Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs Prince Met'eb bin Abdulaziz said today that municipal election plans are nearly completed. Election of municipal councils, he explained, is part of a progressive reform agenda approved by the cabinet last October , and committees tasked with setting up procedures and mechanisms for implementing the electoral process are in the final stages. The date set for the elections will be announced shortly.

[See also  current press release, and  press release, 10/13/03 ]

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