that there should be no interference that might influence his/her selection of the candidate. This was affirmed in several principles and rulings of the Court of Cassation, as is evident in the ruling issued on Appeal No. (15) against the parliamentary elections in the session dated 9 November 2002, which stated that, “The voter is free to make his own decision to elect the candidate of his/her choice, given that the election is by direct, secret, universal ballot, and free of any influences that may dissuade him/her from electing whomever he/she deems fit to represent him.” 13. Among the predominating principles in the Court of Cassation’s jurisprudence pertaining to the announcement of the results of the elections, is the ruling in Appeal No. (104) against the 2011 parliamentary elections on 10 October 2011, which stated that, “The polling and counting sub-committee is not able to know the winning candidate in the election; and therefore, it is not authorized to announce the winner, considering that the matter is associated with collecting and compiling all the votes in both the sub-committee and the public committee as well as the committees abroad.” 14. The Court of Cassation determined in Appeal No. (13) against the parliamentary elections of 2002, on 15 November 2002, that the Chairman of the Supreme Committee for the General Oversight of the Soundness of Elections is responsible for the announcement process, as the principle stipulated that, “The Chairman of the Supreme Committee for the General Oversight of the Soundness of Elections shall announce the results of the election of the members of the Council of Representatives in all constituencies of his/her region and the number of votes obtained by each candidate in his/her constituency. A copy of such result shall be sent 91