Mauritania will see a transfer of power from the military to a democratically-elected civilian government on Sunday when more than 1.1 million people will be called to the ballot boxes to elect their future president. "For the first time in their life, they will elect in free and transparent manner, without state interference," outgoing military junta leader Ely Ould Mohamed Vall said in an interview. Vall toppled autocratic ruler Maaouiya Ould Taya in a bloodless coup that was initially condemned by the international community until he committed to the democratic changes. "This is the moment when Mauritanians will come of age," he declared. More than 2,400 polling stations will open between 7:00 am and 7:00 pm and voting is to be observed by some 300 international poll watchers.