SPS SADR/LOCAL
ELECTIONS Starting of local elections in
the Dairas and National Institutions
18.12.04
Chahid El Hafed, 18/12/2004
(SPS) The local elections (municipal elections) at the level of Dairas
and national institutions started Thursday, planed for two stages in
the refugees' camps, indicated a source from the Saharawi Parliament to
Sahara Press Service.
According to the programme, of which SPS received a copy, these
elections should take place in two stages: The first, includes the
Wilayas of Smara and Aoussered besides the institutions of "12 October"
and "27 February" from the 16th to the 19th December, the second stage
should be concerned with the Wilayas of Dakhla and El Aaiun and the
institutions of Chahid El Hafed and the 9 June School, starting from
the 22 December until the 25th of the same month.
Composed of members of the Parliament, and some members of the
Government and in charge of the control and the organisation of the
elections, the Electoral Commission would organise conferences in each
Wilaya, in which the participants to the conferences would elect
electoral sub-committees for each Daira to be charged for getting the
candidatures, control the good organisation of all the operation of the
elections in the polling stations and announce the final results.
The second day of this operation would be marked by the beginning of
the popular vote, which will continue for two to three days, to end in
the fourth day by the announcement of the results and the closure of
the political conferences with the reading of the final reports of the
committees and the reception of any possible protest.
It should be recalled the voters would have to elect the Presidents of
the Dairas (Mayors) and the members of the Popular Councils (Councils
of the Mayoralties) as well as representatives of the national
institutions and organisations of masses. (SPS)
SAHARA
PRESS SERVICE