TRADE unions have been warned against taking part in campaigns to promote election candidates running in this month’s national polls.
The Labour and Social Development Ministry said yesterday that trade unions and federations were prohibited from promoting election programmes of candidates ahead of the parliament and municipal elections on November 24.
It said unions must be impartial in the electoral process and called on everyone to abide by the rules and regulations issued by the High Elections Committee (HEC) to ensure the safety of the elections.
“The Labour and Social Development Ministry calls on trade unions and federations in Bahrain to abide by rules and regulations that ban political work, including promoting elections campaigns for parliamentary and municipal candidates for the elections,” said the ministry in a statement issued yesterday.
“According to the law, trade unions and federations are banned from taking part in any election campaigning.
“In addition, they are not allowed to take part in political work and they are not allowed to use any of their premises to promote any candidate in a bid to ensure all candidates receive a fair treatment.”
The ministry also said that legal action would be taken against those who break the law and promote candidates.
The General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions (GFBTU), one of the largest trade union federations in the country, supported the decision yesterday and said that it was in the benefit of all election hopefuls.
“The decision makes sense because the law was placed to help all the candidates receive fair treatment during the elections,” said GFBTU assistant secretary for international relations Karim Radhi.
“Some candidates might not be backed by trade unions and trade union federations and it will not be fair to them.”
The GDN reported last week that election campaigning in mosques and places of worship has been banned.
The Jaffari Waqf (Endowment) Directorate said last Tuesday that imams, preachers and muezzins were prohibited from promoting the campaigns of candidates.
A total of 430 candidates are contesting the elections in the country’s four governorates – 293 for parliament and 173 for municipal councils.
People urged to cast their ballots on election day
While a total of 365,467 citizens are eligible to vote in the November 24 polls with a second round of voting for closely contested seats taking place on December 1.
Forty polling stations will be open from 8am to 8pm on election day, besides 14 general polling stations where residents of any constituency can vote.
Overseas voting will take place at 29 embassies, consulates and diplomatic missions abroad on November 20 and 27.
Meanwhile, the Elections Executive Committee said the supervisory committee had started distributing voter lists to parliamentary and municipal candidates in each constituency.
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CAPITAL GOVERNORATE
Candidates running for parliament elections are:
Constituency One (Hoora, Gudaibiya and Diplomatic Area): Adel Al Asoomi (incumbent MP), Abdulla Janahi, Murad Ali Murad and Khalid Sulaibeekh.
Constituency Two (old Manama Suq, Burhama, Naim, Salmaniya, Ghufool, Salhiya and Segaya): Sawsan Kamal, Faisal Bin Rajab, Ahmed Al Hawaj, Ali Jawad, Ibtisam Hejres and Aladdin Buali.
Constituency Three (Sanabis, Daih, Seef District and Karbabad): Ali Sameer, Mahdi Sharrar, Adel Hameed (incumbent MP), Fatima Al Modawub, Abdulhadi Marhoon, Abdulhadi Mansoor, Essam Al Bahrani, Hamad Al Qassimi, Mohammed Al Hayki, Mamdooh Al Saleh, Hussain Ali, Ahmed Bilal, Mohammed Al Aradi, Ammar Al Mahari and Hussain Abdulla.
Constituency Four (Mahooz, Abu Ghazal, Umm Al Hassam, Juffair, Al Fateh District, Abu Ashaira and Adliya): Abdulrahman Bumajeed (incumbent MP), Ammar Al Bannai and Hassan Bukhammas.
Constituency Five: (Zinj and Billad Al Qadeem): Nasser Al Qaseer (incumbent MP), Dounia Fakhrawi, Fatima Mansoor, Ahmed Al Salloom, Mahdi Qaheri, Hani Hussain, Abdulamir Ali and Rashad Mohammed.
Constituency Six: (Jidhafs, Ayn Al Dar, Tashan, Khamis, Tubli, Adhari and Southern Sehla): Ali Al Ateesh (incumbent MP), Ali Kamali, Masooma Abdulraheem, Nadia Al Mallah, Ehsan Al Faraj, Abdulla Ali, Fadhel Ashoor, Mohammed Shubbar, Abdeen Tajeek and Kamil Abdulhussain.
Constituency Seven (Jidali, Jurdab and Al Nasfa): Talal Al Ghanas, Zainab Abdulamir, Riyadh Kuwaitan, Fouad Al Ruwaie, Afaf Al Mousawi and Abdulaziz Juma.
Constituency Eight (Nabih Saleh and Sitra): Dr Shaikh Abdulmajeed Al Asfoor (incumbent MP), Zahraa Rabee’e, Mohammed Ashoor Mohammed, Fadhel Al Sawad and Hassan Al Saddadi.
Constituency Nine (Eker and Ma’meer): Mohammed Millad (incumbent MP), Ammar Ibrahim, Zahra Haram, Ibrahim Mattar and Ibrahim Al Asfoor.
Constituency Ten (Sanad): Hamad Taqi, Ali Ishaqi, Eman Shuwaitar, Loay Abu Bers, Khalid Al Eid, Abdulla Al Hammadi and Tariq Al Tamimi.
NORTHERN GOVERNORATE
Candidates running for parliament elections are:
Constituency One (Meqsha, Helat Al Abd Al Saleh, Bahrain Fort village, Karranah, Janusan, Barbar, Jid Al Haj and parts of Duraz): Habeeb Shabeeb, Kaltham Al Hayki, Mohammed Rabei and Ibtisam Al Asfoor.
Constituency Two (Duraz, Bani Jamra and Al Markh): Fatima Ahmed, Mohammed Shehab and Fadhel Al Durazi.
Constituency Three (Budaiya, Jasra and Hamala Coast): Hamad Al Doseri (incumbent MP), Adel Al Dosseri, Khalid Al Qaod, Hafedth Al Dosseri, Abdullah Al Dosseri, Ali Al Ma’amari and Khalid Al Khalidi.
Constituency Four (Jabalat Habshi, Northern Sehla, Salmabad and Zayed Town): Nedhal Al Shomeli, Ebrahim Al Shehab, Ammar Awachi, Jehad Al Mo’emen, Ghazi Al Rahma (incumbent MP), Fawaz Al Ameen, Salman Abdullah, Mohammed Al Sabbagh, Suhaila Haji, Mohammed Yousif Mohammed, Abduljabbar Al Owainti, Al Sayed Adel Al Alawi, Khalid Bucheeri, Ali Ma’ayoof, Mohsin Al Asfoor, Nabeel Ali and Amal Salman.
Constituency Five (Al Qadam, Al Hajar, Abu Saiba, Shakhoora, Saar, South Janabiya and Maqaba): Al Sayed Falah Abdullah, Ali Sabt, Mohammed Fardan, Loai Kamal Al Deen, Hussain Qaheri, Mohammed Bushehri, Ali Al Omran, Mariam Al Rowaie, Nader Ahmed, Majed Sarraj, Jameel Al Rowaie, Jassim Isa, Ali Al Arrayedh, Adel Bokhowa, Nabeel Ali, Ahmed Ghuloom and Zahra Al Asfoor.
Constituency Six (A’ali): Hameed Nasser, Lamya Ma’atooq, Abdulnabi Salman, Ruqaya Al Ghasra, Maitham Al Daghas, Saeed Hussain, Ali Abdulhassan, Abduljaleel Khamis, Abdullah Ashoor (incumbent councillor).
Constituency Seven (Al Qaraya, West Janabiya, Boori and Hamala): Latifa Al Meer, Ebrahim Al Mutawa, AlSayed Fathi Alawi, Muneer Suroor, Majeed Adeeb, Alsayed Majeed Hashim, Ahmed Al Demestani, Ali Al Jassim and Ali Sakran.
Constituency Eight (Hamad Town - from Suq Waqif to roundabout three and the eastern parts from roundabout four to six): Mohammed Balshook (incumbent councillor), Abdulrahman Al Khalidi, Abdullah Al Thawadi, Khalid AlManaseer, Hafsa Ghareeb, Abdulrahman Al Najdi, Essa Turki (incumbent MP), Ghada Al Helo and Mushei Al Dosseri.
Constituency Nine (Hamad Town – western part from roundabout four to 13): Abdulhameed Mohammed (incumbent MP), Abbas Alomani, Jameel Abbas, Abdulhameed Abdulghaffar, Yusuf Zainal, Hasan Al Alawi, Abdullah Al A’ali and Latifa Mohammed.
Constituency Ten (Hamad Town – eastern part from roundabout seven to 21): Basem Al Malki, Hesham Rabeea, Mohammad Al Ammadi (incumbent MP), Jameel Hasan, Abdullah Al Bakri, Ahmed Hussain, Fuad Al Mansoori and Mansoor Hubail.
Constituency Eleven (Hamad Town - western part from roundabout 14 to 22 - and Dar Kulaib): Mohammed Buhamood (incumbent councillor), Jamal Dawood (incumbent MP), Ali Al Fadhli and Zaid Alenizi.
Constituency Twelve (Demistan, Malkiya, Karzakan and Al Louzy): Adel Abdulaal, Hussain Al Khayyat, Mohammed Rajab, Mahmood Salman, Eyad Al Jaber, Murad Al Hassoni, Mariam Madan, Ali Fardan, Hasan Ahmed and Abdullah Hassan.
Candidates running for municipal council elections are:
Constituency One (Meqsha, Helat Al Abd Al Saleh, Bahrain Fort village, Karranah, Janusan, Barbar, Jid Al Haj and parts of Duraz): Sayed Alwedai, Mohammed Al Asfoor, Abdulrazaq Maki, Yasser AbdulAziz, Ali Al Showaikh (incumbent councillor) and Ali Al Mahari.
Constituency Two (Duraz, Bani Jamra and Al Markh): Badreya Abdulhussain (she won unopposed).
Constituency Three (Budaiya, Jasra and Hamala Coast): Ahmed Al Dosseri, Mohammed Al Dosseri, Abduljalil Saleh, Mohammed Masdo and Hameed Al Haddar.
Constituency Four (Jabalat Habshi, Northern Sehla, Salmabad and Zayed Town): Hamad Abdullah, Laegha Salman, Hamad Al Dosseri (incumbent councillor), Faisal Shabeeb and Saleh Saeed.
Constituency Five (Al Qadam, Al Hajar, Abu Saiba, Shakhoora, Saar, South Janabiya and Maqaba): Ahmed Al Kooheji (incumbent councillor), Hussain Mohammed, Isa AlAsfoor and Ali Ahmed.
Constituency Six (A’ali): Hussain Al A’ali, Qasim Al Samaheeji, Husain Al Khayyat, Hamad Ali, Hadi Ramadhan Ali, Sayed Hashem and Sayed Ahmed Mahfoodh.
Constituency Seven (Al Qaraya, West Janabiya, Boori and Hamala): Ahmed Yousif, Ebrahim Salman, Ebrahim Addulaziz Ebrahim, Zaina Jassim and Ali Mohammed.
Constituency Eight (Hamad Town - from Suq Waqif to roundabout three and the eastern parts from roundabout four to six): Ahmed Khalaf, Yaseen Zainal Abdullah, Jassim Hejris, Rami Al Kaabi, Ahmed Ayyash and Khalid Bureshaid.
Constituency Nine (Hamad Town – western part from roundabout four to 13): Abdullah Mubarak, Ahmed Shaaban and Aref Al Marran.
Constituency Ten (Hamad Town – eastern part from roundabout seven to 21): Mohammed Al Dhaen, Taha Al Jenaid, Kamal Salman and Najeh Obaid.
Constituency Eleven (Hamad Town - western part from roundabout 14 to 22 - and Dar Kulaib): Mohammed Habib Mohammed, Abdulraman Saud, Ahmed Al Mannai, Ali Ebrahim Ali and Khalil Mukthar.
Constituency Twelve (Demistan, Malkiya, Karzakan and Al Louzy): Zainab Al Derazi, Mohammed Hameed, Ali Abdulla Helal, Abbas Al Bahrani, Jamal Yousif Ali, Jasim Al Farsani and Jameel Abdulwahab.
SOUTHERN GOVERNORATE
Candidates running for parliament elections are:
Constituency One (Zayed Town and parts of Isa Town): Adnan Al Malki, Nasreen Maroof, Mohammed Matar, Duaij Al Thawadi, Ahmed Al Aamer, Abdulrazaq Al Shaikh and Anwar Qambar.
Constituency Two (East Isa Town): Mohammed Al Ahmed, Hassan Al Dossary, Isa Al Qadhi, Mohammed Al Zayani and Mohammed Al Rashed.
Constituency Three (parts of Buhair): Ahmed Al Ansari (incumbent councillor), Adel Al Yahya and Mohammed Al Hosani.
Constituency Four (parts of Buhair): Ali Zayed, Anas Bumtaia, Ahmed Al Noaimi, Salman Al Salman, Faisal Al Bufalah, Rashid Al Binali, Salah Al Rowaihi, Mohammed Al Marafi (incumbent MP), Maitham Rabeei, Ahmed Mohammed, Hassan Al Balooshi and Abdullah Al Rowaiei.
Constituency Five (parts of East Riffa, Hunainiyah Valley and parts of West Riffa): Fawzia Zainal, Khalifa Al Ghanim (incumbent MP), Mohammed Al Bulooshi, Esam Al Khayat, Khalifa Alyami, Mohammed Mohammed, Khalifa Alghanem, Mohammed Altattan and Mohammed Al Kuwaiti.
Constituency Six (West Riffa and Bukawara): Jamal Bu Hassan (incumbent MP), Nadia Al Omar, Nadhem Hashem, Ebrahim Al Mannaei, Hamad Harbi, Abdulrazaq Hattab and Waleed Al Sarahaid.
Constituency Seven (Wadi Al Sail and Al Rawadh): Roaa’a Al Hayki (incumbent MP), Latifah Al Goud, A’alia Al Junaid, Khalifa Al Goud, Ahmed Al Tamimi, Sami Juma, Ali Al Nuaimi and Mohammed Al Ghattam.
Constituency Eight (Sakhir, Al Dur, Askar, Jaw, south East Riffa, Riffa Views and Awali): Mohammed Al Buainain, Jasim Al Rumaihi, Waleed Al Thawadi, Mohammed Saleh and Abdullah Al Tamimi.
Constituency Nine (Safra, Zallaq, Al Jazair Beach, Al Motala, Wadi Ali and parts of Dar Kulaib): Saad Al Tnaib, Bader Al Dossary, Nawar Al Mutawa, Yousef Al Dossary and Nasser Al Zabi.
Constituency Ten (Al Qarain, Umm Jadar Al Saman, Jasaira, Rumaitha, Shabak, Hawar Islands and Durrat Al Bahrain): Khaled Al Dossary and Isa Al Dossary.
Candidates running for municipal council elections are:
Constituency One (Zayed Town and parts of Isa Town): Jassim Buhmood, Nabeel Al Shanoo, Eman Abdullah, Mohammed Al Najjar, Salah Al Derzi, Mohammed Saif, Yousef Al Hadi, Ahmed Arafa and Khalid Showaiter.
Constituency Two (East Isa Town): Hamad Al Thani, Mallala Abdullah and Mohammed Al Khal (incumbent councillor).
Constituency Three (parts of Buhair): Mohammed Al Riffaei, Abdullah Ebrahim and Isa Salmeen.
Constituency Four (parts of Buhair): Khaled Al Gaoud, Omar Abdulrahman, Mohammed Salmeen, Isa Al Ghrir, Abdulrahman Akhwand and Murad Saleh.
Constituency Five (parts of East Riffa, Hunainiyah Valley and parts of West Riffa): Abdulatif Mohammed, Khaled Shajira, Abdulrahman Al Husain, Saleh Rashid and Abdullah Abdullah.
Constituency Six (West Riffa and Bukawara): Khaled Janahi, Isa Al Najjar and Ebrahim Al Mohammed.
Constituency Seven (Wadi Al Sail and Al Rawadh): Abdullah Bubshait, Tariq Ali, Jameel Al Noaimi, Jamal Ali Zayed, Wafa Bastak and Yousuf Sultan.
Constituency Eight (Sakhir, Al Dur, Askar, Jaw, south East Riffa, Riffa Views and Awali): Bader Al Tamimi and Ali Al Romaihi.
Constituency Nine (Safra, Zallaq, Al Jazair Beach, Al Motala, Wadi Ali and parts of Dar Kulaib): Naseh Al Dakhil, Talal Edham, Mohammed Abdulrahim and Mohammed Marzooq.
Constituency Ten (Al Qarain, Umm Jadar Al Saman, Jasaira, Rumaitha, Shabak, Hawar Islands and Durrat Al Bahrain): Hazam Al Dossary (won unopposed).
MUHARRAQ GOVERNORATE
Candidates running for parliament elections are:
Constituency One (Busaiteen): Hamad Al Kooheji, Ali Bufarsan (incumbent MP), Mohammed Al Husain, Mohammed Al Muttawa and Isa Al Hassan.
Constituency Two (parts of old Muharraq): Ebrahim Al Nafaei, Mohammed Al Namer, Layla Al Mahmeed, Dr Huda Al Mahmood, Ebrahim Al Hammdi (incumbent MP) Mohammed Al Senan, Saleh Al Noaimi, Abdul Binzaiman and Bashar Fakhro.
Constituency Three (parts of Bin Ali and parts of Busaiteen): Mohammed Isa, Lubna Al Hasan, Mohmed Al Alaiwi, Najem Al Senan, Isa Mussier and Ahmed Al Kuwaiti.
Constituency Four (Halat Bu Maher, Al Ghous Corniche and Old Muharraq Suq): Isa Al Kooheji (incumbent MP), Hisham Al Awadhi and Mohammd Al Khayami.
Constituency Five (Galali, Amwal Islands and Diyar Al Muharraq): Ebrahim Bucheery, Noora Al Khater, Nawaf Faraj, Ahmed Al Abbasi, Mahmood Al Mahmood, Mohammed Al Faraj, Khalid Buanq, Hanadi Al Jowder, Ahmed Abdulmalek, Saad Mehboob and Mohammed Al Jowder (incumbent MP).
Constituency Six (Dair and Samaheej): Taghreed Alawi, Hisham Alasheeri, Hassan Al Samahiji, Anas Ateeq and Azahar Ali.
Constituency Seven (Arad): Ammar Qambar, Ali Al Muqla (incumbent MP), Rashid Ahmed, Hassan Ismail, Saleema Al Aradi, Najeeb Mohammed, Sabah Al Doseri, Abdulla Al Bastaki, Rashid Jalal, Yusuf Mohamed and Ali Alansari.
Constituency Eight (Hidd): Raed Al Ahmed, Mubarak Mekhaimer, Talal Jassim, Sameer Al Khadem, Abdulla Bughammar, Abdulrahman Buali (incumbent MP), Mohammed Alammadi and Yusuf Al Thawadi.
Candidates running for municipal council elections are:
Constituency One (Busaiteen): Abdulla Al Sehli, Jamal Abdulla, Abdulla Yusuf, Waheed Al Mannai and Khalid Buallay.
Constituency Two (parts of old Muharraq): Hassan Aldoy, Ahmed Al Haddad, Waleed Abdulla, Anwar Al Baloohi and Nabeel Araifi.
Constituency Three (parts of Bin Ali and parts of Busaiteen): Mohammed Hamada, Rashed Al Sendi, Khalid Al Jaber, Yahya Al Shaikh, Basem Mujadami, Abdulqader Abdulrahman and Mohammed Saad.
Constituency Four (Halat Bu Maher, Al Ghous Corniche and Old Muharraq Suq): Faisal Al Abbasi, Layali Haider, Yusuf Alamer, Fahad Rabeea and Ghazi Al Murbati (incumbent councillor).
Constituency Five (Galali, Amwal Islands and Diyar Al Muharraq): Ramadan Mohammed, Tariq Mubarak, Anwar Al Hariri, Ahmed Ali Saleh and Saleh Buhaza.
Constituency Six (Dair and Samaheej): Ali Al Nasooh (incumbent councillor) and Fadhel Aloud.
Constituency Seven (Arad): Ali Al Nayem, Adel Aljar, Ahmed Al Muqahwi, Ali AlSaei and Hanan Arabi.
Constituency Eight (Hidd): Abdulaziz Al Kaabi, Ramzi Al Jalaleef and Abdulla Al Harmi.
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