Carter Center says Sudan elections process at risk

hello everyone, here we go

March 19, 2010 (KHARTOUM) – The Carter Center issued a preliminary statement on the final stages of Sudan’s electoral process saying the process "remains at risk on multiple fronts including the ability of candidates to campaign freely" and the potentially negative impact from delayed logistical preparations.

i kind of sense that this election would be postponed, now that all of these news article are showing up, like the one above i think that might be an inevitable choice for the Sudanese people.

also

In a dramatic statement, the Carter Center said "it is increasingly unclear if the NEC can deliver a successful election on time," citing limited NEC and UN transportation capacity, the massive volume of materials to be deployed, the re-packaging of materials necessitated by changes in the planned number of polling stations, voters per polling station, and delays in ballots production.

now this tells me that thing are not going well and postponing the election is going to be for a big change in the NEC commission.

also don't forget this article Sudan opposition want elections moved to November, slams UNMIS official

which state

March 13, 2010 (KHARTOUM) — A number of presidential candidates in Sudan has jointly called on the April elections to be postponed by seven months till next November and submitted a proposed formation for the National elections committee (NEC).

The Umma Party runner for president Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi hosted a meeting at his residence in Omdurman agreed on steps that need to be taken for achieving democratic transformation and establishing an "impartial" board to monitor the work of the NEC in terms of administration and finances, creating a body consisting of presidential nominees with rotating head, rescheduling elections to resolve a number outstanding issues.

just when i thought thing are getting on track it seems it is not, after talking to some Sudanese friend of mine i also got the same impression that this election is not going to be in april, but i guess that just people opinion that fact has not been yet state clearly.

but as always there are others who think differently

 

lets wait and see.

Salam :)