Talk:Elections in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

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Three points on the article:

1. I do believe new elections have been held since 1995, i.e. after the XI Polisario congress in 2003.

2. I think representatives are actually elected as independents, i.e. candidating on a personal mandate among the refugee population -- not specifically as candidates for the Polisario, although the whole elections of course take place within the framework of the Polisario-backed SADR. This is in the same way that the Polisario has no "membership": it is an organization for the refugees, and everyone living in the camps are active in it somehow (it works as kind of a substitute nationality rather than an organization with formal membership.) By this I mean, it would simply be beside the point for anyone to act as a candidate for the Polisario.

3. I also believe the system is bicameral. There exists some kind of second chamber modelled on the old Sahrawi "Council of Forty"-tradition, comprised of sheikhs and other respected elders. Unsure if it has anything but symbolic powers, though; its supposed to act in an advisory role to the executive organs and the president. I've heard this chamber was set up reluctantly and partly in response to the UN:s demand for "sheikhs" to administer the voter identification process before the referendum, since the Polisario has always been very hostile to any kind of tribalism.

Does anyone know anything else on this? Comments appreciated.

===>News to me I'm not familiar with any of this information; where did you get it? Justin (koavf) 01:35, September 13, 2005 (UTC)

Justin/Koavf: Well, its mostly stuff I heard in contacts with Sahrawis, and I'm not sure about any of it. I was hoping someone else was. But I asked specifically about these things when visiting the camps a few years ago, since I couldn't make sense of the political system (the SADR-Polisario overlap is confusing). About the new elections, I now think I might have mixed that up with the National Secretariat elections, which are of course more important, but not really _parliamentary_ elections. A new NS was elected in the autumn of 2003.

Proposed move?
I'm not sure there is a move proposal, but if there is, I disagree. See Talk:Prime Minister of Western Sahara. Also it's useful to keep this as a disambiguation page, since elections take place in the territory under both systems (in the Polisario-held and Moroccan-held parts, to the SADR and Moroccan legislatures respectively). Lastly, Moroccan elections in Western Sahara are not Elections in Morocco per se (since they do not take place in recognized Moroccan territory), and should be dealt with here (if only like this, with a link). Arre 15:43, 30 December 2005 (UTC)


 * There is 2 solutions: move the page or use an infobox without flags to comply with WP principles of neutrality. Daryou 20:28, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

===>Not really Since this is about elections that occur in Western Sahara, you can feel free to add information about the election of provincial officials from the Moroccan government. Justin (koavf) 21:00, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

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