22.000 Ballot Boxes for Sale in Yemen
Also Parliament postpones vote on extending it’s term. The discussions on the constitutional ammendments on the proportional list etc. are in their infancy. It would be nice to rationalize the electoral system but hard to imagine it will occur. Nothing happened after the 2006 presidential election when there was a explicit agreement to reform and international input. If I were to lay odds, it would go 50% that a few minor revisions occur within the two year window, 20% chance of real reform and 30% that Yemen doesn’t see another election within the decade.
al Sahwa – Yemeni citizens were surprised on Saturday as they saw persons sell ballot boxes belonging to the Supreme Commission of Elections and Referendum. One seller said that he along with his friends vended some 22.000 boxes at various markets in Sana’a. He further pointed out that the demand of purchasing ballot boxes increase , particularly by farmers.
