In September a coup led by Compaoré's right-hand man, General Gilbert Diendéré, briefly toppled President Michel Kafando's interim government and forced the postponement of the elections that were originally scheduled for October.
Today, environmentalists said that the shorter period of postponement, combined with interim measures designed to spur sales of low-emission cars like gasoline-electric hybrids, represented a significant victory.
After four postponements, the leaders of the interim government reassured the country that elections would be held on Tuesday and urged voters not to be afraid to cast ballots.
On Tuesday, Pakistan, which had been seen as among the most likely to send troops, ruled this out for the time being.Late last month, the dire security situation forced the last-minute postponement of a conference to choose an interim national parliament for Iraq.
Confusion ensued, with neither Zahir's entourage in Rome nor the interim government in Kabul offering any clear explanation for the postponement.
The last-minute postponement embarrassed Hamid Karzai, the chairman of Afghanistan's interim government and a longtime loyalist of Zahir, who had planned to fly to Rome and accompany him back to his homeland.
After the postponement of Zahir's visit, there were several incidents directed against the interim government, the former king and the American presence here.
But some mainstream voices, notably the Sunni interim president, Ghazi al-Yawar and the veteran politician Adnan Pachachi, have called for a postponement to give more time to combat the insurgency and allow Sunni parties to organise better.
The postponement was catastrophic.
§ 1624.6 Postponement of induction.
Postponement of induction.
