The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) has released a report entitled “Sifting Through Shattered Hopes“, which provides an assessment of Sudan’s electoral process. ACJPS reported regularly during the polls.
The report is based on the Sudanese electoral proces and the elections themselves, held from 11 – 15 April. The electoral period was marred by violations and irregularities, and was accompanied by rights abuses occurring concurrently throughout the country. Patterns began to emerge that document the extent to which the closely-linked National Elections Commission and the National Congress Party undermined opposing voices, and held fundamentally flawed elections with high levels of technical irregularities, intimidation, manipulation, harassment, and arrest. The report has been framed by monitoring conducted by the African Centre during elections and in the months prior, and includes analysis on the census, the NEC’s creation and contradictions in the legal framework, the electoral procedure envisioned by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the National Elections Act, delimitation of constituencies, voter registration, and finally the campaigning period and elections.
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Tags: ACJPS, African Centre for Peace and Justice Studies, Darfur, Elections, NCP, SPLM, Sudan
