{"id":971,"date":"2019-10-06T00:46:12","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T20:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovindubai.com\/?p=17183"},"modified":"2019-10-06T00:46:12","modified_gmt":"2019-10-05T20:46:12","slug":"uae-elelection-2019-fnc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/sharjah\/en\/latest\/uae-elelection-2019-fnc\/","title":{"rendered":"Girrrrl Power: The UAE Election 2019 Just Elected Seven Emirati Women To The Federal National Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following a month of campaigns, twenty new members have now been announced to the Federal National Council (FNC), as a result of the UAE Elections 2019. And SEVEN women were elected on Saturday in what is reportedly the most significant democratic process the UAE has witnessed until now.<\/p>\n<p>A round of applause for continuous developments in the UAE!<\/p>\n<p><em>(Image Credits: Twitter\/ @hsajwanization)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--infeed--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">35% of newly elected UAE FNC members are <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/women?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#women<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UAEElections2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UAEElections2019<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vbgtOPznH3\">pic.twitter.com\/vbgtOPznH3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u062d\u0633\u0646 \u0633\u062c\u0648\u0627\u0646\u064a \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddea Hassan Sajwani (@HSajwanization) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HSajwanization\/status\/1180570366550384641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Voting began on October 5 in a 13-hour time-span<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Khaleej Times reports that a total of 117, 592 voters out of the 337,738 citizens allowed to vote took part in this year&#8217;s elections. 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