Counties will now have 11 days to certify results, but the new law makes it clear the deadline is mandatory -- something which had been open to dispute under existing election rules.

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The government thus elected then has the job of drawing up a new constitution and holding a new election under its rules in early 2006.

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His stubbornness explains the delay in agreeing the rules under which any leadership election will be fought.

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