AFP News Agency | AlJazeera.com | January 21
Comoros President Azali Assoumani’s party has swept to victory in a parliamentary election boycotted by the opposition, according to official results.
The Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros (CRC) won 17 out of 24 legislative seats, while two other seats went to parties in the presidential coalition.
A second round of voting will take place on February 23 to allocate the remaining five seats, the electoral commission said on Monday.
Opposition parties stayed away from the weekend contest in the Indian Ocean islands’ national assembly after saying they had failed to obtain guarantees of a “transparent, free and democratic” election.
Comoros has had a volatile political history since independence in 1975, enduring more than 20 attempted coups, four of which were successful.
