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Mauritania’s Tawassoul party rejects a third presidential term

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Mauritania’s Tawassoul party rejects a third presidential term

The National Rally for Reform and Development (Tawassoul), a Mauritanian opposition party, is putting the fight against corruption, restrictions on freedoms and a third presidential term at the heart of its political re-entry. Its president, Hamadi Ould Sidi El Moctar, defended the constitutional limit on terms at a ceremony in Nouakchott, reports Lecalame.

The National Rally for Reform and Development (Tawassoul), a Mauritanian opposition party, rejects a third presidential term and has made this demand central to its political re-entry, alongside the fight against corruption and the defence of freedoms, according to Lecalame.

The party plans to take these demands to Nouakchott and the inland regions. The ceremony was held at Tawassoul’s central headquarters, attended by officials from the federations of Nouakchott’s three wilayas, members of its leadership bodies and representatives of women’s and youth organisations, according to Lecalame.

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