Mina

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Khidmat al-Bathi al-Hukumia
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MINANS GO TO POLLS AS MAHDIST SECURE ELECTORAL DOMINANCE.

AUGUST, 5558

Minan's went to the polls earlier then usual this year due a high number of resignations from the National Assembly, most notably in the Mahdist faction, which has grown significantly older since the foundation of the Emirate, and later Sultanate of Mina. Many of the Mahdist members in the National Assembly were originally elected in the third wave of elections, which occurred in 5510 when the second wave of resignations and retirements hit the National Assembly. The call for early elections was done by Sultan Muhaajir who ascended to the throne in October, 5554 after his father, Sultan Dhaakhir passed. 

The elections, held over the first week of August, 5558 were a continued success for the Mahdist who continued to hold a majority in the 300 seat National Assembly; the Mahdist took 119 seats in the National Assembly. The Popular Action Bloc (Dovani Majatran: Kutlat al-‘Amal al-Sha‘bi), which consists of the Majatran Socialist Ba'ath Party - Mina Region, the Minan Communist Party and the Dovani Liberation Front lost seats as a more moderate, left-wing political coalition was formed consisting of the social democratic Minan Socialist Party, the left-wing Ahmadi People's Movement and the Democratic National Rally. These parties formed out of disagreements within the Popular Action Bloc and have formed the "Renaissance Movement" (Dovani Majatran: Harakat al-Nahda) which in the August, 5558 elections captured approximately 93 seats; the Popular Action Bloc took the remaining 88 seats.

The Ahmadi Liberation Party, in lock-step with several other Ahmadi majority nations, was permanently banned and the ban was upheld due to their ties to the breakway Nefa Ahmadi Democratic Republic that has existed in Nefa, southern Mina. The Ahmadi Liberation Party is well known for its support of radical, Ahmadi extremist organizations and generally functions as an organizer of these sort of parties and organizations. The announcement, which came shortly after Sultan Muhaajir came to power, announced a move to the Nefa Ahmadi Democratic Republic and condemned the move as "...anti-Ahmadi and anti-democratic..." and noted that the Sultan was "...stealing the title of Sultan of which he did not earn."

The elections were relatively peaceful with only violence near Nefa and the break-away state.

National Assembly elections, August 5558
Mahdist - 119 seats
Renaissance Movement - 93 seats
Popular Action Bloc - 88 seats

Council of Ministers (August, 5558)
Prime Minister - Abdul Rauf al-Kabir (Mahdist)
First Deputy Prime Minister - Hamad el-Abyefala (Minan Socialist Party/Renaissance Movement)
First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense - Emir Jafar bin Dhaakhir al-Mahdi
Ministry of Finance and Economy - Abdul Waahid al-Khalid (Democratic National Rally/Renaissance Movement)
Ministry of Religious and Ethnic Affairs - Sheikh Shaqeeq al-Sarwar (Mahdist)
Ministry of the Interior - Maajid al-Qadamazin (Mahdist)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade - Wajdi al-Ubadhaa (Mahdist)
Ministry of Justice and Prisons - Ashqar el-Aziz (Ba'athist/Popular Action Bloc)
Ministry of Social Welfare and Public Health - Waseef el-Huq (Ahmadi People's Movement/Renaissance Movement)
Ministry of Trade and Industrial Development - Bilal Nebehir (Mahdist)
Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment - Dhaafir el-Bahri (Mahdist)
Ministry of Education, Sports and Youth Affairs - Hakam el-Riaz (Mahdist)
Ministry of Infrastructure - Jaarallah el-Ghattas (Mahdist)
Ministry of Information and Communication - Nashat al-Hamid (Mahdist)
Ministry of Electoral Affairs and Public Cohesion - Yaasir el-Darwish (Mahdist)
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Speaker of the National Assembly - Hamad el-Abyefala (Minan Socialist Party/Renaissance Movement)
Director of the General Intelligence Directorate - Faaris al-Mitri
Commander of the Sultanate Guard - General Imaad bin Dhaakhir al-Mahdi