Sudan: nominations for presidentship and parliament begin today

The procedures of the presidentship nomination and the parliament membership are began today in Sudan.

Abd El-Monem El-Zein El-Nahas, the chairman of the elections front said in a press conference that the election procedures are to begin today and the electoral operation will last till the result declaration on the coming December the 24th, assuring that the invitation was addressed to some regional and international corporations and organizations to send supervisors to attend these elections among which are the Organization of Islamic Conference , the Organization of African Unity, the Arab League, the European Union and the center of the former U.S president Jimmy Carter for peace studies.

El-Nahas said there are new restrictions to limit the candidates number in the presidential elections in which more than 40 candidates participated in 1996 and these restrictions comprise paying a fee of 10,000 Sudanese Dinars and being nominated by at least 100 persons out of more than half of Sudan's governorates.

He made a condition that the candidate must be a Sudanese of 40 years old and above and not being convicted in an honor case during 7 years.

The Umma party and the opposition democratic Union assured boycotting these elections while the Public Conference party has not yet specified its stance.