Parliament votes on article in a law prevents exclusion of candidates
2014-03-19T12:17:20+00:00
that stipulates on preventing the exclusion of any candidate for the upcoming legislative elections , while noting that the ban does not include those involved in criminal cases .
The Independent High Electoral Commission announced recently the exclusion of a number of MPs from the upcoming elections and didn’t mention the reasons for exclusion; which was faced by rejection of several parties .
The source told “Shafaq News” , "The parliament voted to approve the inclusion of an article in the electoral law which was launched recently that includes not excluding any candidate in the next election ," adding , "only in case of being involvement in criminal cases ."
The Parliament had voted earlier , on the election law after resolving the controversial paragraphs by the agreement of the blocs leaders and selecting the 30 of next April as a date to hold the elections ; which was ratified by the presidency.
