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48. People's Council elections - 2/3 to come from proportional list and 1/3 from individual candidates

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Year: 
2011
Week: 
33
Article number: 
48
Article pages: 
1
Date of source: 
August 17, 2011
Author: 
Safūt 'Amrān
Reviewer: 
Eleanor Swingewood
Article summary: 

Sources have revealed that two thirds of the seats in the people's council will be drawn from a proportional list, in order to represent all corners of society, and the other third will be individual candidates, in response to the outcry from political parties, when it was recently revealed that the elections would be 50 percent from the proportional list and 50% of individual candidates.
 

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As a compromise, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has made this decision to allow for both strong political forces and parties, and at the same time, a chance for those who do not belong to a party to enter the elections as a candidate.

It was also revealed that SCAF will be using their right to appoint one third of the Shura Council in the next elections, to satisfy the smaller parties that will not get seats in the next election.

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