lauded the civic mobilization witnessed from the early hours of voting in Wednesday’s parliamentary elections. Raquel Guevara, President of the Salvadoran Office for the Defense of Human Rights, who is taking part in the election observation, […]
A top Egyptian governmental adviser on electoral processes indicated Tuesday that authorities will not allow women wearing “sexy clothes” to enter poll centers to cast their votes. “We must respect the laws and traditions,” said Major General Rifaat Qamsan. Qamsan, expert in electoral matters, and former assistant to Egyptian long serving interior minister Habib al-Adly, […]