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Acapulco, Apr 4 (EFE).- Mexican politician Félix Salgado Macedonio, accused of rape, said Sunday that the Mexican electoral authority is persecuting him and supervising all his movements.Salgado Macedonio was banned by the electoral body from running for governor of the state of Guerrero due to financial irregularities. (Camera: SALOMÓN KAUFMAN).SHOT LIST: A RALLY LED BY MEXICAN POLITICIAN FÉLIX SALGADO MACEDONIO IN ACAPULCO, STATE OF GUERRERO, MEXICO.SOUND BITE: MEXICAN POLITICIAN FÉLIX SALGADO MACEDONIO (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATION: This is not an event of Felix, nor is it an event of the National Regeneration Movement party (Morena). It is an event of the people of Guerrero. The people are the ones here expressing their disagreement and their rejection of the arbitrary decision made by seven advisers of the INE (National Electoral Institute).
The ruling party in Burundi, the CNDD-FDD, ends its election campaign in Bujumbura by organising a giant rally. The country is preparing to choose a new president on Wednesday, as incumbent Pierre Nkurunziza has decided not to stand for re-election. IMAGES
Delegations from the European Union and the Carter Center meet with Venezuelan election authorities in Caracas to evaluate the possibility of conducting observation missions for the July 28 presidential election. IMAGES
Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) holds its closing rally for presidential candidate and current Vice-President Lai Ching-te, on the eve of an election that China has warned could take the island of 23 million people closer to war. Tens of thousands of people have flocked to noisy rallies of the main candidates as they make a last push for votes. IMAGES
Ghana's outgoing Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia says he is receiving the "greatest honour" of his life after the ruling NPP party elected him as their candidate for the 2024 presidential ballot. The West African country is undergoing its worst economic trouble in years, and the crisis is set to dominate the election campaign ahead of the December 2024 ballot to succeed President Nana Akufo-Addo. SOUNDBITE TO COMPLETE VIDI33ZV83L_EN + VID33ZV9EA_EN
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).