PAP Election: Two candidates withdraw from the VP race

Two of the candidates who had been nominated to contest from the offices of the First and Fourth Vice Presidents have withdrawn from the race.

In the Northern Region, Hon. Prof. Massouda Mohamed Laghdaf and Hon. Abdessalam Homa both from Mauritania won the nomination to contest for the position of First Vice President. However, we have reliably gathered that Hon. Abdessalam Homa has withdrawn from the race, leaving the incumbent Hon. Prof. Massouda Mohamed Laghdaf as the sole candidate for the position of First Vice President.

In the Central Region, Hon. Djidda Mahamat from Chad and Hon. Anita Ndayizeye from Burundi were nominated to contest the position of Fourth Vice President. However, we have also reliably gathered that Hon. Anita Ndayizeye has withdrawn from the race, leaving Hon. Djidda Mahamat  as the sole candidate for the position of Fourth Vice President.

So the PAP election tomorrow will have three candidates for the three positions with Hon. Chief Fortune Charumbira contesting also as the sole candidate for President.

Although sole candidates, each of the candidates must secure a simple majority of the votes cast for their respective offices to emerge victorious.

Under the Rules of the Parliament, the Five (5) member Ad Hoc Committee will organize and preside over the election of the President. The elected President will now preside over the election of the First and Fourth Vice President.