a candidate criticizes the National Electoral Commission which defends itself

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To Comoros, Daoudou Abdallah Mohamed, Comorian presidential candidate and leader of the Orange party, criticized the Independent National Electoral Commission (Céni). He notably affirmed that the CENI lacks neutrality.

The former Minister of the Interior also pointed out the recruitment of polling station members, which does not respect the agreed criteria.

“ I ask that the president of the Céni take the necessary measures »

On the island of Mwali, the training of polling station members was canceled because the president of the Independent Island Electoral Commission (CEII) presented lists containing people who were not selected during the recruitments launched by the Ceni.

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“ To the great surprise, in Mwali, the president of the CEII came with another list which is not the one proposed by the Céci [Commission électorale communale indépendante, NDLR]says Daoudou Abdallah Mohamed on the microphone of our correspondent Abdallah Mzembaba. This is a serious mistake and I ask that the president of the Céni take the necessary measures, because, instead of him being an arbiter, he has a leaning side. He came with another list which was provided by the people of the presidential movement, so that they could integrate this list within the CEII, so that these people would be trained to become members of the polling stations on the day of ballot “.

He insists : ” I think these are very serious irregularities. Today, there is an important point: voter cards are confiscated by people. I ordered my activists to act – because we know where they are confiscated, they are not confiscated within the Céci and the Ceii but from individuals. If by tomorrow, the Céni does not move, we will recover these cards in the localities where they are, because this is not normal. »

“ Everything that happens at the Céni level is transparent and respects the electoral code. »

In response to Daoudou Abdallah Mohamed’s accusations, the spokesperson for the Independent National Electoral Commission (Céni), Mohamed Abderemane Hilali, invited the former Minister of the Interior to present proof of what he is saying and to seize the Supreme Court in its electoral section.

According to Mohamed Abderemane Hilali, the CENI took all necessary measures to ensure the security of candidates and voters, but also of the process itself. “ The former Minister of the Interior, commissioner at the Céni level, knows very well that everything that happens at the Céni level is transparent and in compliance with the electoral code.he retorts. Now, it is an electoral code which may not suit certain candidates. These are baseless accusations. “.

He underlines, still at the microphone of Abdallah Mzembaba: “ The card distribution process was respected. Any voter can get their electoral card from Céci, from the mayors who distribute it, in association with neighborhood chiefs and village chiefs. This is the process that was put in place by the Ceni. So accusations that there are individuals who have cards, I would have liked the former Minister of the Interior to present us with evidence on the allegations, because if there is evidence, the CENI will act . But we cannot come and talk like that and ask the Céni to act, because we have given the cards to the authorities concerned for distribution. »

Finally, Mohamed Abderemane Hilali responds: “ The training in Mwali, it is true, did not take place, but the CENI has made the necessary arrangements so that by January 6 it can take place. Regarding the selection of members of the polling stations, the process was respected, in particular the recruitment conditions. »