Former terrorists tried to fool the administration to recover their civil rights

Many terrorists who served their prison sentences flocked to different municipal services in charge of the electoral lists records to lodge complaints against the fact that they were denied the right to vote in the upcoming presidential elections.

• The move was intended to recover their civil and political rights provided for by the national peace and reconciliation procedures.
• According to judicial sources, the election committees set up across the country have received scores of complaints from former terrorists who lost their civil rights following their past activities.
• These sources added that this initiative was aimed at recovering the lost ground by these people and retrieve their rights, seizing the opportunity of a large campaign of electoral lists’ updates launched by local authorities.
• It should be noted that the national reconciliation law forbids some categories of criminals to cherish their civil rights even if they have served their prison sentences or surrendered to authorities.
• Sources estimated the number of complaints to hundreds amid a total absence of  a verified census, forcing judges to go back to these people’s criminal records in order to clear the situation.
• The justice ministry has resorted to a large number of judges to supervise this operation in compliance with the legislation.
• This updating operation was designed to clear the situation of some 1.5 million voters  nationwide and enabled the registration of more than 22 thousand new eligible electors.