{"id":424086,"date":"2011-05-14T23:19:05","date_gmt":"2011-05-14T23:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/14\/commonwealth-team-to-observe-poll\/"},"modified":"2011-05-14T23:19:05","modified_gmt":"2011-05-14T23:19:05","slug":"commonwealth-team-to-observe-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/14\/commonwealth-team-to-observe-poll\/","title":{"rendered":"Commonwealth Team to Observe Poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"30.0584375\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecommonwealth.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Commonwealth News and Information Service<\/a> (London)<\/p>\n<p>14 May 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>press release<\/p>\n<p>A Commonwealth Expert Team will be in Seychelles to observe the May Presidential poll, Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma announced. The election will be held from 19-21 May 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The team will be headed by the former Foreign Minister of St Lucia, Dr Julian R Hunte.<\/p>\n<p>Constituting the team, Mr Sharma said that its mandate is to observe the preparations for the election; the polling, counting and results process; and the overall electoral environment.<\/p>\n<p>The Secretary-General&#8217;s decision to constitute the team followed an invitation from the Seychelles Electoral Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Sharma said that the members of the team have been invited in their individual capacities, and the views they express regarding the elections are their own and not those of either their respective governments or of the Commonwealth Secretariat.<\/p>\n<p>The full team consists of:<\/p>\n<p>Dr Julian R Hunte OBE &#8211; Chair<\/p>\n<p>Former Foreign Minister and former President of the UN General Assembly<\/p>\n<p>St Lucia<\/p>\n<p>Ms Priscilla Achakpa<\/p>\n<p>Vice chairperson<\/p>\n<p>Transition Monitoring Group (Domestic Election Observer Body)<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>Mr Lorne Gibson<\/p>\n<p>Former Chief Electoral Officer of Alberta<\/p>\n<p>Canada<\/p>\n<p>Mr Idrisa Jecha<\/p>\n<p>Acting Director of Elections<\/p>\n<p>Zanzibar Electoral Commission<\/p>\n<p>Tanzania<\/p>\n<p>Ms Josephine Teakeni<\/p>\n<p>Gender and Media Expert<\/p>\n<p>Solomon Islands<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Follow this link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201105140097.html\" title=\"Commonwealth Team to Observe Poll\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Commonwealth Team to Observe Poll<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Commonwealth News and Information Service (London) 14 May 2011 press release A Commonwealth Expert Team will be in Seychelles to observe the May Presidential poll, Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma announced. The election will be held from 19-21 May 2011. 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