Former President Goodluck Jonathan will be leading the
African Union Elections Observation Mission (AUEOM) to the Zambia ahead of the
country's general election scheduled to take place on October 11, 2016.
According to a press statement released on African
Union's website on Monday, August 1st, the team headed by former Nigerian
President would lead members of the Short Term observers from 1st to 15 August
2016. Read the full statement below:
"The Chairperson of the African Union Commission has
approved the deployment of African Union Elections Observation Mission (AUEOM)
to the General Elections scheduled to place in the Republic of Zambia on 11
October 2016.
The deployment of the AUEOM will take place in two
phases. The first phase comprises the deployment of long term election experts
and took place from 14 July to 22 August 2016 and it is made up of 10
observers. For the first time, the African Union 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 1st to 15 August 2016. The
Short Term Mission will be headed by H.E. Goodluck Jonathan, former President
of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The African Union Elections Observation Mission draws its
mandate from various African Union instruments, most importantly: (a) the
African Union 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 (2007), 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.
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