EL FASHER, Sudan, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Concerned authorities in Sudan's North Darfur State on Saturday affirmed readiness of the state's regular forces to secure the general elections slated on Sunday.

"We have finalized all the necessary arrangements to secure the elections. The regular forces are ready to confront whoever attempts to cripple the electoral process," Osman Yousif Kibir, North Darfur State governor, told Xinhua Saturday.

"Darfur is secured and stable, and we are ready for the elections," he said.

Kibir further criticized the EU observation team over its decision to withdraw from the region, saying that "there is no justification for this measure."

The EU Observation Team earlier decided to withdraw its observers from Darfur for security reasons.

"I have decided to go back with all the other six observers that are still in Darfur," Veronique de Keyser, head of European Union Election Observation Mission to Sudan (EU EOM), told reporters earlier this week.

The Sudanese government, however, regarded the EU EOM's decision as based on anticipated judgments.

In the meantime, Head of the Higher Elections Committee in North Darfur State al-Sir al-Meck told Xinhua Saturday that all the organization arrangements for the elections in the state have completed.

He said that number of voters in the state has amounted to 691, 871, who will cast their votes through the 420 voting centers all around the state.