In the 1940s, we had elections here in Mauritania in parallel with elections in France.
Hard-liners who oppose the nuclear deal also suffered significant setbacks in a parallel election taking place for the Assembly of Experts, an 88-member panel of Islamic jurists who are supposed to select the clerical supreme leader, the most powerful figure in Iran's hybrid political system.
She added that it's "no coincidence that hate crimes rise in parallel with election cycles".
She added that it's "no coincidence that hate crimes rise in parallel with election cycles". In fact, 2015 saw some 260 anti-Muslim hate crimes, an 80percentt rise from 2014, and the highest number since 2001.
They were running a parallel election in Mississippi called the Freedom Vote, to show what would happen if black people were allowed to vote, and they needed volunteers, so I said: "I'm going".
A spokesman for the caretaker government, Dimitris Tsiodras, said Ms. Merkel "conveyed to the president thoughts regarding a referendum that could be conducted in parallel to the elections, asking Greeks whether they want to remain in the euro zone".
The spokesman, Dimitris Tsiodras, said Ms. Merkel made the suggestion that a referendum be held in parallel with general elections scheduled for June 17 as a means to gauge the extent to which Greeks want to remain in the euro zone.
Indeed, on Friday, Ms. Merkel may have upped the ante even further, suggesting to the Greek president, Karolos Papoulias, that Greece ponder holding a referendum, in parallel with general elections in June, so Greek voters are clear what is at stake, the Greek government spokesman said.
"(Merkel) relayed to the President thoughts about holding a referendum in parallel with the elections on the question whether Greek citizens wish to remain in the euro zone".
Some civil society groups have criticised the decision to hold a referendum question in parallel to the general election.
Fatah is already working to renew itself and bring in a younger generation "in parallel" with preparations for the elections, Mr. Abbas said, including work to form a new government, expected within the next week.
