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The CEC did not register A. Kandrots for the presidential elections: he did not submit a document about the bank account

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

According to the CEC, the request brought last Thursday to register him as an independent political campaign participant to participate in the 2024 presidential elections was rejected because A. Kandrotas did not submit a document stating that a bank account was opened in his name, which will be used as an election political campaign account.

In her place, the applicant to the CEC submitted a general payment services agreement with Paysera, which has an electronic money institution license issued by the Bank of Lithuania, entitling it to carry out activities related to the issuance of electronic money and the provision of payment services, but it has not been issued a bank license .

The Election Code stipulates that when registering an independent political campaign, along with other documents, a document confirming that a bank account has been opened in the name of the registered person, which will be used as an election political campaign account, must be submitted to the CEC.

In this particular case, such a document was not submitted to the CEC, the commission notes in its report.

According to the commission, A. Kandrotas is already the third person whom the CEC refused to register as a political campaign participant in the upcoming presidential elections. Two other persons were also refused registration due to failure to submit the necessary documents.

A. Kandrots is on trial in the case of riots near the Seimas.


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2024-07-15 02:32:41

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UN concerned about stagnating child vaccination

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

In a report on Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) warn of dangerous gaps in vaccine coverage. It increases the risk of outbreaks of diseases such as measles.

Last year, 84 percent of the world’s children – 108 million children – received three doses of the triple vaccine once morest diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough. This is the same proportion as the previous year. In 2022 there was a marginal increase, but today’s figures are markedly lower than before the pandemic, when coverage was 86 per cent.

– Not on the right track

– The latest trend shows that in many countries there are far too many children who are not caught, says Unicef ​​CEO Catherine Russell.

Compared to pre-pandemic levels, there are now 2.7 million more children who are unvaccinated or under-vaccinated, according to the two UN agencies.

– We are not on the right track. Global vaccine coverage has still not fully recovered from the historic decline we saw during the pandemic, says WHO vaccine manager Kate O’Brien.

– The most vulnerable in danger

The number of children who have not received any vaccines went up to 14.5 million last year, from 13.9 million in 2022 and 12.8 million in 2019, the figures presented on Monday show.

– This puts the most vulnerable children at risk.

Something that makes the concern even worse is that more than half of the unvaccinated children live in vulnerable and conflict-prone countries. Lack of access to food, safety and health services means that they are extra vulnerable to contracting diseases that can otherwise be avoided.

In such countries, there is also a greater risk that children will not receive all the shots with vaccines. 6.5 million children did not receive the third dose of the triple vaccine, which is necessary to achieve protection.

Measles worries

WHO and Unicef ​​are also concerned regarding the backlog in vaccination once morest measles – one of the world’s most contagious diseases – at the same time as the number of outbreaks worldwide is increasing sharply.

– Measles outbreaks are the canary in the coal mine, which uncovers and exploits gaps in vaccination and affects the most vulnerable first, says WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in a statement.

Last year, only 83 per cent of the world’s children received the first dose of measles vaccine through the health services. There are also the same number as the previous year, but a decrease from 86 per cent before the pandemic.

Only 74 percent received the required second dose, while 95 percent coverage is required to avoid outbreaks. 35 million children lack adequate protection once morest measles.

– Coverage is too low to prevent outbreaks and achieve eradication targets, says Unicef’s vaccine manager Ephrem Lemango.

103 outbreaks

He points out that 300,000 cases of the highly contagious disease were confirmed last year, a threefold increase from the previous year.

In the last five years, measles outbreaks have been registered in 103 countries. Low vaccination coverage below 80 percent is considered to be a significant underlying factor.

In 91 countries with good coverage, no outbreaks have been registered.

– The frightening thing is that almost three out of four infants live in the areas where the risk of outbreaks is highest, says Lemango.

He says that ten crisis-stricken countries – including Sudan, Yemen and Afghanistan – account for more than half of the children who have not been vaccinated once morest measles.

Joyful growth for HPV vaccine

A more positive piece of news in Monday’s report is a sharp increase in vaccination once morest the HPV virus, which can cause cervical cancer.

The vaccine still only reaches 56 percent of teenage girls in high-income countries and only 23 percent in low-income countries. Both parts are far from the target of 90 per cent coverage.

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2024-07-15 02:07:33

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The dream of the government could not be fulfilled, the Supreme Court decision trampled the wish of two-thirds majority – Pakistan

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

The dream of the government might not be fulfilled following the decision of the Supreme Court regarding reserved seats came out, the decision has crushed the desire of two-thirds majority.

Muslim League-N is still the largest party in the House following the Supreme Court decision, the existence of the Sunni Ittehad Council in the Lower House is in danger and Tehreek-e-Insaf has been reborn in the House. With the decision, the ruling coalition will have 210 seats while the opposition will have 125 seats.

In the Qaumi Assembly, the majority party still remains with the Muslim League-N with 108 seats, while the PPP has 68 seats, the MQM has 22 seats, while the Zia League, BAP and the National Party have one seat each, thus the total number of government alliances is 210. is made

Election Commission decision nullified, PTI eligible for reserved seats in National Assembly: Supreme Court

At present, the number of PTI affiliated to Sunni Unity Council is 84, Tehreek-e-Insaaf has 8 independent members, JUI-F has 8 members and MWM, BNP and PK MAP have one seat each.

The number of the opposition in the National Assembly is 103. After the Supreme Court decision, the existence of the Sunni Unity Council ended and the Tehreek-e-Insaf entered the House.