Business as usual, as UAE promises ‘more efficient’ FNC polls


Issue 995 - 19 Jun 2015 | 3 minute read

The National Election Committee (NEC)’s 6 June announcement of a timetable for the third Federal National Council (FNC) elections, scheduled for 3 October, provoked little excitement in most of the emirates, even though it carried with it a government commitment to increased responsiveness and transparency in local politics. It was followed in Sharjah by an initiative to broaden participation at emirate level by holding elections for half the seats in its Consultative Council, whose membership will be enlarged to 42. The federal FNC’s official mandate is to provide for public debate of legislation: it is intended to support the leadership by giving opinions, but has no more than an advisory role.

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