A monitoring conducted by the UAE Today on the social media platforms concerned with the elections of the Federal National Council revealed a relative absence of women's issues in the initial publicity programs of women candidates, who gave priority to other community files, such as Emiratisation, health and education, as well as the issues of retirees and people of concern. When campaigning, most male candidates sought to attract female votes by allocating up to 12 election pledges on women in their programs, most notably allowing female citizenship to work from home, abolishing female retirement age, He lived for housewives, as well as to ease the burden on women's time in the job, and to propose early retirement of women as mothers.

In accordance with the decision of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, women represent 50% of the total number of elected and appointed members of the FNC.

In detail, candidates for the FNC 2019 elections continued their campaigns in the various emirates of the UAE, using all the advertising and promotional means provided by the National Election Commission, such as television, radio, newspapers, websites and social media pages, in order to communicate their election programs to citizens and to convince them of their right to represent them. Under the dome of Parliament.

The fourth day of the campaigning campaign, which runs until the fourth of October, witnessed a noticeable increase in the spread of advertisements promoting candidates on the main roads and on radio and television stations, after a beginning marked by a focus on social media, to identify candidates and their electoral numbers and launch their electoral programs.

According to a monitoring conducted by «Emirates Today» for the most campaigns of candidates in various emirates of the UAE, on the pages of social networking, since the start of the election campaigns, last Sunday, until yesterday, a large number of male candidates focused on issues and files related to working women and housewives, widows and divorced, while Most of these files were absent from the publicity of a large number of women candidates, who preferred to make issues such as Emiratisation, education and health a priority at the beginning of their campaign announcements.

According to the monitoring, male candidates sought to attract female votes through 12 election pledges that were the common factor in most of their electoral programs, including: a proposal for an amendment to federal human resources legislation to allow female citizens to perform work from home, abolish the retirement age of female employees, etc. The post-mortem salary entails the allocation of a pension to housewives, in addition to reducing the burden on women in employment and proposing early retirement for the mother.

It also included men's electoral pledges to women: supporting the participation of women citizens in the labor market and building the knowledge economy, promoting awareness of the role of women's political participation and supporting empowerment plans, and promoting attention to nurseries to support women and help them to work, in addition to granting more privileges to working women before, during and after pregnancy, Supporting the children of UAE nationals in obtaining the nationality of the state, as well as expanding the establishment of specialized hospitals for motherhood and childhood, achieving more support for widows and divorced women, strengthening control over the offices of bringing domestic workers, and finally finding alternatives and solutions to reduce the delay of age Production between the citizens and the high divorce rates.

On the other hand, most of the candidates preferred to use the early days of propaganda to introduce themselves, their qualifications and their scientific and field experience. The areas of land allocated for construction, in addition to the welfare of the community, and the promotion of entrepreneurship, a proposal to implement the Smart Parliament, and finally the files of services for retirees and people of determination.

For its part, the National Election Commission stressed the need for all candidates to adhere to the regulations, regulations and decisions in force in the propaganda campaigns, and not to include promises or pledges outside the powers of the member of the Federal National Council, warning of attempts to deceive or fraudulent voters by any means, in addition to not being offended Defamation, infringement or abuse of other candidates.

The Assistant Undersecretary for Federal National Council Affairs at the Ministry of State for Federal National Council Affairs, member and rapporteur of the National Elections Commission, Dr. Saeed Al-Ghafli said: In any emirate of the state, and not only in the emirate he represents or to which the members of his electoral body (voters) belong, provided that all rules and regulations relating to the conduct of the electoral process are adhered to. ”

In accordance with the procedures, every candidate has the right to present his electoral program in the local media, and to hold seminars and press conferences, in accordance with the rules set by the instructions and regulations of the National Committee. Spending on electoral advertising from public funds, or from the budget of ministries, institutions, companies, public bodies, and other official bodies of the state, and prohibits the use of public institutions and facilities for electoral advertising ».

Al-Ghafli: The member's role is not limited to asking the government questions

The Assistant Undersecretary for Federal National Council Affairs at the Ministry of State for Federal National Council Affairs, member and rapporteur of the National Elections Commission, Dr. Saeed Al-Ghafli, said that the parliamentary work system under the dome of the National Council is based on two main parts: The second part is related to the system of collective action among all members, stressing that the frequent orientation of the member to parliamentary questions under the dome of parliament is not a measure of the exercise of its role to the fullest, because the role of the member is not limited to ask questions only to the government, he said.

He explained that the role of members extends to work in the internal committees of the Council, writing reports on general topics and laws to be discussed in the future, and many other roles assigned to the members of the Council, as well as discussing the answers of the government to the questions of other members and commented under the dome of parliament.

A platform promoting election in Abu Dhabi

The Abu Dhabi Emirate Commission, part of the National Election Commission (NEC), today inaugurated a new platform to publicize and promote the Federal National Council elections at Yas Mall.

According to the committee, the new platform provides an opportunity to meet directly with the visitors to the mall from different categories, to inform citizens of the importance of active participation in the electoral process, and to inform them of the schedule and registration dates for the candidates, the duties of the voter and the candidate, as well as receiving the Committee's various public inquiries. The podium organizers have been distributing educational and awareness brochures on the electoral process in general, including the executive instruction booklet, the voter and candidate guide, and the election schedule.

- Male candidates focused on issues and files related to working women, housewives, widows and divorced women.

- Candidates preferred to take issues such as Emiratisation, education and health as a priority at the beginning of their election campaigns.