Comoros, an Indian Ocean archipelago, is set to hold elections for its 33-seat parliament on January 12, according to a decree published on Saturday.
The upcoming polls come after the country’s last parliamentary elections in January 2020.
Incumbent President Azali Assoumani was re-elected for a five-year term in January, but opposition parties rejected the results.
Allegations of ballot stuffing and premature voting closure marred the election.
The government denied these claims. Salim Issa Abdillah, leader of the opposition JUWA party, expressed concerns about participating in the legislative elections.
“We are not ready to take part until we know what is going to happen,” Abdillah said.
The JUWA party and another opposition party, Orange, have announced a boycott of the poll.
Opposition parties accuse President Assoumani of authoritarian excesses and suspect him of grooming his son to succeed him.
Assoumani has ruled Comoros since 1999, initially through a coup, and has since won three elections.
