The Electoral Commission confirmed on Saturday that the number of seats in the provincial councils will be within the scope of its mandate in the case of legislation of the House of Representatives for the law of local elections, indicating that "the number of seats for each province will start from 20 seats."
The head of the electoral administration, Riad Badran, said in a press statement that "the failure to approve the new law for provincial elections by the House of Representatives, will result because the adoption of the Commission on the law in force, which will increase the number of seats in the provincial councils."
He added that "the number of seats for each province will start from 20 seats, and add a seat for every 200 thousand people to the maximum of 500 thousand people of the total population of the province," noting that "in the previous elections in 2013 we had 444 seats for provincial councils not organized in a province."
He went on to say that "the Commission is to determine the number of seats based on the latest update of the Central Bureau of Statistics, in this case will increase the number of seats to 446 seats across the provinces, contrary to what is felt that the seats will be reduced by half," noting that "in the case of the adoption of the House of Representatives for the law of local elections In line with the article contained within the law of the provincial councils No. 21, will decrease the number of seats from 446 to 194 for the total seats in the provinces.
The House of Representatives voted unanimously on the date of the constitutional elections scheduled for 12 May 2018, while last month decided to call the Council of Ministers to set a new date for the provincial elections, but not exceed the maximum of the month of December of 2018.
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The head of the electoral administration, Riad Badran, said in a press statement that "the failure to approve the new law for provincial elections by the House of Representatives, will result because the adoption of the Commission on the law in force, which will increase the number of seats in the provincial councils."
He added that "the number of seats for each province will start from 20 seats, and add a seat for every 200 thousand people to the maximum of 500 thousand people of the total population of the province," noting that "in the previous elections in 2013 we had 444 seats for provincial councils not organized in a province."
He went on to say that "the Commission is to determine the number of seats based on the latest update of the Central Bureau of Statistics, in this case will increase the number of seats to 446 seats across the provinces, contrary to what is felt that the seats will be reduced by half," noting that "in the case of the adoption of the House of Representatives for the law of local elections In line with the article contained within the law of the provincial councils No. 21, will decrease the number of seats from 446 to 194 for the total seats in the provinces.
The House of Representatives voted unanimously on the date of the constitutional elections scheduled for 12 May 2018, while last month decided to call the Council of Ministers to set a new date for the provincial elections, but not exceed the maximum of the month of December of 2018.
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