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Pan-African
Parliament election observers arrive
Accra, Dec. 25, Ghanadot/GNA – Pan-African
Parliament Election Observers have arrived in Ghana for the
Presidential Election Runoff scheduled for Sunday December
28 2008.
The 21-man team, headed by Janguo Athumani Saidi,
Chairperson of the Committee on Rural Economy, Agriculture,
National Resources and Environment, is in the country at the
invitation of the Electoral Commission (EC).
The mission was deployed in Ghana during the December 7
elections.
Mr Athumani Saidi told the media in Accra on Thursday that
while in Ghana the observers would be briefed and addressed
by the Ghanaian Electoral stakeholders.
They would be deployed to all the 10 regions on Friday,
December 26 where they would meet with electoral
stakeholders including electoral officials, civil society
organizations and representatives of political parties and
the media.
Members of the mission would observe voting and counting at
polling stations and return to Accra on December 29, 2008 to
attend a debriefing session and to assess the electoral
process.
The mission would deliver an interim assessment statement at
a press conference on December 30, and its members would
begin to depart for their various countries on December 31
2008.
Mr Athumani Saidi said the Pan-African Parliament would
continue to monitor the process until the finalization of
the election results, after which the mission would present
its final report and final assessment of the Ghana’s
presidential and parliamentary elections.
GNA
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