Candidates can register their names for Federal National Council (FNC) election for three days from Aug. 14.
Employees serving in the public sector can stand for election but are considered to be on leave from their jobs during their campaign.
Candidates can run campaigns in the local media and to hold press conferences and sessions laying out their campaign promises. They can continue campaign from Sept. 4 to Sept. 21.
State news agency WAM quoted National Election Commission (NEC) Chairman Anwar Mohammed Gargash as saying that the FNC election has seen a qualitative leap in terms of holding the elections whereas the NEC has decided to conduct the whole elections in just one day (Sept. 24) instead of three days as followed in the previous FNC election.
“The election timeline provides features of a road map which will guide the NEC in delivering requirements of the elections. This will allow the NEC to measure its performance in running the elections in consistence with a time-based performance indicators,” he added.
According to the NEC, the preliminary list of candidates will be announced on 20th August. Then there will be two days to file objections against any contesting candidate.
Currently Abu Dhabi and Dubai have eight elected members in the FNC. Sharjah and Ras Al-Khaimah have six members each while Fujairah, Ajman and Umm Al-Quwain have got four members each. A total 40 members were elected during 2006 FNC election.
Competing candidates may raise donations of no more than AED 2 million. However, they are prohibited from receiving any funds or donations from outside the country or from foreign sources.
