[ppi] [ppiindia] Women Bow Out of Madinah Chamber Polls

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http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=81407&d=28&m=4&y=2006

            Friday, 28, April, 2006 (30, Rabi` al-Awwal, 1427)



                  Women Bow Out of Madinah Chamber Polls
                  Maha Akeel, Arab News 


                    
                  JEDDAH, 28 April 2006 - The two businesswomen running in the 
elections for the Madinah Chamber of Commerce and Industry board of directors 
withdrew their nominations on Wednesday. 

                  The news came as a shock to the businesswomen community in 
Madinah and elsewhere as this dashes all hope for a repeat of the Jeddah 
experience in electing women to the chamber's board of directors - especially 
after the failure of women in the Eastern Province to win a seat - until the 
next elections in four years.

                  Dr. Wafa Tulba and Dr. Nihad Sunbul, both dentists, met all 
the criteria for nomination after the applications of four businesswomen were 
rejected, but with their withdrawal and the end of the deadline for filing 
applications, there are no women candidates among the final list of contestants.

                  "We withdrew for personal reasons," said Sunbul to Arab News. 
"We would not like to elaborate on anything at the moment, but later we will 
clarify the reasons behind our decisions." 

                  Rumors surfaced that they were harassed and that they did not 
get the support of the group they were in, but Sunbul refused to comment.

                  Arab News had learned that the two women met with the other 
members of the Golden Group, an alliance of candidates running in the 
elections, a few days ago to discuss the group's agenda and it seems there was 
some sort of disagreement.

                  "The news fell on me like a thunderbolt," said Nisreen 
Qattan, director of the Businesswomen's Center in Madinah. She had planned to 
meet with the two candidates and members of the election supervising committee 
on Wednesday to go over voting procedures.

                  Instead she received a call from the committee informing her 
of the candidates' withdrawal, which meant canceling arrangements for women to 
cast their vote at the center in order to allow them a chance to meet the 
candidates.

                  The women can still cast their vote at the chamber in person 
or through a wakeel (male agent). 

                  Voting will take place for three days starting May 13. The 
first day was supposed to be for women voters at the center but that has been 
canceled.
                 
           
     


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