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Rare incident in the Arab World: Free elections in Mauritania
17/3/2007 Mauritania opened polling stations in the morning of 11 March 2007 for more than 1 million voters for the presidential elections where 19 candidates were contesting for presidency. The elections were supervised by an independent committee agreed upon by the current government and political parties. The Mauritanian president, Colonel Aly Weld Mohammed Fal announced his voluntary step down from power in respect to the constitutional law that does not allow for the nomination of any member of the Ruling Military Council and the government. He did not resort to any constitutional amendments to ensure his continuation in power. The Mauritanian president leaves his position to enter history as the second case in our Arab World, after Swer Al-Zahab who left power in Sudan to an elected government in the 1990s. |
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