10 candidates to contest Mauritania election
Thursday, July 2, 2009
A total of 10 cand idates have filed their papers to contest the 18 July Mauritanian presidential election.
The list of candidates for the presidential seat was made public by the constitutional court following its sitting on Tuesday.
The candidates are: Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, ex-leader of the military junta that ousted President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdalahi on 6 August 2008, Sarr Ibrahima Moctar, Sghair Ould M'Bareck and Kane Hamidou Baba.
The rest are Ahmed Ould Daddah, leader of the Rally of Democratic Forces (RDF), Mohamed Jemil Ould Mansour, Messaoud Ould Boulkheir, Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, former head of state, Hamada Ould Meimou and Saleh Ould Hanena.
The campaign for the election starts at midnight on Thursday.
The presidential election is provided for under the Dakar Framework Agreement for an inclusive return to constitutional legality signed on 2 June in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, to end the political and institutional crisis triggered by the coup.
Nouakchott - 01/07/2009
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