Whereas the Electoral Fee has nearly accomplished the counting and compilation of practically 100% of the votes forged through the presidential election on Saturday June 29, Mauritania continues to be awaiting the ultimate outcomes of the presidential election. Outgoing president Mohamed Ould Ghazouani is within the lead, however his foremost opponent has already made it identified on Sunday June 30 that he is not going to acknowledge the outcomes of the election.
These are official however provisional outcomes which have been printed on the web site of the Nationwide Electoral Fee and compiled polling station by polling station since Saturday morning: they put the outgoing president within the lead with a lead that’s not catchable by his political opponents.
However the principle opponent, human rights activist Biram Dah Abeid – second in line with these provisional official outcomes – accuses the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (CENI) of being utilized by the federal government and of getting dedicated fraud. He accuses it particularly of poll stuffing in some 700 polling stations the place representatives of his get together have been allegedly chased away, in line with him.
Biram Dah Abeid due to this fact rejects these outcomes and says he’ll conduct his personal depend. He guarantees to make the latter public throughout the subsequent 24 hours. Within the meantime, he calls on his activists to take to the streets peacefully to contest these outcomes.
Biram Dah Abeid’s HQ surrounded by police
Since he made these statements, the headquarters of Biram Dah Abeid’s get together has been surrounded by police. Two vehicles block entry to the highway that passes in entrance of his headquarters, as do a dozen riot cops stationed simply in entrance of the doorway to his headquarters.
The remainder of the capital is calm for now. Everyone seems to be ready for the CENI to announce the ultimate provisional outcomes. It has till Monday night to take action.
With rfi
2024-07-01 02:01:56