. >> bi elections are scheduled for april 1st, and will be for 48 seats in upper and lower houses of parliament and local assemblies. nld is fielding candidates for nearly all the seats up for grabs, with her running for a lower house seat in a constituency in yang gong. >> she's the one that fulfills our hopes. i am thrilled to see her. >> she's assured a victory in her constituency, so she's expected to tour outside of there to win support for the other candidates from her party. >>> japanese consumers may be paying twice as much in sales tax in a few years. the government is trying to balance the country's budget deficit. ai has that story. >> that's right. in addition, social security. even if the government succeeds in doubling the consumption tax rate to 10% by october, 2015, japan will likely fail to balance its budget. the finance ministry predicts the government will need to cover 45% of its revenue by issuing bonds in fiscal 2015. the figure will constitute an improvement of four percentage points from a record level reached in the draft budget for the next fiscal year, sta

. >>> egypt's lower house of parliament will convene its first session since the fall of hosni mubarak nearly a year ago. >>> italian officials say search and rescue efforts will continue on the costa concordia but also say the environmental risk is becoming urgent. rescue divers found another body on the cruise ship sunday, bringing the death toll to 13. 19 people are still missing. those are the top stories from cnn, the world's news leader. i'm zain vergee and "world business today" starts now. >>> good morning from cnn london, i'm charles hodson. this is "world business today." top stories on monday the 23rd of january. research in motion's co-ceo steps aside. >>> and greece, are debt talks growing on? >>> and kim dotcom is back in court. >>> the two chief executive officers of research in motion have resigned. the company's share prices scraped lows we haven't seen since 2004 after a series of missteps angered investors. ramy inocencio, our asia business analyst, joins us with the latest. what's been oing gone there and what's the purpose of this move, ramy? >> it's a huge reshuff

the ruling parties control the lower house and opposition has a lock on the upper house. noda's biggest challenge is getting approval for legislation needed to enact the budget for the next fiscal year which begins april 1st. he also has to win support for consumption tax hike. but opposing party is almost determined not to cooperate with the unpopular prime minister, and if those bills are rejected, noda will certainly call an election. he could call election between maran june, but with his low approval rating, they will probably lose the majority in the lower house and it is unlikely any party will be able to form a majority. so we'll have another coalition in the country. the party with most seats will most likely take the prime minister's job. >>> the detroit motor show opens this weekend. ai has details. good morning. >> we had the tokyo motor show here, now it is over in detroit. among new models unveiled, toyota motors next generation hybrid car. it boosts use of solar power. this comes as the firm anticipates a further rise in the popularity of eco friendly vehic

kyi is running for a lower house seat in a constituency which she is widely expected to win. the reforms in myanmar have altered many opinions about the country. but the new sense of optimism isn't shared by everyone. for years many people from myanmar fled the country in search of work or freedom. but as nhk world reports from the thai border, they often find their new lives are also filled with hardship. >> reporter: between myanmar and thailand -- every day people cross from myanmar often illegally to look for work. they total about 20,000 a year. they expect a better life. but often they find it's tough. this garbage dump is close to the liver. i'm standing in a garbage mountain in a town on the thai board we are myanmar. the stink is really terrible. people from myanmar make a living by collecting garbage. the mountain of trash is dotted with people. they're searching for scraps of steel and plastic to sell. this 13-year-old came here with his family five years ago. he earns about $1 a day, too little to feed his family of four. picking garr bang is the only way to get e

this is going to complete the elections for the lower house of parliament, the people's assembly, which will be an important body. will be tasked with setting up a panel that will write egypt's new constitution. >> the islamist priority is -- party is doing well. >> they have done very well in the first two rounds. it is a complicated system. it is a mixture of proportional representation and party and voting for individual candidates. the figures we have suggested that the freedom and justice party which belongs to the muslim brotherhood has taken 60% of the vote. what surprised analysts is that the more fundamentalist party has taken something like 1/4 of the votes. in these areas that are voting, although they are mostly socially conservative, poorer areas, in the south we have a large number of christian voters. >> now, thanks very much. we have new unemployment figures. >> for both germany and spain. but spain has some big problems. that is no surprise is given the fate of the spanish economy at the moment. the the new government and what rajoy has to deal with. these are monthly n

a total of 48 seats are up for grabs in the upper and lower houses of parliament and in local assemblies. aung san suu kyi is running for a seat in western yangon, home to some of the city's lowest income households. the nobel laureate picked the area herself. after registering, she asked people who had gathered in front of the building for support. her national lead for democracy party will challenge every one of the 48 seats. the party's candidates are all expected to receive strong support, but perhaps none more than aung san suu kyi. observers say her participation is a crucial part of the government's efforts to demonstrate the progress it's making towards democratization and ultimately to convince the west to lift economic sanctions. >>> asia's two emerging economic powers, china and india, have agreed on a framework designed to prevent their long-standing border dispute from escalating out of control. the two nations have clashed in the past, but they pledged after a meeting in new delhi to work for peace. >> reporter: india's national security adviser ended two days of talks with

she's running for a lower house seat in a constituency which she's widely expected to win. >>> the reforms in myanmar altered many witness about the country, but the new sense of optimism isn't shared by everyone. for years, many people from myanmar fled the country in search of work or freedom. reports from the thai border, they often find their new lives are also filled with hardship. >> translator: every day, people cross for myanmar, often illegally, to look for work. they total about 20,000 a year. they expect a better life. but often they find reality is tough. this garbage dump is close to the river. i am standing at a gar bj mountain on the thai border with myanmar. here, people from myanmar make a living collecting garbage. >> the mountain of trash is guarded with people, searching for scraps of steel and plastic to sell. 13-year-old came here with his family five years ago. he earns about a dollar a day, too little to feed his family of four. picking things out of the garbage is the only way to get enough to eat. >> translator: my father is sick so i have no choice but to do this

first parliamentary election since hosni mubarak was deposed the muslim brotherhood took almost a lower housewill hold its first session today as. the future of the arab league mission in syria caught between those saying the observers reduce the violence and others slamming it for a lack of progress members meeting in cairo now to discuss whether to extend the monitors work in syria. police clashed with protesters in croatia's capital where hundreds took part in a rally against joining the you ahead of sunday's membership recent surveys suggest forty percent of the population are joining the block. and. i mean you would sell for more entire austerity anger with protests in romania walks second poorest country leading to the nation's worst wireless and more than a decade thousands have been on the streets demanding the resignation of the government and president of more than a week. it's up next with our sports update stay with us here on r.t. . hello welcome to the sports and here are the top stories. majestic maria chirac of the greeks germany's angry and straight sets to go into the last s

parliamentary elections the final results show the muslim brotherhood claiming forty seven percent of the lower house parliament will hold its first session in two days artie's marie if the notion of reports from cairo. the fact that the absolute majority over the first parliament of new age of post mubarak egypt will be taking his limits and conservative parties means that the egyptian society rather secular right now will be under strict religious codes and of course this is something people will not be happy with this is not something they want to they've been fighting for more open democratic society not just one of these of course is expected to fact tourists which is a very important part of it gyptian economy because tourists don't want to go to the country where they are forced to cover their faces and hands of course since moved in brotherhood is supporting the supreme council of armed forces the power from mubarak last february the misery that has been there. in egyptian politics since the fall of monarchy in the nineteen fifties means that the military will stay longer in power and this is

parliamentary elections the final results show the muslim brotherhood claims forty seven percent of the lower house parliament will hold its first session in two days time for more on this we go live or if an ocean a live with more in cairo hello maria so what do the results mean for the future of the country. well a matter of course the fact that the absolute majority over the first parliament of new age of post mubarak egypt will be taken by islamist and conservative parties which is which are the moves in brotherhood's affiliated freedom and justice party that won forty seven percent you're right and even more conservative sellafield know a party about twenty five percent of the votes. means first of all kind of islam is they should old age means that the egyptian society rather secular right now will be put under strict religious codes and of course this is something people will not be happy with this is not something they wanted they've been fighting for more open democratic society and not religious ones so we can expect after these results announced people's protest to escalate even more act

each of for the third and final round of elections. 13 million people will cast their vote for the lower house of parliament. israeli and palestinian negotiators will sit down to discuss the possibility of restarting stalled peace talks. it is their first meeting in more than a year, but the palestinian chief negotiator is playing down expectations. it is a country that played a key role in accelerating collapse of communism in europe. there are growing fears that there are threats to democracy established when the old communism fell. this new constitution places a strong emphasis on christianity, changing the judicial and electoral system in a way the critics say restricts independence. here is our world is -- world affairs correspondent. >> a classical when varian setting, the budapest opera house, to usher in what the government says is a constitution to read it -- reinsert traditional hungarian values. the new laws rename the republic of hungary as just hungary. and the constitution consolidates government controls over the state media and the government bank, and it asserts traditional co

he referred to the participation in a lower house by election in april. he said such reforms are challenging but is committed to democratizization. >> the reform process we have started is irreservable. there will be no turning back in the road to democracy. >> european countries, the united states and japan have taken steps to improve relations following the recent reforms. the foreign minister's remarks are likely intended to encourage further reconciliation such as the lifting of economic sanctions. and those sanctions have left it isolated from much of the world economy for years and that is one reason why medical facilities lag behind those of some other countries. efforts are now underway to service even the most remote areas of the country using a solution that is both portable and affordable. nhk has more. >> reporter: residents are mostly ethnic. their villages are scattered across a wide area with few health care facilities. instead, the government distributes with the assistance of the foundation, a japanese charity organization. representative

elections for the lower house will be completed by december. >>> streets in paris are getting greenerench battery makers is planning to put outthousand electric cars. renter pays under $7 for the first half hour of use. first fife days the system in operation, 4000 people signed father variety of rental packages. >>> skypetists are studying the moon's gravity. >>> celebration in london, half a million people welcomed in 2012 with the annual new years day parade. england has many reasons to celebrate. summer olympics are held in the brittic capital and it's the queen's diamond jubilee. >>> voters are asking to make a pledge to candidates they vote for in march. it will have some staying away from the polls. >>> dozens of birds found dead in one state. what scientists say are likely to blame. a live look, windy in the nation's capitol. [ female announcer ] fashion or food, it's all about taste. so get your fabulous, food-loving self ready. the chefs at lean cuisine are going culinary chic with fresh, exciting flavor. tempting lemon tarragon, peppery poblano, sweet butternut. we're tossi

he referred to the participation by myanmar's pro-democracy leader aung san suu kyi, in a lower house by election in april. he said such reforms are challenging, but myanmar is committed to democratization. >> the reform process that we have started is irreversible. there will be no turning back or derailment in the road to democracy. >> european countries, the united states and japan, have taken steps to improve relations with myanmar following the recent reforms. the foreign minister's remarks are likely intended to encourage further reconciliation, such as the lifting of economic sanctions. those sanctions have left myanmar isolated from much of the world economy for years. that's one reason why its medical facilities lag behind those of some other rcn countries, but efforts are under way to service even the remote areas of the country, using a solution that's both portable and affordable. nhk world has more. >> reporter: this state lies on the border of bangladesh. residents are mostly ethnic rakhine. their villages are scattered across a wide area, meaning few health care facilit

his party has a control in the lower house, but the opposition party controls the upper house. now prime minister noda may have to do more than just double japan's sales tax if he wants to meet the goal of balancing the country's budget by early 2020s. >>> officials and technical workers at a tokyo based communications company put decoys disguised as free music and movie clips on file sharing networks. if you download and open one of the files, a message appears, prompting users to stop illegal downloading. the move comes amid arise in the number of file sharing software users. in japan, the most popular programs are used by about 150,000 people per day. >> fighting online piracy is like a cat and mouse game. new file sharing software is always available, but users should be aware they're violating copyright law. >> the ministry plans to continue circulating decoys for five more days to gauge how effective it is. >>> many japanese learned the hard way that after a disaster there's often no running water. to make sure they have enough of this precious commodity, some people are

between march and june but with his low approval rating, it will probably lose its majority in the lower house and it's unlike live any party will be able to form a majority. so you know, we'll have another coalition in this country. and the party with the most seats will most likely take the prime minister's job. >> next we go to bangkok to find out what's making headlines in the region. >> pakistan has been hit by the deadliest bomb attack the country has seen in several months. a local government official told nhk at least 35 people have been killed. most of them civilians. about 70 were injured in tuesday's explosion. the tribal area serves as the main supply route for nato forces in afghanistan. an official says the bomb was probably detonated by remote control. most of the victims were passengers on a nearby bus. >> translator: i helped 15 people, many were dead or wounded, even cut in half. >> militants have carried out hundreds of bombings in pakistan since 2007, killing soldiers, policemen, government officials and also civilians. >> the acquittal of mill asian leader gives supporters

he referred to the participation by myanmar's pro-democracy leader in a lower house by election in april. he said such reforms are challenging, but myanmar is committed to democratization. >> the reform process that we have started is irreversible. there will be no turning back or derailment on the road to democracy. >> european countries, the united states, and japan, have taken steps to improve relations with myanmar following the recent reforms. the foreign minister's remarks are likely intended to encourage further reconciliation such as the lifting of economic sanctions. and those sanctions have left myanmar isolated for much of the world economy for years, and that's one reason why its medical facilities lag behind those of some other countries, but efforts are now underway to service even the most remote areas of the country using a solution that's both portable and affordable. nhk world has more. >> reporter: the state of rakhine lies on the border of bangladesh. residents are mostly ethnic rakhine. they are spread across a wide area with few health care facilities. instead, the

. >> reporter: about 600 lawmakers from the upper and lower houses of parliament attended the session. the government forecast for annual income was $52 billion. it said it would allocate funds to upgrading myanmar's infrastructure. and invite foreign companies to help. the nation needs to build irrigation systems, power stations, and communication lines as a foundation for economic growth. myanmar will hold a by-election in april. democracy leader kyi is standing in the poll. during tuesday's session, a lawmaker from one of the country's ethnic groups withined the prospect of kyi entering parliament. >> translator: her presence will be welcome and force changes here, too. >> reporter: about a quarter of the seats in parliament are affiliated with the military. those lawmakers were more cautious on the topic of kyi. but they were welcoming of the reforms. >> translator: her arrival is immaterial because we like her are taking the stance of democratization. >> reporter: rebuilding myanmar's economy urgently requires the lifting of economic sanctions. to that end, many lawmakers seem to

promised during the previous campaign 2009 that we won't raise the consumption tax during the current lower house term. but we will seek a public mandate after raising the tax. >> noda reiterated his resolve to implement social security and tax reform which he described as a matter of urgency. he added both ruling and opposition camps should cooperate on these issues. the main opposition party leader said the japanese people have not given noda's democratic party the right to submit the consumption tax bill. he urged the prime minister to dissolve the lore house immediately and seek a freshman date from voters. hyundai motors said it sold a record number of vehicles around the world last week. they reported on thursday that global sales in 2011 came to just over four million units that's up 12% from the previous year. sales outside south korea grew even faster. they climbed more than 14% to about 3.4 million units. hyundai's net profit rose 35% from the previous year to 8.1 trillion. that's about 7.2 billion. hyundai expanded sales in the united states and china while its japanese rivals suffer f

for the first time, there will be more than one party in the lower house of parliament. the other and sadder story is hungary. once one of the jewels of europe looking as if it was going to be a beacon of democracy, and it is going the of authoritarian route, almost a fascist roots. people from hungary are depressed and tell me that nothing is looking very good in the future of hungary in terms of liberty and democracy. in kazakhstan, an important and large country in central asia, there is hope, a sense of excitement, a sense of a common future that is better than the past and certainly a slight improvement on at least the democratic representative -- representation of the presence. tale of two countries, one going up, one going down. i have a wonderful show for you today with great minds to discuss the other issues. we will be right back. >> many have spoken out about the need to transition to a cleaner future. by 2020, we are committed to offsetting, displacing more than 15 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually through greening our operations, helping our c

session preliminary numbers that have islamist parties claiming seventy percent of the seats in the lower house the newly elected must select a committee responsible for drafting a new constitution for the nation voting for the upper house of parliament begins it next week. and divers have blasted more holes in the costa concordia as they continue to search for survivors rescue crews have been placing booms around the capsized ship fearing any significant shift by the vessel could damage its fuel tanks triggering a massive leak there are about half a million gallons of heavy fuel and hundreds of tons of diesel oil still on board twenty one still missing after the ship ran aground off the italian coast now just about a week ago. heavy snow is always good news for skiers and snowboarders but can spell danger for thrillseekers. polaski talk to those fighting avalanches in the host city over the next winter olympics of course that such a. so chiefs avalanche hunters have explosives and cannons on their side. their mission to keep the mountain peaks clear and say. it's been snowing heavily in sochi

the upper house of parliament this after islamist parties claimed an overwhelming majority in the lower house a new government is currently trying to develop a new constitution above all egyptians what the dissolution of the military council which inherited absolute power from the post president hosni mubarak political analyst told r.t. the military knows its time is running out. still with the. supreme council of the. symbols of the old regime. is a general. feeling of frustration at the small change. from the all do zoom and some members of the supreme council of the force was. only for the opposition through people just have a general lack of trust the words authority i believe that the sooner. the better for them do nor. move much of those and so far the road map has been all through the length of. the beer is not far behind coming up in the next hour in our team months after the fall of gadhafi bigoted n.g.o.s doctors without borders suspends its mission to libya after being forced to treat torture victims and then straight sent straight back for further interrogation. and more and that

president hosni mubarak this as a gypsy is today vote on the upper house of parliament following lower house elections that saw the dramatic rise of islamic members the new government is also busy putting together the country's constitution when council of also promised concessions including the lifting of a barbaric state of emergency law but egyptian author and filmmaker philip risk says little will change. i don't see it as being that big of a shift i mean we lived under military rule for thirty years and that gave the government the authority to do just about what they wanted today we live under military rule so to me it's just a formal matter and that they they live to emergency law while we live under the rule of a military giunta since the military took over general twenty eight's over fifteen thousand civilians that we know of have faced military courts and have received trials of anywhere between six months to fifteen years and for a moment or like lifting emergency law means absolutely nothing when we have a newly elected parliament that is still under the thumb of military they've

meanwhile, the lower house of the new parliament was sworn in. the majority of members are not young demonstrators but members of two islamist parties, which now hold almost three-quarters of the seats. >>> we talk today with kate seelye, recently back from egypt. she has reported from the middle east for many years, and is now a vice president at the middle east institute in washington. kate, welcome here, and it's great you're back, and how did it feel when you were in cairo this time? what did it feel like? >> well, you know, i sensed, bob, a kind of empowerment and excitement that i haven't seen in egypt for a very long time, and i've been reporting there for years. egyptians overthrew a dictator. they're now politically empowered. they found their voice. they're engaged. but at the same time there are new fears and anxieties. the country has been very unstable the last year. the tourism industry has collapsed. investment is down, and people are hurting economically. in fact, there are people today who are much worse off than they were a year

the upper house of parliament this after islamist parties claimed an overwhelming majority in the lower house the new government is currently trying to develop a new constitution but above all egyptians want the dissolution of the military council which inherited absolute power from to post president hosni mubarak political analyst. told r.t. the military knows its time is running out. with the. supreme council of. the. symbols of the old regime. it is a general. feeling frustration over the smooth change. from the old regime and some members of the supreme council of the. opposition so good people just have a general lack of trust. i believe that the sooner. the better for them nor the book. so far. has been to the letter. but libya is not far behind coming up next hour on our team ons after the fall of gadhafi respected n.g.o.s doctors without borders spends its mission from libya after being forced to treat torture victims were then sent straight back further. but now president obama vowed to reform tax and fight poverty while hailing america's military during his annual state of the union

session preliminary numbers have islamist parties claiming seventy percent of the seats in the lower house the newly elected must select a committee responsible for drafting a new constitution for the nation and for the upper house of parliament should begin next week. and the divers have blasted more holes in the costa concordia as they continue to search for survivors rescue crews have been placing booms around the capsized ship fearing any significant shift by the vessel could damage its fuel tanks triggering a leak and there are about half a million gallons of heavy fuel and hundreds of tons of diesel oil still on board twenty one people are reportedly still missing after the ship ran aground off the italian coast an hour that was just a week ago. in nevada a man who's admitted to accidentally starting a massive brush fire near reno police say the man improperly through a fireplace asher's sparking the blaze fueled by strong winds and a recent dry spell the flames burned several thousand acres of land and forced many to evacuate and the man could face asking charges and be forced to fo

the upper house of parliament this after islamist parties claim an overwhelming majority in the lower house a new government is currently trying to develop a new constitution but above all egyptians want the dissolution of the military council which inherited absolute power from deposed president hosni mubarak political analyst told r.t. the military knows it's time.

parliamentary elections the final results show the muslim brotherhood claiming forty seven percent of the lower house parliament holds its first shuttle session in just two days time when it will start to select a committee responsible for drafting a new constitution voting for the upper house begins next week. yemen's parliament has approved immunity from prosecution for president ali abdullah saleh who is due to leave for the u.s. to seek medical treatment he's been accused of suppressing protests and killing yemeni people however those working under the president could still face legal action will formally hand over power next month after thirty three years as a ruler and is expected to return to work after his stay in the united states. police have clashed with protesters who were attempting to pull down an e.u. fly the head of the country's membership referendum on sunday it happened at the. and a protest rally made up of around one thousand mostly war veterans and right wing protesters opposed to croatia joining the european union demonstrators carried banners reading no to the e.u. and chanted

majority control of the upper house of parliament and already hold the majority of seats in the lower house. the search for the remaining fifteen passengers still missing from the stricken costa concordia cruise ship has been cooled off italian officials say the effort was too dangerous for rescue workers such as already been suspended several times due to poor weather and choppy waters seventeen bodies have been recovered from the korea since it run aground off the on individually of this month . a recap of our top stories when we build on is only just a few minutes away from now but in the meantime marty talks to m.e.p.a. martin coming in from the u.k. conservative party about where he thinks the fallout of the year's first e.u. summit will be worst felt that interview next on r.t. . today we're joined by martin he's an m.e.p. from the u.k. conservative party and he's also the new head of the european conservatives and a reformist group at the european parliament thanks very much for joining us today the first question is the e.u. has now imposed a block wide oil embargo on iran is this p

egypt's first post mubarak parliamentary elections claiming seventy two percent of the seats in the lower house the new parliament is expected to hold its first session in just two days time for notion of brings us the details from. the fact that the absolute majority over the first poly meant of new age of post mubarak be taking some conservative paul just means that. the secular right now will be.

hosni mubarak was deposed a year ago the muslim brotherhood claims almost half the seats of the lower house that will hold its first session in two days. if you leave mission in syria top between those saying the observers present reduced violence others criticizing the group for a lack of progress members now meeting in cairo to discuss whether to extend the monitors were in syria and. police clashed with protesters in croatia's capital where hundreds take part in a rally against us head of sunday's membership referendum recent surveys suggest. forty percent of the population are against or you know. within the e.u. itself more anger protests in romania the bloc second poorest country leading to the nation's worst violence and more than a decade thousands have been out in the streets demanding the resignation of the government and president for more than a week. up next moscow out stay with us here on r.t. .

the third and final round of elections for the lower house of parliament kicks off in egypt on tuesday and it's for more than forty parties or proceeds even though the country remains under military literalist parties are expected to win a majority. muslim brotherhood freedom and justice party from previous two rounds sixty percent of its elections are the first since the uprising that ousted president hosni mubarak from three decades ago. he faces charges of killing more than eight hundred protesters revolution. and the us authorities have arrested a man suspected wave of awesome attacks. since last friday the suspect has allegedly set fifty vehicles on fire races and. buildings in and around hollywood the fires have caused two million dollars in damage. no new year's celebrations for many people in the euro zone were reined in due to the tough current economic climate many predicting for the financial misery twenty twelve will see a severe test for the euro as it fights for survival a single currency is now in circulation for decades but it leaves millions of europeans anything but o

upper house of parliament two weeks after islamist parties claimed an overwhelming majority in the lower house the new government is also tasked with developing the country's constitution egyptians today are demanding the dissolution of the military council which inherited absolute power from deposed president hosni mubarak who is in control interruption also and filmmaker philip frist believes change will be held. i don't see it as being that big of a shift i mean we lived under military rule for thirty years and that gave the government the authority to do just about what they wanted to me it's just a formal matter and that they they lived emergency law while we live under the rule of a military dreamt up since the military took over general twenty eight's over fifteen thousand civilians that we know of have faced military courts and have received trials of anywhere between six months to fifteen years and they've tasted power they have massive economic interests in the country again everything that's happened in egypt really needs to be looked at from an economic perspective in that there is

verge of a new political chapter official results show that three parties are heading into the lower house of parliament until now the president's group held all the seats but has come away with a huge majority election was brought forward off the parliament was dissolved last autumn when the photos last month's deadly clashes between police and striking oil workers were one of the reports. this elections were never expected to produce any surprises and in fact they did and the biggest surprise of all was the fact that they were indeed held it was. himself who last fall dissolved the country's parliament reach a point consisted exclusively of his own supporters and called for that snap elections. has been in power and for twenty two years just last year his security at the now there five year a presidential term with more than ninety five percent of the vote now he's nor party also won these elections with an overwhelming majority and retain control over the lower chamber of parliament but this time around it has some very modest opposition the main reason why i. want to have this election