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Previously, Azali had directed a coup d'état, had led the Comoros between 1999 and 2006 and had been re-elected in 2016. By Youssouf IBRAHIM (AFP / File)
The Comoros police arrested on Thursday, said an AFP campaign official, presidential candidate Soilihi Mohamed, defeatist, while police also dispersed a protest march of women arresting 12 protesters.
Kamal Eddin Sindou, head of the election campaign, confirmed the arrest of Mohamed, who was appointed Wednesday at the head of an opposition coalition to challenge the reelection of President Azali Assoumani after the Sunday elections.
A family member also told AFP that Mohamed had been arrested.
Mohamed is third with 3.84% of the vote.
The opposition categorically rejected Azali's victory with 60.77%, while the angry mood threatened to unleash a new political crisis in the archipelago with a long history of blows. State and attempts to take power.
Mohamed had previously said that the opposition "will use all peaceful means to overthrow the government".
Azali, who led a coup d'état, then led the country between 1999 and 2006 and was re-elected in 2016, leaving his 12 runaway rivals on the run.
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Observers and community groups questioned the credibility of the vote.
Polling stations were ransacked, the polls filled by police and observers were prevented from monitoring the integrity of the vote, according to several witnesses.
Those arrested on Thursday were part of a march of about 100 women to the Supreme Court where they planned to appeal for the results to be overturned.
The armed police dispersed them and 12 protesters were arrested for unspecified crimes.
"We are tired of what is happening, we wanted to send a memorandum to the Supreme Court, but we could not do it," Samoa Abdulmadjid, organizer of the march, told AFP. .
"The police arrived and started to gather people."
The opposition parties of the Indian Ocean country chose not to appeal the result of the vote but called for new elections to be held as soon as possible.
Interior Minister Mohamed "Kiki" Daoudou rejected criticism of the conduct of the polls and said "it is not the street that governs the country".
For months, the opposition accused Azali of behaving like a dictator.
Azali organized the poll after a referendum organized by the Comorians, boycotted by the opposition, in favor of extending the presidential term of office from five years to two.
According to critics, he could theoretically rule until 2029 and several opposition figures were arrested at the time of the referendum.
The change upset the fragile balance of power established in 2001, which aimed to end the separatist crises on the islands of Anjouan and Moheli and put an end to an endless cycle of coups d'etat.
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