Only five women poll candidates
By MANDEEP SINGH
Published: 25th October 2006
MANAMA: Five women were among 171 candidates who filed papers for the upcoming elections for 40 municipal council seats in five governorates, at the close of nominations last night. This compares with 320, including 34 women, who contested 50 municipal council seats in 2002.
Of the women candidates this time, four – Fatima Salman Mohammed Salman, Sabah Al Dosari, Wafa Abdul and Khadija Mahmood Al Qahtani – are from Muharraq.
The fifth, Homyan Al Ruwaie, is from the Southern Governorate.
Seventeen candidates filed their papers yesterday – six in Central Governorate, four each in Capital and Muharraq, and three in Southern Governorate.
Only five women poll candidates
By MANDEEP SINGH
Published: 25th October 2006
MANAMA: Five women were among 171 candidates who filed papers for the upcoming elections for 40 municipal council seats in five governorates, at the close of nominations last night. This compares with 320, including 34 women, who contested 50 municipal council seats in 2002.
Of the women candidates this time, four – Fatima Salman Mohammed Salman, Sabah Al Dosari, Wafa Abdul and Khadija Mahmood Al Qahtani – are from Muharraq.
The fifth, Homyan Al Ruwaie, is from the Southern Governorate.
Seventeen candidates filed their papers yesterday – six in Central Governorate, four each in Capital and Muharraq, and three in Southern Governorate.
Ms Al Qahtani, the only woman to file papers yesterday, is contesting from Constituency seven.
Polling is scheduled for November 25.
According to 2006 elections committee spokesperson Ahdeya Ahmed, the number of constituencies has been reduced by 10 in an attempt to match the municipal and parliamentary constituencies.
The candidates were invited to file their nomination papers between October 20 and last night according to a ministerial decree issued by Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa.
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