The registration process lasts for five days
Tariq Lootah: The committee is ready and prepared to start an important and pivotal stage of the 2015 electoral process
Tariq Lootah: It is required that the candidate's agent be a citizen of the country, and it is not required that he be a member of the Electoral College of one of the Emirates
Every member of the Electoral College has the right to stand as a candidate when he fulfills the constitutional conditions
Registration centers operate throughout the registration period from eight in the morning until three in the afternoon
Anyone wishing to run for candidacy must apply for candidacy in person or through an agent on his behalf under a special power of attorney authenticated by the notary public
On Sunday, August 16, 2015, the process of registering the names of members of the electoral bodies wishing to run for membership of the Federal National Council 2105 who meet the conditions for candidacy begins. purpose and distributed in the various emirates of the country.
Candidates' registration locations are distributed in all Emirates, where in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi the registration center will be in the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in Al Ain in the Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, in the western region in the Baynunah Institute of Science and Technology, in the Emirate of Dubai in the Dubai World Trade Center, and in the Emirate of Sharjah The Consultative Council for the Emirate of Sharjah will be the registration center, and in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah at the Center of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Community Development, and in the Emirate of Umm Al Quwain in the Executive Council of the Emirate, and in the Emirate of Fujairah in the new building of the Fujairah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and in the Emirate of Ajman the center will be in the Humaid bin Rashid Hall in Ajman Museum. Note that these centers will operate from eight in the morning until three in the afternoon during the five days of the registration period.
Each member of an electoral body has the right to run for the 2015 Federal National Council elections in the emirate to which he belongs, if he fulfills the conditions for candidacy, which is that he is a citizen of one of the emirates of the state, and resides permanently in the emirate that he represents in the Federal National Council, and that his age is not less than twenty-five Gregorian year (i.e. he was born on October 02, 1990 and earlier). And that he enjoys civil capacity, good conduct, good reputation, has never been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, unless he has been rehabilitated according to the law, and that he has sufficient knowledge of reading and writing.
The National Elections Committee specified the candidacy procedures that applications for candidacy be submitted during the period from August 16 to August 20, 2015. And that the candidacy application be submitted by the candidacy applicant himself or through an agent on his behalf under a special power of attorney, and to submit the candidacy application to the Emirate Committee to which the candidate belongs in the places specified by the committee, and the National Elections Committee had recently announced that it is permissible for the applicant to run for membership of the Federal National Council 2015 by proxy Other than him to submit his candidacy application to the Emirate Committee to which he belongs.
According to the executive instructions, everyone who wishes to nominate himself must submit his candidacy application to the Emirate Committee whose name is registered in its electoral college, and to complete the registration process properly, the applicant must present the identity card issued by the Emirates Identity Authority, whether by himself or through an agent. A family book, and a certificate of good conduct addressed to the National Elections Commission, as well as a registration fee of (1,000) dirhams to be paid in cash upon submitting the candidacy application and is non-refundable.
Members of the electoral bodies wishing to run for elections and at the same time occupy a public position, whether federal or local, must submit a certificate stating that he has obtained leave from his work from the date of announcing the final list of candidates (08/31/2015) until the date of the election day (03/10/). 2015 AD). For those with military status, the candidate with military status must submit a certificate stating that his employer agrees to grant him leave from the date of announcing the final list of candidates (08/31/2015 AD) until the date of the election day (03/10/2015 AD).
If a member of the judiciary wishes to run for elections, a member of the judiciary authority must present a certificate proving his resignation from his position with the candidacy application. As for the current members of the Federal National Council, the current member of the Federal National Council is considered to have ceased performing his membership duties. From the date of announcing the final lists of candidates.
On the preparations of the National Elections Committee to start receiving applications for candidacy, His Excellency Tariq Hilal Lootah, Undersecretary of the Ministry of State for Federal National Council Affairs and Chairman of the Election Management Committee, stressed the high readiness of the work teams of registration centers distributed in various regions of the country, which will work to ensure smooth and easy procedures for applicants. candidacy.
His Excellency said: "The committee and all its work teams are on high alert and readiness to start an important and pivotal stage of the 2015 electoral process, as the committee will receive, over a period of 5 days, applications for candidacy at registration centers located in various regions of the country, where we will ensure that applicants can easily run. And smooth registration within the legal and regulatory conditions specified in the executive instructions, and we aspire that all stages of the electoral process take place in accordance with the highest levels of professionalism and professionalism, and we have come a long way so far in terms of preparing for the elections.
Regarding the permissibility of deputizing for the candidacy process, His Excellency Tariq Hilal Lootah, Undersecretary of the Ministry of State for Federal National Council Affairs, Chairman of the Election Management Committee, stressed that it is required that the representative of the candidate be a citizen of the country. However, it is not required for him to be a member of the Electoral College of one of the emirates, or from the same emirate to which the candidate belongs, pointing out that it is mandatory that among the documents submitted be an educational certificate to prove his knowledge of reading and writing.
According to the schedule for the 2015 Federal National Council elections, the National Elections Committee will announce the preliminary list of candidates on August 23, and the final list will be announced on August 31, and the candidate can withdraw his candidacy application no later than September 14.
With the completion of the stage of the registration process for those wishing to run for membership of the Federal National Council 2015, and the issuance of the final list of candidates, the electoral process will have entered a new stage represented by the campaign period for the candidates, followed by voting from the country’s embassies abroad for the period 20-21 September, and early voting for the period between September 28-30.