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The vote on Anjouan is postponed for a week because of prolonged unrest. A military solution to end the burgeoning electoral crisis on the Indian Ocean island of Anjouan, one of three islands comprising the Union of Comoros, is being considered by the government, IRIN has reliably learned. Grand Comore and Moheli islands held scheduled elections on June 10th, but Anjouan's poll was initially postponed by a week after deadly clashes between Union government forces and the island's para‐military police. The archipelago's complex electoral system was brokered in 2001 by the Organisation of African Unity ( OAU ), in the wake of Moheli and Anjouan seceding from Grand Comore in 1997. The electoral system provides for a semi‐autonomous government and president for each island–Anjouan, Grand Comore and Moheli–with a rotating presidency for the over‐arching Union government. The Comoros constitutional court approved 31 candidates to contest the individual island elections: 18 for Grande Comore, eight for Anjouan and five for Moheli. Mohamed Bacar , 45, elected president of Anjouan in 2002, was asked to step down by the court on grounds that he had served his five‐year term, and nominated an interim president to head the island's government until
Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series – Wiley
Published: Jul 1, 2007
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