A statement posted on AU’s website yesterday stated that Jonathan would be leading members of the short term mission to join the continental body’s deployment of long term election experts who are already on ground in Zambia, adding that the chairperson of African Union Commission, AUC, approved it.
The statement read, “The Chairperson of the
AUC has approved the deployment of African Union Elections Observation Mission,
AUEOM, to the General Elections scheduled to place in the Republic of Zambia on October
11, 2016.
“The deployment of the AUEOM will take place in
two phases. The first phase comprise the deployment of long term election
experts and took place from July 14 to August 22, 2016 and it is made
up of 10 observers. “For the first time, the AU long term experts include
election/ legal political/media/campaign analysts.
“The objective is ensure that the AUEOM
approaches its work with added professionalism and factual analysis of the
legal, political, electoral, media and campaign aspects of the electoral
process in Zambia.
“At the second phase of the Mission, the long
term experts will to be joined by Short Term observers from the August 1
to 15, 2016.
“The Short Term Mission will be headed by
Goodluck Jonathan, former President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“The AUEOM draws its mandate from various African
Union instruments, most importantly: (a) the AU Guidelines for Elections
Observation and Monitoring Missions, 2002; (b) the OUA/AU Declaration on
Principles Governing Democratic Elections in Africa, 2002; African Charter on
Human and Peoples Rights, 1981, and (c) African Charter on Democracy, Elections
and Governance, 200), among others.
“The objectives of the Mission is (a) to provide
an accurate and impartial reporting or assessment of the quality of
the 25th October General Elections in the United Republic of
Tanzania, including the degree to which the conduct of the elections meets
regional, continental and international standards for democratic elections; (b)
to offer recommendations for improvement of future elections based on the
findings; and, and (c) to demonstrate AU’s interest to support Tanzania’s
elections and democratisation process to ensure that the conduct of genuine
elections contributes to the consolidation of democratic governance, peace and
stability in Tanzania in particular and the East African sub-region in
general.”
source:vanguard
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