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| Leading Mauritania political parties endorse Abdelaziz candidature |
| 2009-05-03 |
| [Maghrebia] Six Mauritanian political parties declared Thursday (April 30th) their support for the presidential candidature of General Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz, PANA reported. Union for the Republic (UPR) chief Mohamed Ali Chérif told the press that the parties were backing the junta leader in the June 6th election because of his "guarantees of security and stability" and "commitment to continue working for the development of democracy". Together, the UPR, the Union for Democracy and Progress (UDP), the Union for the Mauritanian People (UPM), the Republican Party for Democracy and Regeneration (PRDR), the Democratic Regeneration (RD) and the Hatem party hold the majority of seats in the nation's two chambers of parliament. In other news, the African Union will continue mediation efforts aimed at reaching a "consensual solution" to the political crisis in Mauritania, AFP quoted AU Commission President Jean Ping as saying Thursday (April 30th) in Addis Ababa. A mediation atttempt last March by Libyan leader and AU President Moamer Kadhafi proved unsuccessful. |
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