KHARTOUM, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Sudanese police authorities in Khartoum on Monday said that their plan for securing the polling process in the country's general elections was progressing as planned, reported official news agency SUNA.

The police forces have affirmed their ability to secure the polling process, the voters and the candidates.

"All the received reports affirmed that the process was progressing well", said police officer lieutenant general Mohamed al-Hafez Hassan Attiya, director of Khartoum State police, according to the report.

He praised the positive role of the citizens and their contribution to securing the electoral process and urged them to provide further cooperation to bring the process to safety.

al-Tayeb Babikir, chairman of the executive chamber for securing the elections in Khartoum State, said that the police forces were securing and protecting the polling stations which amounted to 820 all over the state.

He affirmed that the security situation was calm, saying that " the security situation in the state is in its best condition due to the wide presence of the police forces. The citizens play an essential part in the process of securing the elections at all stages", according to the report.

The Sudanese police has deployed around 100,000 soldiers nation- wide to secure the polling process in which over 16 million Sudanese voters cast their votes.