politicalevent:presidential vote

Nasrallah: conflict in Middle East political, not sectarian | Al Akhbar English
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Bringing up the current political stagnation in Lebanon, the Hezbollah chief said his movement would back its main Christian ally, Michel Aoun, in the country’s long-delayed presidential vote.

Lebanese parliament is tasked by the constitution to select a president, a decision that has already been put off 14 times as the war in Syria continues to divide rival political blocs.

Nasrallah blamed the political paralysis on external factors.

“Lebanese political factions are restrained by regional vetoes and these decisions are responsible for Lebanon’s presidential vacuum,” he said on Monday.

#Egypt extends presidential vote to Wednesday amid low turnout
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Egypt’s #presidential_election was extended by a day on Tuesday in an effort to boost lower than expected turnout that threatened to undermine the credibility of the front-runner, former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. After #Sisi called for record voter participation, low turnout would be seen at home and abroad as an immediate setback for the field marshal who toppled Egypt’s first freely elected leader, the #Muslim_Brotherhood's Mohammed Mursi.

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Iraqi politicians postpone presidential vote amid growing violence
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Iraqi lawmakers on Wednesday postponed choosing a new president for their ailing country while air strikes, suicide car bombs and summary executions yielded their daily grim crop of bodies. Parliament adjourned without even broaching the election of a new head of state and agreed to meet again on Thursday, their last chance to pick a new leader before the week-long Eid al-Fitr Muslim holiday. A government air raid on the jihadist-held town of Sharqat nearly 300 kilometers (180 miles) northwest of Baghdad killed at least three women and a child, a senior army official told AFP. read more

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Lebanese #presidential_vote due to fail for seventh time
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A parliamentary session scheduled to choose a Lebanese president will almost certainly be postponed for a seventh time Wednesday as the March 8 political bloc vowed to continue boycotting the vote. Wednesday’s parliamentary session is the seventh since April 23 scheduled to elect a president, and the sixth to be boycotted by the March 8 alliance, leading to a lack of quorum. read more

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Syrian expatriates head to the polls in presidential vote
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Three years into the bloody Syrian conflict, Syrian expatriates began voting in the presidential elections on Wednesday, with #syria’s embassy in #Lebanon witnessing a high voter turnout. Photographs of roads leading to the Syrian embassy in the town of Yarzeh showed traffic jams and crowds of pedestrians heading to the polls. read more

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Low turnout in #Egypt's last-minute extension of presidential vote
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Egyptian women prepare to cast their votes at a polling station on the second day of Egypt’s presidential election in the capital Cairo on May 27, 2014. (Photo: AFP - Khaled Desouki)

Egyptians were initially slow to vote on a hastily added third day of a presidential election on Wednesday after lower-than-expected turnout threatened to damage the credibility of the man widely forecast to win, former army chief #Abdel_Fattah_al-Sisi. An early tour of Cairo polling stations suggested authorities would again struggle to get people to cast their ballots. read more

Egypt: Sisi prepares for victory in low turnout presidential vote
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Former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to emerge from a second and final day of voting on Tuesday as Egypt’s next head of state, returning the presidency to a military man as hopes for democracy fade three years after Hosni Mubarak’s downfall. Seeking to boost turnout that appeared low on the first day of voting, the government declared Tuesday a holiday and extended voting by an hour so that polls would close at 10:00 pm (1900 GMT). The central bank also declared a bank holiday. read more

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Hariri Meets Geagea in Paris as Part of LF Chief’s European, Arab Tour
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Head of the Mustaqbal Movement MP Saad Hariri and Lebanese Forces leader and presidential candidate Samir Geagea held talks on Friday in the French capital Paris, reported the daily An Nahar on Saturday.

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Geagea embarked on an Arab and European tour on Friday that will reportedly include Saudi Arabia.

Candidates launch presidential campaign ahead of #Syrian_elections
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Campaigning began Sunday for #syria's June 3 presidential election expected to return #Bashar_al-Assad to power, as the regime marked a symbolic victory with the exit of rebels from Homs. In Damascus, campaign posters lauding Assad hung on shopping streets and in public gardens, in the run-up to the country’s first multi-candidate presidential vote. The election is being staged despite a raging civil war, with dozens of people dying across the country every day. read more

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#Lebanon's #presidential_election expected to be postponed
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Lebanon’s second round presidential vote is expected to be postponed after March 8-aligned legislatures vowed to boycott Wednesday’s Parliamentary session in which it was scheduled to elect a new head of state. #parliament Speaker Nabih Berri is currently meeting with Walid Jumblatt, leader of the so-called Progressive Socialist Party, which routinely switches loyalties between the March 8 and March 14 coalitions — Lebanon’s two main political factions. read more

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Berri calls for #Lebanon presidential vote to take place on April 23
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Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri. (Photo: Bilal Jawiche)

Lebanon’s parliament is to convene on April 23 to elect a new president to succeed Michel Sleiman, whose term ends on May 25, the Lebanese National News Agency reported Wednesday. “Parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri has called for a session on Wednesday April 23 to elect a new president of the republic,” the official news agency said. Lebanon’s president, who must come from the country’s Maronite Christian community, is elected by a vote in the parliament. The NNA reported that Berri informed Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai of the date set for the election. read (...)

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#Bouteflika sets #Algeria presidential vote for April 17
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Algeria’s aging leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Friday called a presidential election for April 17, a day after returning from medical treatment in France, without indicating if he himself would stand. “Bouteflika today proceeded with the signing of the presidential decree convening the electoral body for Thursday, April 17, 2014, for the election of the presidency of the republic,” a statement from the president’s office said. read more

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