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United Arab Emirates

• Limited suffrage in United Arab Emirates
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Exclusion from Public Office Based on Disability
Electoral Law:
(1977: Standing Order for UAE Federal National Council)
• Article 3 states: "A Council member shall be…having a sufficient Arabic Language speaking and reading."
 
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