Promoting people's monitoring on the general elections program

Maat" requests from the Military Council a decree to make the sorting inside the sub-committees

Posted Tue 31-01-2012

Within the framework of Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights to support the process of political participation and work on the integrity of elections and its correctness, the foundation demanded from the military council to issue a to make the sorting in the sub-committees instead of the general committees. This comes within the framework of popular control adopted by the Foundation, which aims to convert the voter to the observer and to make assessment for the electoral process.

Statement No. 1 Maat Foundation concluded its training course for the awareness of voters and the electoral process will start

Posted Tue 31-01-2012

Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights concluded the training workshops of the popular committees that will follow up the elections of November 28, and 29 in the first phase. These workshops include nine (9) governorates. Maat will follow up this phase in Egypt, Luxor and Alexandria. This follow up comes within the popular control program on elections executed by Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights in the semi renewals of Shura Council in 2010 and also former People's council elections.

Re-Election in the First Round

Posted Thu 15-12-2011

Maat Foundation for Peace ,Development and Human Rights started Monday, 5/12/2011 at 6:00 am,the run-off for the first round of parliamentary elections in the governorates of Cairo, Alexandria and Luxor, where we followed the electoral process. In Cairo governorate, representatives of elections from Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights monitored the open of all committees at 8:00 am except Committees No. 793 and 794 in Al-Salam City Department due to the theft of ballot papers after a group of thugs smashed the car of a supervising counselor on the committees.

Conclusion of International Observers

Posted Wed 14-12-2011

Maat Foundation for Peace , Development, Human Rights and Network Elections in the Arab world concluded the training of international bservers who will monitor the elections of Egypt in the second phase in 6 provinces. These provinces are Guiza, Sharkia, Menoufia, Suez, Ismailia, Beni Suef. It is worth mentioning that the network of elections in the Arab world has got 67 licenses to follow-up the statement of the Egyptian elections.

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Ongoing Parliamentary Elections Weak turnout in the Run-off Continue of Propaganda despite of the Supreme Committee ban for its u

Posted Tue 06-12-2011

The first hours and even mid-day witnessed continuation of the weak turnout of voters in Cairo, Alexandria and Luxor, which was monitored by Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights to monitor the electoral process. Monitors observe that the commissions were empty of voters as if the committees are looking for voters after the voters were looking for them in the first day of the first round. The following are features by representatives of Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights.

In Cairo Governorate

"Testimonials from There," Mid-term Shura Council elections in the eyes of members of People's Committees

Posted Tue 10-08-2010

The main challenge for activities of monitoring on the elections is now a methodological challenge in the first place. Building scientific and quantitative indicators to judge the fairness of the electoral process has become a key requirement of the requirements to develop and expand the scope of civil society organizations’ monitoring on the elections and is a necessary condition to pinpoint the deficiencies and success in the electoral process based on the numbers and percentages, which do not lie and not look beautiful.

Maat issues report on the Egyptian newspapers in Shura Council elections.

Posted Thu 24-06-2010

Despite the importance of  the Shura Council elections that took place in the first of June ,but the press and the media' coverage of this event were not at the required level. In spite of the importance that was given to the elections especially after the constitutional amendments which took place on the councils specialties 2005as it added new powers to the council such as the participation in issuing the laws and regulations. The media observatory of Maat for Peace, Development and Human Rights  made a study on "the Egyptian newspapers in Shura Council elections 2010 ".

Maat issues its final report on the Shura Council Elections Shura Council Elections… Lessons and examples

Posted Thu 17-06-2010

The ballot box is the safe path towards the future and it is the most effective mean for change. It is the freedom's title and the democracy's slogan in the civilized societies. so , the respect of the voters' rights to access to the ballot box in one hand , the respect of their will that was expressed inside the box in another hand and the respect of the results and rules of the box in the third hand . They are indicators of the society and state's maturity and vice versa are elegance of course.

Training workshops under “supporting people’s monitoring on general elections “program Training of People's Committees members in Qena and Sharkya

Posted Mon 24-05-2010

In the framework of Maat’s preparation for monitoring Shura Council elections in 2010, the second and third workshops were held for members of the People's Committees in Qena and Sharkya governorates. The workshop was held in Qena on Saturday, May 22, 2010 in collaboration between Maat Foundation for Peace and Development, Human Rights Association and Upper Egypt Association for Development.

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PRESS RELEASE Training workshop for members of the People's Committees in Giza and Helwan

Posted Sat 22-05-2010

Maat for Peace, Development and Human Rights Association, in cooperation with the citizens Association for development, and Yalla Neshark for community-based Development held a training workshop for members of the People's Committees of target Constituencies in Giza and Helwan governorates.