Sudan rejects UN monitoring for elections
January 5, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The United Nations is barred by law from being of the monitors to the April 2010 elections, a senior National Congress Party (NCP) official said in press statements.
Ghandour was reacting to remarks made by the Umma Reform and Renewal Party (URRP) leader Mubarak Al-Fadil yesterday following the announcement that he will run for presidency.
Al-Fadil called for “fair and free” elections that would be administered by the UN in a manner similar to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Afghanistan.
He added that this option is a “good one” to exit the current political crisis country and also criticized the “poor performance” of the National Elections Commission (NEC) saying that it has failed “miserably” in fulfilling its mandate.
Ghandour said the law excluded the UN on grounds that the world body is providing the funding and technical support to the NEC.
The election observers include the witnesses of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) such as the United States, several European and African countries, regional organizations and representatives of the candidates.
The NCP official called on those who make statements on the elections to read carefully the elections law beforehand.
A memorandum on the NEC website says that the elections monitors have freedom of movement and observing the process starting from voter registration through elections day and announcing the results.
Last month the secretary general of the NEC Galal Mohamed Al-Amin warned that some election monitors have ulterior motives during the upcoming 2010 elections other than simply watching out for the integrity of the process.
Al-Amin said that some observers coming from countries “with hostile attitude” towards Sudan may attempt to fuel ethnic tensions similar to Zimbabwe and Kenya and stressed that the law does not allow monitors to interfere in the technical work of the commission or make statements in the press adding that some political parties “made a hobby” out of complaining “to foreigners” on the unfairness of the elections.
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maumau
Sudan rejects UN monitoring for elections
This is rubbish, UN observers must be present for free and fair elections.
MAUMAU
telfajbago
Sudan rejects UN monitoring for elections
The barring of independent monitors by the NCP is a bad omen and clearly indicate that the regime is lacking any popular support from the coerced, regime-tired masses, therefore, their only chance is to bar fair and free monitoring and eventually declare themselves winners.Therefore, all indicators proves that we are building for a new war, as rigged and disputed election result we surely land us on Somalia- like Sudan. Furthermore, people of South Sudan have to tighten their belts, as no fair referendum, without fair election.
M.Cool.J
Sudan rejects UN monitoring for elections
Ghandour or Guanlore yaah!Who are they to exclude UN from monitoring the elections while it was the main observer of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.
This is a tactic composed to let the election not to succeed so the arabs maintain their hold. Fuck them!
Ayuel Emmanuel Athian
Sudan rejects UN monitoring for elections
THAT MUST BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY SPLM AND OTHER POLITICAL PARTIES. WHAT IS BEHIND THAT WORD SAID BY NCP.
UN SHOULD MONITOR THE FORTH COMING ELECTION IF WE CLAIM THAT THERE WILL BE FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN SUDAN. OTHERWISE WE BETTER GO BACK TO THE BUSH AND FIGHT THE NCP.
WHAT WAS ALSO IN THE CPA ABOUT MONITORING THE ELECTIONS? SUDAN IS OUR MOTHERLAND COUNTRY AND MUST NOT BE LEFT FOR JALLABA SPEAK WHATEVER THEY THINK THAT IS RIGHT. THAT’S MY MESSAGE “JEC SHABI” AM A SOLDIER AS WELL.
Time1
Sudan rejects UN monitoring for elections
UN is clearly not nessecary or required for any national elections, but they might be required for something like the referendum because it is an issues of self determination and could involved formation of new states.
victim majok ayuen
Sudan rejects UN monitoring for elections
Another Headache
The NCP are engineering another quarrel “…will be monitored by Countries- Iraq, Iran, Philistine, etc
several european Countries- Bosnia, Serbia, Turkey etc
african countries- Egypt, Algeria, Tunisia. etc
And other CPA witnesses Saudia, maybe USA and Kenya”
Its abdolutely suspicious selection! go ahead its fair we see with your “miserably failed National Election Council (NEC)” as URRP leader puts it.
“The voice of reasons is in search of social redemption”