SCE says JMPs statement in not binding [Archives:2002/34/Local News]

BY MOHAMMED BIN SALLAM
YEMEN TIMES STAFF
The Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) expressed their disapproval of the conditions set by the Supreme Commission for Elections (SCE) with respect to the JMPs participation in the upcoming parliamentary elections which are due to be held April 27, 2003.
In a statement issued on August 13, the JMP expressed their disappointment at broadcasting and publishing certain conditions and criteria with regard to its participation in the upcoming elections. The JMP expresses its sorrow for what has been recently published and broadcast by the official media. We consider the SCEs attitude towards this as unacceptable behavior. This will lead to loss of its credibility among other political parties, the statement added.
During the SCEs meeting on June 12, Khaled Ashareef raised the initiative of the Speaker of the Parliament, Sheikh Abdullah bin Hussein al-Ahmar to include all the political parties in the new registration committee in accordance with the 1997 parliamentary elections. The initiative was totally dependent on the total number of votes made during these elections.
Ashareef pointed out that the political parties participation in the upcoming period had to be completed within the framework of the Elections and Referendum Law No. 13 for the year 2001.
Meanwhile, Abduh Mohammed al-Janadi, member of the SCE said that the SCEs agenda had already been decided by the results of the 1997 parliamentary elections. The SCE will begin to remove all lists of names and the election committees are to be announced, al-Janadi told the 26 September Weekly Newspaper, the mouthpiece of the Yemen Armed Forces.
He added that the SCE is not obliged to the JMPs statement. The statement has been triggered by some minor parties to only cause problems.
He went on by saying that the criteria that we have set up must be a drive for all parties to know all there is to know about the number of voters and to avoid confusion and upset in the future.

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