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The “National Elections” calls for not exercising any campaign activity before the specified date

The National Elections Committee called on members of the electoral bodies to abide by the general rules of the electoral process set by the executive instructions for the 2023 Federal National Council elections, which represent the legal framework regulating the electoral process, especially those related to candidacy and electoral campaigning before the official dates set by the committee.
The committee called on members of the electoral bodies to refrain from practicing propaganda before the date set by the committee for carrying out electoral campaign activities, noting that practicing this type of propaganda activities at an untimely time is considered an explicit violation of the executive instructions, which may subject those who do it to the prescribed penalties. , according to the executive instructions for the elections.
The National Elections Committee called on members of the electoral bodies who wish to run for the 2023 Federal National Council elections to wait to start campaigning, stressing the need to adhere to the announced schedule that set the date for the start of electoral campaigning from Monday, September 11, 2023 until Tuesday, October 3. October 2023 for a period of 23 days, stressing that it is not permissible to practice any form of electoral propaganda, whether through traditional platforms or through various social media, before the specified date.

The committee stressed that the candidate can, after the final approval of his candidacy, carry out electoral campaigning in the period and places designated only for that and within the mechanisms, controls and conditions stipulated in the executive instructions, noting that electoral campaigning or promoting a specific candidate outside the official period specified for that is considered a kind of business. Irregular, which may expose everyone who practices it to violating the executive instructions, which may lead to the cancellation of the electoral college member’s eligibility to run for candidacy or to practice electoral campaigning, or even to permanently exclude his name from the lists of electoral bodies.
The National Elections Committee confirmed that the status of a candidate cannot be acquired by any member of the electoral bodies except after announcing the final list of candidates approved by the committee, which will be issued on September 2, 2023, after all those wishing to run have completed submitting their candidacy applications and no appeal has been received. The validity of the candidacy, according to the executive instructions for the elections that were announced and published on the committee’s website and smart application.

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