Almotamar.net - Administration manager at the Supreme Commission for Elections and Referendum SCER Ilham Abulwahab said she pins hope on covenant of honour among political parties to support the woman as a candidate in the 4th parliamentary elections in Yemen schedule in April 2009, calling for benefiting from the initiative of the president of the republic for allocation of 15% of seats for the woman and the quota system inside the present electoral system representing positive distinguishing in favour of the woman.
Ms Abdulwahab added that the Yemeni constitution stipulates equality between the man and the woman and its amendment in favour of positive distinguishing for the woman recalls referendum amidst a masculine environment it is possible for its bias against the woman. Nevertheless, she said it can be resorted to amending the law of political parties obliging them to offer a certain percentage to the woman in the lists of their candidates.
Although the administration manager at the SCER expected, in an interview with almotamar.net, an increase in number of woman candidates in the parliamentary elections of next April due to accumulation of awareness among the woman , she said the question of reaching the parliament she does not believe it.
-- Almotamar.net
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