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Campaigns for Cape Verde's presidential polls kick off

Xinhua, September 16, 2016 Adjust font size:

Campaigns for Cape Verde's presidential elections scheduled for Oct. 2 kicked off on Thursday by all the three presidential candidates including incumbent President Jorge Carlos Fonseca.

According to political analysts, Fonseca who is contesting for his second term, is the favourite candidate.

He is supported by the Movement for Democracy which recorded significant electoral victories this year.

Fonseca who is a constitutional lawyer, is contesting against the current vice-chancellor of Mindelo University, Albertino Graca. The latter is not supported by any particular political party.

The third candidate is Jaime Joaquim Monteiro, a former freedom fighter who is running for the presidency for the second time.

The incumbent president won the 2011 presidential elections with 54.3 percent of the votes cast in the second round, against Manuel Inocencio Sousa who was backed by the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV).

This year, PAICV has asked its members to freely vote for their preferred presidential candidate.

At least 361,206 registered voters will be expected to cast their votes. Endit