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PILDAT says Feb 8 polls record lowest fairness score since 2013

  The Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) has issued a report detailing its assessment of the recently-concluded general election, expressing deep concerns over a decline in fairness scores compared to previous election cycles.

Egyptian President Morsi annuls Presidential decree

Mohamed Morsi (R) along Prime Minister Hesham Qandil

After riots and continuous protest from Egyptian opposition parties, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has annulled a decree that gave him sweeping powers and placed him beyond judicial oversight.

"The constitutional decree is annulled from this moment," former presidential candidate Mohamed Selim El-Awa told a press conference in Cairo late on Saturday night. 


On the other hand a referendum on a draft constitution will still go ahead as planned on December 15, he added. 

Yesterday, Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Qandil told an Egyptian television channel that Morsi was preparing to amend the decree.

Qandil told media that the Egyptian president tasked six officials and elements of the opposition to "modify the constitutional declaration" he issued last month.

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