Educational seminars on FNC elections 2015 kick off in Dubai on Thursday
Date
8/12/2015 9:50:20 AM
(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM))
ABU DHABI 12th August 2015 (WAM)--Dubai will host the second phase of the educational seminars organised by the National Election Committee (NEC) on the Federal National Council (FNC) Elections 2015 with the goal of raising awareness among the members of the Electoral College about various aspects of the electoral process.
NEC will organise two educational seminars in Dubai on Thursday 13th August. The first will be will be presented by Tariq Hilal Lootah Under-secretary of the Ministry of State for Federal National Council Affairs and Chairman of the Election Management Committee at the Dubai Police Officers Club. The second will be held at the Public Library Auditorium in Hatta by Dr. Ahmed Yousef Al-Mansouri Professor of Public International Law.
The seminars in Dubai follow the first phase of seminars held successfully in Abu Dhabi. The Abu Dhabi events were led by Dr. Saeed Al Ghafli Assistant Under-secretary for FNC Affairs on 9th August at the Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Auditorium at Zayed University; by Dr. Ahmed Al Khozaimi on 10th August at Al Ain Municipality Auditorium; and by Dr. Mohammed Butti Al Shamsi at the Baynounah Institute of Science and Technology in Madinat Zayed on 11th August.
The educational seminars in Abu Dhabi presented a comprehensive explanation of the importance of political participation by the members of Electoral College as a tool that contributes to taking responsibility and decision-making and as a means of education and raising awareness within the community. The seminars highlighted the most prominent features of political participation in the UAE.
The seminars also discussed the tasks and functions of the Federal National Council and its important role in representing the voice of the UAE and expressing its ambitions and aspirations by discussing various issues and concern of citizens related to their lives as well as about the future needs of the nation.
The legal and regulatory aspects such as the rights of voters conditions of candidacy election campaigns duties of the candidate election schedule and other matters related to the electoral process were explained to the participants.
The speakers stressed the importance of the upcoming elections as a new phase of empowering the FNC as well as the importance of the elections the positive effect of participation and its impact on the process of development and modernization of the UAE.
The seminars on the Federal National Council Elections 2015 are being held in all the emirates from 9th- 19th August to raise the awareness among the members of the Electoral College on the regulatory and legal aspects of the election which will be on 3rd October.
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