President Hadi congratulates Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on being reelected as President of Mauritania July 2, 2014 -SANAA President Abdrabuh Mansour Hadi sent on Wednesday a cable of congratulations to President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on the occasion of being elected as a President of Mauritania. Mauritanias President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has been re-elected with an overwhelming 81.89 percent of the vote, preliminary results showed, after his main rivals boycotted a process they rejected as a sham. The former general, who seized power in the northwest African nation in an August 2008 coup, campaigned strongly on his success in fighting armed groups linked to Al-Qaeda at home and in neighboring Sahel nations. Preliminary results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday indicated that Abdel Aziz was firmly ahead of anti-slavery candidate Biram Ould Dah Ould Abeid, who obtained just 8.67 percent of Saturdays ballot. In third place was Ibrahima Moctar Sarr, with 4.44 percent while the only female candidate in the race, Lalla Mariem Mint Moulaye Idriss took only 0.49 percent.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 23:32:15 +0000
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