Civic bodies will lead to polls in Sharjah: Sultan - Khaleej Times
QUOTE. SHARJAH — The formation of the municipal councils in Sharjah are a prelude to direct municipal elections, His Highness Dr Shaikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, has stated. He was speaking at a function in which the recently appointed members of nine Municipal Councils in Sharjah took the oath of office before him on Tuesday. “The councils will act as an actual tool for looking after people’s interests and providing them with civic services,” Dr Shaikh Sultan said after the swearing-in of the 88 members of the nine councils.
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He urged the council members to work for solving citizens’ social problems such as debts in a manner that would respect their privacy.
Dr Shaikh Sultan called for the need for coordination and cooperation among the municipal councils, the Sharjah Executive Council and the Sharjah Administrative Development Committee in discussing and finding solutions for the problems of the emirate and its people. This, he said, must be done away from profit-making, mudslinging or deriving of social and publicity benefit.
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Dr Shaikh Sultan underlined a move by the Sharjah government last year to increase total annual grants for citizens to Dh360 million, up by more than Dh100 million from the previous year. UNQUOTE.
QUOTE. SHARJAH — The formation of the municipal councils in Sharjah are a prelude to direct municipal elections, His Highness Dr Shaikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, has stated. He was speaking at a function in which the recently appointed members of nine Municipal Councils in Sharjah took the oath of office before him on Tuesday. “The councils will act as an actual tool for looking after people’s interests and providing them with civic services,” Dr Shaikh Sultan said after the swearing-in of the 88 members of the nine councils.
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He urged the council members to work for solving citizens’ social problems such as debts in a manner that would respect their privacy.
Dr Shaikh Sultan called for the need for coordination and cooperation among the municipal councils, the Sharjah Executive Council and the Sharjah Administrative Development Committee in discussing and finding solutions for the problems of the emirate and its people. This, he said, must be done away from profit-making, mudslinging or deriving of social and publicity benefit.
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Dr Shaikh Sultan underlined a move by the Sharjah government last year to increase total annual grants for citizens to Dh360 million, up by more than Dh100 million from the previous year. UNQUOTE.
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