Upcoming Sudanese Elections Reflect Complex Political Problems

(07 Apr 10 - RV) The credibility of Sudan’s first multiparty elections in years continues to be cast in doubt, with Southern Sudan's main political party announcing it will boycott the ballot appointment scheduled for the weekend. The Sudanese People's Liberation Movement says it is withdrawing its candidates from the northern states for the April 11 vote,  which includes local as well as parliamentary and presidential polls, because of alleged  government control of the media and biased legislation that make an honest vote impossible.


Fr. Sean O’Leary of the South Africa-based Denis Hurley Peace Institute told us the elections are only one element in a very large and complex political problem facing the entire region…