The Sudan Democracy First Group released a second statement yesterday, calling on international election observers to leave the country. In the release, SDFG argues that “the threats and harassment suffered by international observer missions have undermined their ability to honestly report on the continued violations” and that their continued presence in Sudan only lends “the appearance of legitimacy to what has been proven to be a deeply flawed elections process.”

SDFG’s full release:

Observer Missions Must stop Lending their Credibility to Sudan Elections

April 6, 2010, (Khartoum/Juba)

International elections observer missions should immediately pull out of Sudan. These groups appear to no longer be able to fulfill their mandate and serve only to legitimize a deeply-flawed elections process.

International observer missions have so far been subject to severe government intimidation. The Sudanese government harshly criticized the Carter Center after publication of its report on March 17th which detailed significant violations in the elections process throughout all stages including fraud[...]

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