The views and attitudes of hundreds of citizens, pioneers and influencers of social media sites, especially Twitter, towards the expression of a number of people wishing to run in the elections of the Federal National Council 2019, to retreat from this step, especially as some of them (members of the Federal National Council expired) faced Broad criticism, about the lack of effective communication with the citizens, and the inability to represent all segments of society, and the satisfaction of honorary representation in official forums.

Meanwhile, the UAE committees are expected to accept the 499 applicants at the state level. The appeals committee will respond to these objections on Sunday.

In detail, the Emirates Committees of the National Elections Committee will close the door of the day by submitting applications to challenge the candidates for the FNC 2019 elections, whose names appear on the preliminary lists of candidates. Over the course of three days, to respond to those requests next Sunday.

The UAE Today - over the five days that have been allocated to register applications for the elections, and even the announcement of preliminary lists of candidates - has increased the pace of discussions among citizens of the pioneers of social networking sites, about a number of personalities who expressed their desire to run for the elections, where some were met These desires are widely supported, while other names have faced something like an “account” about their roles in community service.

A number of applicants, including more than one member of the outgoing Federal National Council, received great criticism from citizens, centered on the inability to represent all segments of society, and lack of effective communication with citizens, and the satisfaction of honorary representation in official forums, during which the use of some pioneers Communicating with videos and photos caused these figures to retreat from their candidacy.

A number of these names attributed the reasons for his retreat from the candidacy to the possibility of allowing other personalities to play a better role, while others preferred to continue public work away from the Federal National Council, without mentioning their impact on «Social Media».

On the other hand, the UAE committees have finalized the coordination mechanisms with the local municipal departments and civil defense departments at the state level regarding the locations and requirements of the campaigns for the candidates' campaigns. An integrated plan has been put in place to deal with the election campaigns according to strict controls that do not affect in any way. Forms in the safety of roads and civilized appearance of cities and streets of the state, with the plan to come into effect with the start of the campaign period for candidates, as of the fifth of next September.

According to the executive instructions, the UAE committees are responsible for following the election campaigns of the candidates closely, and monitoring any irregularities or irregularities in the propaganda, in order to ensure that the exploitation of funds is not possible in the elections, while not tolerating any electoral irregularities, especially during the propaganda period.

The National Elections Commission has determined the cost of the election campaign for each candidate, not more than two million dirhams, promising the violating candidate to «six punitive measures», one of which is applied according to the degree of violation, the first warning him to exclude from the lists of candidates, the second excluded from the lists, and the third to cancel the license of advertising The fourth is obliging him to pay a fine not exceeding AED 5000, and the fifth is obliging the violating candidate to hand over any amounts he received to the National Committee other than what is mentioned in the executive instructions, while the sixth and final punitive measure includes the obligation of the candidate to remove the violations committed. Ge electoral propaganda, and to repair any damages arising out of them at his own expense.

The committee established a number of regulations governing the campaigns of the candidates, granting each candidate the right to express himself, to carry out any activity aimed at persuading voters to choose him, and to publicize his electoral program in full freedom, provided that the values ​​and principles of society are maintained, and the rules, regulations and decisions in force in this regard are adhered to. Respect for public order, and not including in the election campaign ideas to incite religious, sectarian, tribal or ethnic intolerance towards others, and not to deceive or cheat voters by any means.

The list of propaganda controls also included not using the method of defamation, defamation, infringement or verbal abuse with other candidates, directly or indirectly, and not including campaign promises or programs outside the powers of the Council member, while granting each candidate the right to present his program Elections in the local media, print and audio-visual, and the holding of press conferences and seminars, in accordance with the rules set by the executive instructions and controls set by the National Committee in this regard.

Spending on electoral advertising

The National Election Commission (NEC) banned spending on electoral advertising from public funds, or from the budget of ministries, institutions, companies, public bodies, and other official bodies of the state.It also prohibits the use of public institutions and facilities for electoral propaganda, while allowing the candidate to receive donations from UAE natural or legal persons only. Provided that these donations do not exceed the spending limit set on advertising campaigns, the candidate must submit a statement of account of any donations received to the Principality Committee on the go.

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