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Article: 1st LD: Mauritanian military promises to hold "free and transparent " presidential elections: report
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- August 7, 2008
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1st LD: Mauritanian military promises to hold "free and
transparent " presidential elections: report
DAKAR, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Mauritanian military, which ousted
the democratically elected government in the country on Wednesday,
said on Thursday that it will swiftly hold "free and transparent"
presidential elections, according to reports from AFP.
In a statement read on national radio, the military said " These
elections, which will be held in the shortest possible period, will
be free and transparent and will bring for the future a continued
and harmonious functioning of all the constitutional powers."
The military said it would, along with other institutions, "
supervise the ...