Day: May 11, 2023

Kuwait’s Permanent Representative to the UN headquarters in New York Ambassador Tareq Al-Banai, late Wednesday, vehemently condemned the recent Israeli acts of aggression against the hapless Palestinian people, saying that the UNSC must take responsibility in this regard to ensure peace and security in the region and the world.

Al-Banai, who heads the Arab group in the month of May, told the press outside the UNSC hall that resolutions concerning providing protecting to the people of Palestine as well as the UN charter, human rights, and international laws must be upheld in connection with this alarming situation.

All members of the UN should hold the Israeli occupation authorities responsible and the protection of the Palestinian must be the goal that should be attained by the UNSC.

The Israeli occupiers’ assault and air raids on the Gaza Strip had resulted so far in the deaths of no less than 22 Palestinians.

Source: Kuwait News Agency

With only a few days separating Turkiye from decisive presidential and parliamentary elections, to be held on May 14, a highly competitive atmosphere sweeps over the nation.

Calculations and independent polls indicate that the two runner ups, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, candidate of people’s alliance, and Kemal Kilicdaroglu, candidate of republican people’s party, are neck and neck.

The people’s alliance is primarily supported by the justice and development party, and the nationalist movement party, as well as a number of smaller parties including Islamic parties that only recently announced their support.

Kilicdaroglu, opposition spearhead, is running on behalf of the table of six political coalition, an alliance including Republican People’s Party, Good Party, Felicity Party, Democrat Party, Democracy and Progress Party and Future Party.

Predictions indicate the table of six will be receiving significant unofficial support from the Peoples’ Democratic Party, Kurds’ main representative in the country.

Deputy Chief of Ihlas news agency Irfan Altikardes told KUNA that it is proving to be quite hard to predict outcome of elections, as the fortunes of the two runner-ups seem to be quite similar.

On the other hand, many believe President Erdogan to be a step ahead of opposition chief, as he is taking advantage of this critical and intricate stage and becoming more keen to win the electoral race, perhaps most important elections in recent Turkish history.

Turkiye’s political system, following a referendum in 2017, changed from parliamentary to presidential, placing most powers in the hands of the president, who also presides over cabinet, appoints ministers and absolves from office.

Participating in the upcoming elections are 34 parties, but only five are represented in current the current parliament; justice and development party, republican people’s party, peoples’ Democratic Party, the nationalist movement party and the good party.

A total of four candidates are vying for the presidential position; Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, Muharram Ince and Sinan Ogan.

Source: Kuwait News Agency