Mauritania proposes elections dates

The general minister for the Mauritanian presidency, Habib Weld Hamad, on Thursday announced that the government of Mauritania proposed that the first requirement will be the referendum on the constitution in 2006, to be followed by municipal elections in October, and then legislative elections in April 2007, and then the elections for the Senate council in May that precede the presidential elections in June.

Weld Hamad indicated that this schedule will be discussed with the political parties and the civil society organizations on October 25th, noting that these dates "were proposed initially " and can be changed when necessary in the course of consultations on relations between the ministerial committees.

Weld Hamad stressed that the government took into consideration economic and administrative force majors, and will defend its proposals with its care to that understanding "remain our ovjective," noting that representing women in the elected commissions will be discussed and that the government proposed representation rates estimated at 20%.

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