The President of Niger is in New York to chair the Security Council and the debate on the impact of terrorism and climate change on security. This Thursday, he dwelled on the situation in the Sahel and the problem of Libya and he pleaded for the maintenance of the elections on the scheduled date.
With our correspondent in New York, Carrie Nooten
While new voices in Tripoli called for postponing the December 24 poll in Libya, arguing that the conditions are not “optimal” for holding elections, the President of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum, spoke again on the subject. . The elected president resulting from the first democratic alternation did not fail to point out the importance of elections to establish peace.
A “crucial deadline“
“This means that the deadline of December 24 is crucial and my country has the hope that the presidential election scheduled for that date will take place under good conditions and it paves the way for a dynamic of peace and stability.”
Remarks all the more noticed since the representative of Niger had suggested ten days ago, when taking up his post as President of the Council, that it was better to delay these elections. The ambassador had suggested that the security conditions were not sufficient.
