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JMP’s Partial List of Electorial Violations

Filed under: Yemen — by Jane Novak at 1:59 pm on Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Gee the GPC is awfully insecure.

al-Sahwa:

Four days for elections propaganda prove breaches of General people congress GPC (ruling party) . The GPC doesn’t use country’s possessions for its candidates propaganda only, but some ministers exceeds that to burglarize on electoral propaganda for opposition candidates .For example , the minister of local administration Sadeq Ameen Abu Ras, tore photos of the presidential opposition candidate at TheSofal district in Ibb governorate, the propaganda visits staged by the ministers allover governorates and districts of Yemen, availability of jobs for elections time and field visits paid by prime minister and Shura council chief. Situation is more dangerous than that , breaking into opposition parties headquarters and detention tens of cars which affix photos of joint meeting parties (JMPs) presidential candidate Faisal Bin Shamlan.

Sahwa net reviews some of these violations in governorates:

Ibb province : traffic police detain cars which carry photo of JMPs candidate Faisal Bin Shamlan.

Hodeidah Govt : Sources of JMPs in Hodeidah said that GPC leadership practiced the worst kind of pressure and extortion against tens of independent candidates. Secretary-general of local council in Hodeidah, Colonel Hassan Al-Heig , Bajel district director and members of parliament pursued 47 independent candidates, ordered them to resign and threatening to punish anyone who will refuse the orders.

Hajjah GOvt:

Dangerous indication the governorate witnessed when gun gang (belong to GPC party) broke into Islah party headquarters in Bani Qais, detained the janitor and ran up flags of GPC besides its candidate’s photos.

Joint meeting parties special report about electoral crimes of ruling party in country’s governorates

Hajjah :

Use of army cars for electoral publicity : General people congress party ( GPC ) used army car for electoral propaganda for its presidential candidate. The army Car No. 10267 was driven in the city streets carrying photos of GPC president candidate.

Members of GPC president candidate Members of GPC party tore photos of JMPs presidential candidate in Hajjah city and some districts.

GPC presents candidates from military corps (illiterate) for local elections in (1,9) constituencies at city district.

-Some local election candidates were registered without their presence

-Repeated names for candidates at electors registers.

Ibb : incriminating anyone who doesn’t post pictures of GPC president candidate.

-Interference of GPC’s Sheikhs at work of electoral commissions.

-The original committee in Mothaikherah district hinders applications procedures for Nasserian party candidate.

Hadthramout:

Tareem district:- Adding names of GPC candidates after ending legal time for registering.

Taiz :

Head of original committee at local constituency (13) forged signatures of the committee members on GPC candidate file without their knowledge or presence.

Marib: Disagreements among ruling party raise citizens’ fear.

Thamar:

Extending period of withdrawal from nomination.

Al-Maharah:

-Use of army and governmental cars for election propaganda of ruling party candidate.

-Security committee in the district interfered at the work of election commissions, threatening to use arms and added, upon compulsion, names of ruling party candidates after ending nomination period.

-Dropping name of JMPs local candidate Khalid Omar Balfas from voters roster at constituency (160) , though the candidate have ballot card.

Aden:

-Official 14 October newspaper, in its issued edition last Monday and Tuesday , published biography of 4 of GPC candidates from Al-Tawahi and Al-Moala cities entitled “Ideal social personalities”.

-Local administration officials in Aden hinder application procedures of JMPs candidates.

-Forging for applicants fingerprints and signing instead of them.

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