In response to MPs obstinacy to reduce women’s quota in electoral lists, women organizations request President to intervene

Women's organizationS addressed a letter to the president of the Republic to criticize the MPs decision to block the 30% quota in lectoral lists for women and reduce it to 20%. The women organization took the MP move as challenging the political and popular will.

• The letter which Echorouk possess a copy of, expresses the feeling of astonishment within women organizations as to the legal council of the lower house of parliament which  want to pass a 20% quota instead of the 30% proposed by the government.
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• According to a draft bill issued by the government, political parties can benefit from exceptional financial aid from the Stat in accordance to the number of elected women candidates.
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• The draft bill came to determine mechanisms meant to end inequality between men and women. It imposes quota system and alternation principle in candidates’ list.
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• Women’s representation in the People’s National Assembly (APN) is estimated at 7.7 percent. That means 30 women deputies out of 389 and 3 percent in the Council of Nation (Senate). That means 5 seats out of 144 senators.