Ousted Mauritanian Prime Minister Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghev had been put under surveillance in the village of Achram, 450 km southeast of the capital Nouakchott, reports said Friday.
"Waghev had been transferred in the night of Thursday to the central city of Moudjeria, but he demanded to be driven to his native village of Achram," Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Dahmane, deputy general secretary of the former ruling party DIL which was led by Waghev, was quoted as saying by the Dakar-based APA News Agency.
The National Front of Defense for Democracy, which is composed of six political parties opposing the Aug. 6 coup that toppled President Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallahi and Waghef, has strongly condemned the move.
Waghef was freed five days later but was re-arrested in the northern port city of Nouadhibou on Thursday for defying the State Council's regulations by leaving Nouakchott without permission.
Waghef had planned to attend a demonstration in Nouadhibou against the coup leaders.
The front said Waghev is always "the legitimate prime minister designated by the elected president," pledging to "continue the non-military fight until the resumption of legality."
Source: Xinhua
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