Sadeq Al Mahdi submit his candidacy in the presidency race
Khartoum, Jan 26 (SUNA) - The National Election Commission NEC, headed by its chairman, Abel Alier, has received the documents submitted by citizen Sadeq Al Mahadi, the Chairman of the Umma National Party, as candidate for the presidency of the Republic
Al Mahadi said in press statements following submission of his papers before the commission that he has taken the move in support of the democratic transformation in the country and that his party would enter the election race at all levels
He said his nomination was seconded by some thirty two thousand illegible voters from eighteen states, including three southern states
Al Mahdi has meanwhile reaffirmed his commitment to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and that he would work to boost it. But he said his programme focuses on working for the unity of the homeland or in case of separation a brotherly neighborhood between the north and the south
He said his party would coordinate with the SPLM in the south in the election with regard to a realization of just unity or a sisterly neighborhood He said whatever be the shortcoming of the SPLM it remains a guarantor of peace, stability and order at this stage the country is living in
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