Tribal voting and low turnout dents ‘democratic experiment’


Issue 909 - 01 Oct 2011 | 5 minute read

With the fervour of the Arab Spring on its doorstep, one might have expected the democratic spirit to have rubbed off on the UAE, with those able to vote in its second ever election on 24 September taking the opportunity to elect representatives for the Federal National Council (FNC).

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