Nomination process for Bahrain parliamentary and municipal elections 2022 ends today

TDT | Manama

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Supervisory committees continued to receive nominations from potential candidates for the upcoming Parliamentary and Municipal Elections on the fourth day yesterday.

Today is the last day for citizens wishing to run for elections to submit their papers. The centres opened their doors as usual at 5 pm.

Khawla Secondary School for Girls in the Capital Governorate (parliamentary election only), Al-Hidaya Al-Khalifa Secondary School for Boys in Muharraq Governorate, Yathreb Preparatory School for Girls in the Northern Governorate, and Al-Mustaqbal Primary School for Girls in the Southern Governorate were the centres.

In developments yesterday, Ahmed Qarata, a former MP, entered the fray from the second district of the Capital Governorate. He won the 2014 parliamentary election, but lost his bid in 2018 after one of the candidates challenged his candidacy, saying he didn’t live in the constituency.

Counsellor Nayef Youssef, the head of the supervisory committee in the Capital Governorate, said a citizen withdrew his paper after the committee accepted his nomination. “The person requested to withdraw after receiving a confirmation SMS sent by the committee.”

He also announced receiving six applications on the fourth day, bringing the total number of applications received to 91. “We accepted 76 of them and rejected nine.

So far, we took decisions on 85 applications,” he added. In the Muharraq Governorate, the Supervisory Committee received 14 applications, of which accepted 13 and rejected one candidate for association with a dissolved political association.

In the North, officials received seven applications for the parliamentary election, out of which rejected one. The committee there also received seven applications for the municipal election.

One of the candidates failed to pass for criminal background. In another development, the Al-Marsad Society for Human Rights announced yesterday its readiness to monitor the Parliamentary and Municipal elections next month.

Mohsen Ali Al-Ghurairy, the head of the Observatory for Human Rights, stressed the role of the Civil Society organisation in the electoral process to ensure the integrity of the elections.

The society, he said, had formed work teams for electoral awareness, observers and preparing forms and reports to present recommendations.

As per the rule, citizens wishing to run for membership in the Council of Representatives and municipal elections could file the papers until today.

COVID-19 patients, to file nominations, should contact the hotline at 77277277 to book an appointment with the relevant supervisory committee.