The FINANCIAL - 5 Contenders for Presidency in Breakaway Abkhazia

5 Contenders for Presidency in Breakaway Abkhazia

05/11/2009 10:24 (131 Day 19:52 minutes ago)

The FINANCIAL -- According to Civil Georgia, five candidates have been nominated to run in presidential elections in breakaway Abkhazia planned for December 12, local news agency Apsnipress reported.

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Incumbent Abkhaz leader, Sergey Bagapsh, will compete for re-election with Raul Khajimba, former vice-president of the breakaway region; a former lawmaker and businessman Beslan Butba, who is leader of Party of Economic Development; head of state-owned Abkhaz Shipping Company Zaur Ardzinba and a scholar Vitaly Bganba.

Deadline for nominating candidates has already expired and the breakaway region’s central election commission will have to formally register contenders before November 12.

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