63,000 electoral fraud cases referred to court [Archives:2006/967/Local News]
SANA'A, July 23 ) The Public Prosecution Service referred 63,000 cases of election fraud regarding name duplication on electoral registries to the respective courts in governorates nationwide.
Attorney General Dr. Abdullah Al-Ulify indicated that the Supreme Commission for Elections and Referendum (SCER) previously provided the Prosecution Service with the repeated names. He mentioned that a specialized team has been formed to tackle the issue prior to the upcoming presidential and local elections.
Al-Ulify confirmed that courts in governorates throughout Yemen have begun discussing the issue, after the Prosecution Service provided them with files on the duplication cases. He reaffirmed that, in cooperation with concerned bodies, the Prosecution Service plans to clear electoral registries of any violations, according to law.
“So far, the exact number of cases where minors were included on electoral registries hasn't been given while the Prosecution Service is pursuing the issue,” Al-Ulify noted.
Judge Yahya Al-Eryani, Deputy Chairman of the Judicial Inspection Authority, said appeals courts nationwide currently are discussing 687 electoral registry-related appeals, demanding duplicate names be dropped from the registries. He noted that the capital city of Sana'a topped the list with 173 appeals, Al-Mahwit came in second with 125, Ibb was third with 87, Hodeidah was fourth with 84, Hajjah was fifth with 69, Al-Dhale'e was sixth with 43, followed by Amran, with 33 appeals.
Al-Eryani added that discussions regarding 29, 11 and 10 appeals in Raima, Sa'ada and Al-Beidha respectively, are underway, while appeals courts in Hadramout, Lahj, Taiz, Shabwa and Marib are engaged in similar cases.
The Ministry of Justice announced that it received 2,381 electoral appeals regarding adding or dropping names. Most of the appeals were presented at courts in Ibb, Hajjah, Taiz, Hodeidah and Dhamar.
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