or if a decision is issued by the Council, in which he/she was a member, cancelling the cause
preventing his/her nomination that resulted from dropping his/her membership after the
termination of the Council’s session during which the decision to drop his/her membership was
issued. (f) The membership of the candidate in the House of Representatives has not been suspended
due to resignation during the legislative term in which he/she has submitted his/her resignation.”
4.
On the municipal elections, Decree-Law No. (3) of 2002 on the system of election of members of
municipal councils, as amended, regulated the provisions of nomination for membership. Article
(14) of the Law stipulates that, “Any person who wishes to run as a candidate for membership of the
Municipal Council shall submit the candidacy application, in writing, to the committee provided
for in Article (7) of this Law, with recommendations from ten voters from the electoral district. The
candidacy application shall specify the constituency in which he/she shall stand for elections. The
voter may recommend one candidate only …”
5.
In order to ensure the enjoyment of the right to stand for elections, whether for membership in the
House of Representatives or the Municipal Council, the Law guarantees that any candidate, whose
name is not registered in the relevant list, may request from the Supervisory Committee on Election
Soundness to include his/her name among the candidates, or object on including the name of any
candidate during the display of lists period. In all cases, the Law allows the stakeholder to appeal
the decision of the committee before the Supreme Civil Court of Appeal. This matter is regulated
in Article (13) of Decree-Law No. (15) on the Shura Council and the House of Representatives, as
amended, and Article (15) of Decree-Law No. (3) of 2002 on the system of election of members of
municipal councils, as amended.
6.
Therefore, the law specifies the procedures to be taken by the candidate to exercise his/her right
to candidacy, whether for the membership of the House of Representatives or for the membership
of the municipal council. Among the most important of these procedures is to apply, in writing,
to the Supervisory Committees on Election Soundness, which are distributed among the four
governorates of the Kingdom, after meeting the conditions set out in the earlier mentioned Law.
7.
The law entitles any person whose name is not included in the candidates’ lists to request the
inclusion of his/her name in these lists. In addition, the Law grants the candidate the right to object
to the inclusion of the name of any candidate. The committee must issue its decision within three
days from the date of submitting the request. The Law considers that failure to issue a decision of
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