Ahmed Murad (Nouakchott, Cairo)
Mauritania is witnessing intense preparations for the start of the marathon presidential elections, the first round of which is scheduled to take place on June 29.
The list of candidates includes 7 names: the current president, Mohamed Ould Cheikh Al-Ghazouani, the head of the National Rally for Reform and Development (Tawasul) party, Hammadi Ould Sidi Al-Mukhtar, the independent candidate, Mohamed Al-Amine Al-Murtaja Al-Wafi, the head of the Alliance for Justice and Democracy, Bamamadou Bockari, and MP Eid Ould Mohamed Ould. Embarek, university professor Utama Somare, and head of the Initiative for the Resurgence of the Emancipation Movement, Biram Dah Abeidi. Mauritanian analyst and writer, Sultan Alban, explained that the presidential elections come during an exceptional period represented by the geopolitical circumstances surrounding Mauritanian geography.
Alban said in statements to Al-Ittihad: The difficult regional situation has cost Mauritania a huge bill, especially from its eastern neighbor, Mali, from whose side about 100,000 displaced people have flowed due to armed conflicts, pointing out that these security disturbances have spread to the borders of Mauritania, and the citizens of the eastern villages no longer feel safe. The level of tension between the two countries rose.
As for the Mauritanian writer and analyst, and former head of the Mauritanian Journalists Syndicate, Mohamed Salem Al-Dah, he explained that Mauritania is on the verge of one of the most important electoral races that the country has witnessed during the past two decades, as the presidential elections take place under very delicate circumstances that make them unlike other electoral scenes that took place in the past. .
As for the Mauritanian writer, analyst, and former head of the Mauritanian Journalists Syndicate, Mohamed Salem Al-Dah, he explained that the presidential elections come under very delicate circumstances.
He stated that Mauritania is nominated in the coming period to be one of the gas exporting countries, which opens the door to the ambitions of some parties, and therefore the matter requires a strong and stable internal front, and the election of a president who can confront these challenges.
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