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Voters in Djibouti re-elected President Ismail Omar Guelleh by an 80% margin in that nation's April 8, 2011 presidential election.〔(International Foundation for Electoral Systems Elections Guide )〕〔 (Djibouti Djibouti validates presidential election ), Middle East Online, April 13, 2011〕 He defeated Mohamed Warsama Ragueh, an attorney and former judge who took 19% of the vote. Djibouti's opposition coalitions boycotted the election, saying it would not be free and fair,〔(Djibouti president set for a hat-trick at the polls ), AFP via Ahram Online, April 5, 2011〕 leaving only President Guelleh and Ragueh, who had served as President of Djibouti's Constitutional Council in 2005.〔Afrol News,(Djibouti opposition boycotts election ), March 11, 2011〕〔Warsama campaign statement (in French), (Assajog )〕 Ragueh has complained about irregularities in the voting.〔Davidson, William, ( Djiboutian President Guelleh Wins Vote; Human Rights Watch Doubts Fairness ), Bloomberg, April 9, 2011〕 ==Run up to the election== (詳細はNational Assembly of Djibouti amended the Constitution to allow Guelleh to stand for a third term. Presidents had been limited to two terms.〔IOL News, (Djibouti lawmakers remove term limits ), April 11, 2010〕 Coinciding with the wider Arab Spring, protesters began calling for President Guelleh's ouster beginning in February 2011.〔Al Jazeera, (Djiboutians rally to oust president ), February 18, 2011〕 On at least two occasions the government has detained opposition leaders and has imprisoned many protesters.〔Davison, William, Bloomberg News,(Djibouti Forces Arrest Opposition Leaders, Scuppering Protests ), March 11, 2011〕〔Human Rights Watch, (Djibouti: Allow Peaceful Protests ), April 4, 2011〕 Democracy International (DI), an organization funded by USAID, had been in the country since November planning to monitor the elections, but was told to leave by the government in March 21, 2011 after officials questioned its impartiality.〔Manson, Katrina, Financial Times, (Election observers quit Djibouti ), March 15, 2011〕 The African Union and the U.S. and French embassies sent some observers to monitor the elections, as did other regional groups. Another potential candidate, businessman Abdourahman Boreh, who lives in self-imposed exile in London, did not participate because Guelleh was on the ballot.〔both at Reuters, (Djibouti opposition boycotts presidential election ), March 11, 2011〕〔(A Reform Programme for Djibouti ), Boreh's campaign website〕 Guelleh was sworn in for his third term on 8 May 2011.〔("Special envoy of Chinese president attends Djiboutian president's sworn in ceremony" ), Xinhua, 9 May 2011.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Djiboutian presidential election, 2011」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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