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Most of the main opposition parties in Sudan |
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are withdrawing from all the elections this month - |
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the first multi-party elections since 1986. |
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They won't take part because of concerns |
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about fraud and security. |
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On Wednesday, the presidential candidate |
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for the former southern rebels Yassir Arman pulled out. |
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President Obama's Special Envoy General Scott Gration |
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has been in Khartoum trying to save the elections. |
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James Copnall sent this report from Khartoum. |
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Several major opposition parties have announced |
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they will boycott the Sudanese elections at every level. |
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Earlier today, they told the BBC |
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they would boycott the presidential elections |
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in protest of what they believe will not be free and fair polls. |
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Now several of the parties have decided |
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not to compete in the parliamentary |
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or state elections either. |
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The decision strikes a real blow |
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at the credibility of elections |
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which were meant to hold the democratic transformation in Sudan. |