The Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS has deployed a team of long-term electoral observers to monitor the presidential runoff in Liberia and subsequent elections in the sub-region.
The observers are made up of experts in Elections Administration, Political Affairs, Gender and Civil Society, Constitutional Law, Security and the Media.
They will be reinforced from November 9, 2023, by 80 short-term observers from the ECOWAS Council of Wise Men, the Parliament, the Community Court of Justice, Ministries of Foreign Affairs of ECOWAS’ Member States, electoral management bodies and civil society organizations.
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As in the first round of polling in Liberia, former chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega will lead the ECOWAS observation mission for the runoff.
The deployment was made under the provisions of Articles 12 to 14 of the ECOWAS Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance of 2001, to assist member states conduct credible polls.
Editor: Oloyede Oworu
