Barbados: Former Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur will lead a Commonwealth Observer Group to the Maldives Presidential Election scheduled for 8 October 2008.
This was announced by Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma. The Observers will be supported by a staff team from the Commonwealth Secretariat.
The Commonwealth was invited by the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Maldives to observe the election
"This election is the first to be conducted under the new Constitution, which was ratified in August 2008, and the first election under the new multi-party system," said the Secretary-General.
He added that the mandate of the Observer Group is to consider the various factors impinging on the credibility of the electoral process as a whole. The Group will determine in its own judgement whether the election has been conducted according to the standards for democratic elections to which the country has committed itself, in adhering to national election-related legislation and relevant regional, Commonwealth and other international commitments.
The team will be in the Maldives from 1 October.
Source: www.caribbeannetnews.com
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