Electoral board pledges to ensure good conditions for Sudan elections
August 17, 2009 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan’s election board pledged today to work seriously to ensure the conduct of the elections in good conditions. Also it said would transmit the opposition demands to the Sudanese presidency.
A delegation of the Sudanese opposition forces met today with the National Elections Commission (NEC) to present their demands to amend laws restricting public freedoms.
The opposition forces on Saturday have demanded the dominant National Congress Party to change a number of laws particularly the security law and criminal procedure law allow security service to prevent public meetings. They threatened to boycott the elections if these changes are not made before the end of October.
The NEC Secretary General Mohamed Ahmed Galal told reporters the opposition delegation demanded to create the necessary conditions allowing them to conduct public meetings in a democratic atmosphere and without any interference or obstruction.
The NEC, for its part, said willing to continuously consult with the political forces for the success of the next year election and work to overcome obstacles and difficulties encountered.
Also the electoral body promised to communicate the memorandum of the opposition to the Presidency of the Republic and to discuss its content with the concerned organs.
The opposition alliance of 24 political forces includes the Umma Party, The Democratic Unionist Party, the Popular Congress Party, the Sudanese Communist Party.
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Kur
Electoral board pledges to ensure good conditions for Sudan elections
If those stupid laws enforeced by the cowards who stole power through a coup are still functioning, how do they claim that there will be a fair election? They know that they can’t win a fair election, so they are trying to restrict the political activities of other parties to derail their campaign. If this electoral body is independent, it should work to ensure fair election, or else we will consider them part of the NIF political plot.
Kur