Losing Indonesian presidential candidate Ganjar calls for new election
Jakarta, Indonesia Reuters The legal team of losing Indonesia presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo filed a complaint at the country’s constitutional court on Saturday, calling for a fresh election and disqualification of the winning team of defence minister Prabowo Subianto. Ganjar, a former Central Java governor supported by the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), […]
After months in jail, Senegalese family vows to vote out ruling party
Dakar, Senegal Reuters When Aramata Djiba was arrested and taken with her four-month-old baby to a maximum security prison in Senegal’s capital Dakar, she said she felt it was the “end of the world”. “I had no hope…I cried for a week,” said the 29-year-old kindergarten teacher. She said she shared a cell, and a […]
Centre-right’s Stubb wins close-fought Finnish presidential election
Helsinki, Finland Reuters Alexander Stubb of the centre-right National Coalition Party narrowly won Finland’s presidential election on Sunday, defeating liberal Green Party member Pekka Haavisto, who conceded defeat. Stubb is pro-European and a strong supporter of Ukraine who has taken a tough stance towards Russia. National Coalition Party presidential candidate Alexander Stubb reacts to the […]
Push to mobilise turnout as Egyptians vote for president
Suez, Egypt Reuters Egyptians, some arriving on buses or stationed waving national flags outside polling stations, voted on Monday in the second of three days in a presidential election in which Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to sweep to a third, six-year term. Many have shown little interest or knowledge about the election, which is […]
Trump should be disqualified from 2024 ballot over 6th January riot, advocates say at trial
Reuters Donald Trump should be disqualified from Colorado’s ballot in next year’s election because he “incited a violent mob” in Washington on 6th January, 2021, an advocacy group lawyer argued at the opening of a trial on Monday. A lawsuit brought by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington is a test case for whether […]
Updated: Ecuador leftist Gonzalez concedes presidential election to rival Noboa
Updated: 12:15pm (AEDT)Quito/Guayaquil, EcuadorReuters Ecuadorean presidential candidate Luisa Gonzalez on Sunday conceded the presidential election to her rival, business heir Daniel Noboa, congratulating him on his victory. Noboa was tallying more than 52 per cent of the vote, while Gonzalez had about 48 per cent, with nearly 90 per cemt of ballot boxes counted. Ecuadorian […]
Ecuador: Surging Guayaquil violence highlights security ahead of presidential vote
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Fed up with graft, Guatemalans face familiar names in presidential vote
Guatemala CityReuters Guatemala holds a presidential election on Sunday with voters clamouring for a government that can tackle corruption, inflation and violence, though no candidate is expected to secure enough votes to win outright, setting the scene for a run-off. Polling points to a close contest between former First Lady Sandra Torres, conservative career diplomat […]
Montenegro holds run-off presidential election
Podgorica, MontenegroReuters Montenegrins were set to vote in a run-off presidential election on Sunday, pitting long-time incumbent Milo Djukanovic against a Western-educated economist pledging to lift the nation out of a crisis marked by no-confidence votes in two governments. Polling stations opened at 7am and will close at 8pm. First unofficial results by pollsters, based […]
Amid crisis in ruling coalition, Nepal elects third president
Kathmandu, NepalReuters Amid a bitter crisis in its ruling coalition, Nepal on Thursday elected a social democrat as its third president since the Himalayan nation ended a centuries-old monarchy. The election of Ram Chandra Paudel, 78, comes after a split in the communist-dominated ruling coalition headed by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, a former Maoist […]