KHARTOUM, Jan 14 (Reuters) - A senior north Sudanese official said on Friday the south's independence referendum was "broadly fair" and his ruling party would accept the likely vote for secession.
"We are satisfied with the process and, as it has been declared by the President (Omar Hassan) Al-Bashir, we will respect the outcome of the referendum ... It will most likely be for secession," Ibrahim Ghandour, from the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) told Reuters in an interview.
People from Sudan's oil-producing south on Friday started the second-to-last day of voting in a week-long referendum on independence, which is expected to see the underdeveloped region emerge as a new state.
(Reporting by Andrew Heavens)
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