Voters rally ahead of Sao Tome elections Candidates in the Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe holds their last rallies ahead of elections on Sunday. Up to 111,222 registered voters will go to the polls, which will see the outgoing President Manuel Pinto da Costa applying for a new five-year deal with the party of his rival, Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada in the islands known as a haven of tranquility compared to the rest of Central Africa. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES