Senator Imee R. Marcos, chairwoman of the Senate electoral reforms committee, has kickstarted congressional hearings to ensure that the national and local elections scheduled for 2022 would push through, echoing President Duterte’s instructions against their postponement.
HNEC Tripoli Electoral Office holds a dialogue session on media and its role in the electoral process 11:58 ص
On Tuesday, December 29th, 2020, at HNEC Headquarters, a dialogue session was held, on the role of media in enhancing electoral participation. It was attended by the Commissioner Mr. Abdul-Hakim Belkhair, the Commissioner Mr. Abu Baker Marda, the Director General, Dr. Yahya Al-Jadid and the Head of Tripoli Electoral Office, Mr. Mohammad Al-Sokni.
The session, which was held under the supervision of HNEC Tripoli Electoral Office, in cooperation with the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), included a discussion of several topics addressing the importance of media in all phases of the electoral process, as well as strengthening the relationship among HNEC and the various media outlets, as essential partners in increasing the level of electoral awareness among citizens.
[Lara Wodtke] Doing democracy during the pandemic
PUBLISHED :January 04, 2021 - 05:31
UPDATED :January 04, 2021 - 05:31
When COVID-19 emerged exactly one year ago, liberal democracy was in crisis. For the first time since 2001, there were more autocracies than democracies in the world. Right-wing populists were gaining traction.
Moreover, the norm of universal and inalienable human rights was under pressure from the governments of China, Russia, and even the United States under President Donald Trump. The repression of civil society and threats to the rule of law, the free press, and human rights continued unabated in many countries. And some democratically elected leaders (such as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban or Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan) had set out to dismantle liberal democracy from within, a trend some have called the third wave of autocratization.
THE COMMISSION PREPARES TO CONDUCT ANY EXPECTED ELECTORAL EVENT AND ENHANCES THE EFFICIENCY OF ITS STAFF 12:58 م
The headquarters of the High National Elections Commission witnessed on Monday and Tuesday, in the presence of the Director General, Dr. Yahya Al-Jadeed, the launch of the training activity titled “Introduction to the Stages of the Electoral Process”, supervised by the Operations Department of the HNEC in cooperation with the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES).
In his opening speech, the Director General indicated that this training activity, which targets the employees of the Commission in their various specializations, comes within the framework of qualifying and capacity building of the professional workforce in preparation for the implementation of the next electoral event, and to maximize the extent of the capacity building potential that the Commission pursues to achieve in its general plan.
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