UAE | Government
FNC poll serves UAE's interest, says Saud
Shaikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Ras Al Khaimah Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler, on Monday said the UAE believes in political reality and knows its interests very well.
- By Nasouh Nazzal, Staff Reporter
- Published: 23:36 May 3, 2009
- In Ras Al Khaimah, voters poured into the polling centre in a steady stream as the Federal National Council election got under way.
- Image Credit: Asghar Khan/Gulf News
Ras Al Khaimah: Shaikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Ras Al Khaimah Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler, on Monday said the UAE believes in political reality and knows its interests very well.
He was speaking during a visit to the polling station at the Cultural Centre here where he was received by Dr Anwar Gargash, Minister of State for FNC Affairs, and other dignitaries.
Shaikh Saud said the UAE?s political reality is reflected in the gradual public involvement in the political sphere. Public institutions are being built gradually.
?The FNC election is a unique experiment and serves the national interests where all emiratis act a single family,? he said.
Dr. Gargash said second round of polling had gone very smoothly.
He said the organization has been impeccable with federal and local departments playing active roles.
He said, ?The organisers have taken care of all the details and the general impression is very positive. The voter turnout in Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah is very high.?
He stressed the visits by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and Shaikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Ras Al Khaimah Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler, had greatly motivated members of the Electoral College.
Share this article
Related Articles
-
Dubai votes in FNC polls
Dubai votes in FNC polls
-
Voters pour into RAK poll centres
Voters pour into RAK poll centres
-
Huge response to landmark elections
Huge response to landmark elections
-
What is the Federal National Council?
All you need to know about the Federal National Council of the UAE
-
Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah vote in FNC polls today
Dubai and Ras Al Khaimah vote in FNC polls today
-
E-voting with the aid of technology
Electronic-voting with the aid of information technology
-
UAE votes in historic polls
UAE votes for the first round of elections in historic polls
-
'I did not vote for candidates from my own tribe, but for the best'
'I did not vote for candidates from my own tribe, but for the best'
-
'Political modernisation under way'
'Political modernisation under way'
More from UAE Government
More from UAE
Popular in UAE
-
Your pictures
Readers' pictures
The best reader pictures from around the UAE this week
Latest news
- Ex-minister acquitted of defrauding woman
- Student tackles used cooking oil
- Road accidents the leading cause of brain injuries in Dubai
- No one wants to teach
- Notary phone bookings to start next month
- Move abandoned vehicles out of the way
- Fishmongers, consumers trade charges
- DIFF function to raise funds for Aids charity
- Seven held trying to fly from Abu Dhabi illegally
- Haj mission's H1N1 measures lauded
- Employer prosecuted for false accusation
- Number of Saudi students rises
- English to stay as medium of instruction
- Petrol fumes at gas stations are threat to health
- 15 genetic triggers linked to birth defects in UAE
Community Reports
-
Keeping out curious cats in Abu Dhabi
Felines trapped in electrical substations create a nuisance
-
Construction site turned into dump
Sharjah residents using abandoned spot to dispose of waste
-
Stop disregarding road rules
Gulf News reader calls on authorities to curb reckless driving during rush hours in Mussafah industrial area underpass
-
Public transport is the way to go
Residents must stop complaining about feeder buses taking up parking space
