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Sudan announces slight delay to upcoming elections

November 22, 2009 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese National Elections Commission (NEC) announced a six day delay to the elections in order to allow more time for voters to register amid widespread criticism on the process.

Sudan state media carried a statement by the NEC saying that the voter registration deadline was extended till December 7th instead of November 30th and the elections date was moved up to April 11th 2010 instead of April 5th 2010.

The NEC said it considered in a meeting today “the observation of political parties and the impact on the current timeframe and the difficulties that led to the delay in the registration in some parts of Sudan it decided to extend the registration period”.

The commission added that this decision is aimed at pushing the people to register and for political powers and NGO’s to play a role of encouragement to the citizens.

In the last few weeks, opposition parties have called for extending the registration period and the NEC has promised to look into it.

This is the third delay in elections which was originally scheduled to be held by July 2009.

(ST)

15 Comments

  • Oduck Bol
    Oduck Bol

    Sudan announces slight delay to upcoming elections
    Who care? Event it delay twenty times. As well as we stille breathing on the top of the earth.

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  • Mr Famous Big_Logic_Boy
    Mr Famous Big_Logic_Boy

    Sudan announces slight delay to upcoming elections
    It seem that both SPLA and NCP are not ready for election, they are unprepare. Away who is concern about your election Lam Akol is either president or vice president of South. Kiir will qualitifed to serve as governor of Bor because Igga and Riek will discsse who will be a president and vice of South Sudan. Kuol will be a commioner of Bor and rest of dinkas will find their way to look after their cattle. End of election and story!!

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  • The world is watching us
    The world is watching us

    Sudan announces slight delay to upcoming elections
    This delay was probably created by the NCP to achieve some kind of Initiative that Salva Kirr is oblivous to. The problem with Goss is that our President Salva Kirr has surrounded himself with an idiot named Akot Laul who received a G.E.D. in the united states but is now the most powerful Presidential advisor in Southern Sudan. Further more our great hero’s Like Oyai Deng Ajak, Salva Mathok Gengdit, and others are exiled into retierment because they were well aware of what was going on. We must ask Kirr why he lets people who learn their political tactics from playing chest like Akot Laul have such a profound influence on policy making?

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  • Gatwech
    Gatwech

    Sudan announces slight delay to upcoming elections
    Readers,

    This election means confirming Omer Al-Bashir as President of Sudan and installing Dr. Lam Akol as President of South Sudan.

    It is now very clear to any sound minded person that Dr. Lam Akol is like a sharp thorn in the ass of the SPLM in the South. By winning the political consensus with all the eight political parties in the South, Dr. Lam has proven that he is a smarter strategist and far more intelligent than 90% of the SPLM leadership. He has outwitted the party leadership!

    Now this leaves the SPLM with few painful choices to avoid being embarrassingly defeated in the coming elections by Dr. Lam Akol.

    1/ To boycott the elections all together. This will however have its consequences; resulting to boycott of the referendum and anger by Southerners who have been patiently waiting for elections to remove this incompetent leadership.

    2/ The SPLM will conduct and fail elections but will refuse to handover power to Dr. Lam Akol. This will cause outrage in the South and possible internal civil war. The international community will condemn the SPLM for violating the democratic transformation by refusing to handover power to the elected leader. NCP will side with the world to remove the illegal SPLM leadership after elections defeat.

    3/ Or SPLM has to nominate a competent leader that can really face Dr. Lam Akol and other eight political parties.This should be someone who can defuse the alliance Dr. Lam Akol has established and win back to SPLM alliance some if not all of these political parties. Salva Kiir’s nomination for South Sudan presidency may make things even worse than they currently stand. It is more likely that the nomination process within the SPLM may cause internal crisis if not handled fairly.

    Guys, you can dismiss this political development but it is real! NCP has already in advance declared Dr. Lam Akol as the next President of the South. Believe me, in this confused state of affairs within the SPLM party, Dr. Lam will rise victorious! SPLM has no political guidance as we write and failed to make timely and wise nominations. And it has lost the eight political parties already to Dr. Lam Akol. This is a real situation!

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