Description
Added on the 01/06/2021 13:56:20 - Copyright : AFP EN
A brawl between members of parliament breaks out in Sierra Leone after MPs debate a proposed change to the electoral system to allow for proportional representation in next year's election, local media reported. IMAGES
Little movement is seen in the streets of Somalia's capital city, Mogadishu, placed under curfew as the Somali parliament elects the next president. MPs vote in a tent inside Mogadishu's airport complex, held under tight security by the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS), with dozens of candidates vying for the position in the troubled nation as it battles an Islamist insurgency and the threat of famine. IMAGES
A drive-in has been set up behind the Italian parliament to allow Italian MPs and regional delegates who are isolating or in quarantine due to Covid-19 to vote for new president. Italy's parliament starts voting Monday for a new president, a process that could take several days and, with Prime Minister Mario Draghi tipped for the job, risks destabilising the government. IMAGES
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa visits the houses of parliament in Cape Town where a massive fire has destroyed the national assembly. No casualties have been reported so far but President Cyril Ramaphosa told reporters at the scene an arrest had been made. IMAGES
Georgia election official Gabriel Sterling is the state's voting systems manager. And according to Business Insider, the Republican has had more than enough of President Donald Trump and GOP senators. In a fiery press conference Tuesday, Sterling a Republican, urged them to 'stop inspiring potential acts of violence' against election workers. He said a young contractor with an election vendor, Dominion Voting Systems, has faced threats and harassment for completing basic tech tasks. Sterling tore into the president and local lawmakers for not showing any leadership and of being 'complicit' in the harassment of election workers. Someone's going to get hurt, someone's going to get shot, someone's going to get killed, and it's not right. Gabriel Sterling, Voting Systems Manager Georgia Secretary of State's Office
Face masks have been a contentious issue across the US as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on. That reality was unchanged at polling sites on Election Day, reports Business Insider. Many jurisdictions have chosen not to enforce mask mandates at polling places. They have done so as not to discourage people from voting or cause people to stay home. At some polling sites, disputes over masks led to long lines. Some voters felt intimidated and unsafe by those who chose not to wear them.
|
Support : Technical 
- Content 
- Editors 
