Sudan News Agency (Khartoum)
1 June 2011
Nice — Vice – President of the Republic, Ali Osman Mohamed Taha, has called on the international community to support Sudan in the framework of the active involvement to build a sustainable democratic society based on the basis of political pluralism, cultural diversity and religious tolerance Addressing Tuesday a consultative meeting involving the UN, the African Union and Sudan as well as the Foreign Ministers of France, Egypt, South Africa, Algeria and the representatives of Eritrea and Gabon.
Taha explained that the recent electoral process were held in due transparency and partnership with the International Community from the early preparations up to the end, including the stages of the population census, the registration, raising awareness of voters and the monitoring of voting and the vote counting process.
Meanwhile, Taha explained that the partnership with the international community included provision of funding, materials and logistic support, pointing out that the outcome of the election process were very satisfactory despite complexity of the process, in a view that the Sudan has not witnessed any elections in the past 25 years, let alone the challenges of the logistical aspects.
He said that Sudan will learn a lesson from some mistakes in the operational and logistic aspects that have appeared in practice in the electoral process in order overcome them in the upcoming referendum as well as the future elections in the country Taha explained that the Sudanese elections took place in an atmosphere of transparency and calmness and were monitored by observers from various countries and international and regional organizations, adding that the electoral process reflected the maturity of the Sudanese people and their insistence to exercise their right of voting and to establish the pillars of democracy and buildinging elected institutions at all levels of government in the Sudan.
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