{"id":290047,"date":"2011-03-05T02:08:03","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T02:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/05\/benin-delays-vote-for-second-time\/"},"modified":"2011-03-05T02:08:03","modified_gmt":"2011-03-05T02:08:03","slug":"benin-delays-vote-for-second-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/05\/benin-delays-vote-for-second-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Benin delays vote for second time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"45.841813136\">\n        \t\t  <span><br \/>\n    <span>4 March 2011<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Last updated at <\/span><span>21:08 ET<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Benin&#8217;s constitutional court has approved another one-week delay in the presidential election, to 13 March.<\/p>\n<p>The move follows complaints that more than one million people were not yet registered to vote and preparations for the poll were not complete.<\/p>\n<p>The UN and the African Union had called for the postponement, saying more time was needed to distribute voter cards.<\/p>\n<p>President Boni Yayi is seeking a second term, with his main challengers Adrien Houngbedji and Abdoulaye Bio Tchane.<\/p>\n<p>In its decision, the constitutional court said the time remaining before Sunday&#8217;s rescheduled election date &#8220;clearly does not allow the [electoral commission] to accomplish the indispensable tasks for a credible election&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The vote in the West African nation was originally scheduled for 27 February then postponed to 6 March.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Here is the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/world-africa-12654718\" title=\"Benin delays vote for second time\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Benin delays vote for second time<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 4 March 2011 Last updated at 21:08 ET Benin&#8217;s constitutional court has approved another one-week delay in the presidential election, to 13 March. 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