514 candidates to the next parliamentary elections including 35 women

The Ministry of Interior and Municipalities announced yesterday the closure of submissions for candidacy to the planned parliamentary elections.  Out of a total of 514 people who submitted their candidacy, some 43 were women (i.e. 6.8% of total).  To be noted that the number of candidates who submitted their files during the opening last year was 706 candidates of whom 43 were women (i.e. 6.2%) thus clearly indicating a very low percentage.

Source: Al-Mustaqbal, Al-Safir 17 September 2014

For the full list of the women candidates, please click the following link: Names of women candidates for the 2014 Parliamentary elections