DILI, 30 may 2023 ( TATOLI)– The Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) will send its members to observe the legislative election in Guinea-Bissau.
Based on the press statement accessed by TATOLI saying that the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) set up an Observation Mission for the Legislative Elections in the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, which is convened by presidential decree for June 4, 2023.
The Team was sent following an invitation from the National Election Commission of Guinea-Bissau.
The Observation Mission (MOE CPLP) is headed by Ambassador Alberto Carlos, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Timor-Leste, and comprises a total of 26 elements, of which 15 are women. The delegation of observers is made up of diplomats and technicians nominated by the Member States of the CPLP, deputies nominated by the Parliamentary Assembly of the CPLP, and employees of the Executive Secretariat of the international organization.
The CPLP EOM will be based in Guinea Bissau, and it is expected to remain on the ground between May 30 and June 8, 2023, to allow monitoring of the final phase of the electoral campaign, election day, and vote counting.
The delegates of observers will be distributed across the country, to contemplate areas of greater population density, seeking to cover different regions and rural areas in Guinea Bissau.
During its stay in Guinea- Bissau, the CPLP EOM will hold meetings with the political parties that are candidates for the electoral administration and management authorities, with the Ambassadors of the CPLP Member States accredited in Guinea- Bissau, with civil society, as well as will develop articulation with other international observation missions.
Based on the observation the CPLP EOM will publicly present a preliminary statement.
The CPLP has extensive experience in Electoral Observation Missions in its Member States. In Guinea-Bissau, the CPLP constituted an EOM for the 1st and 2nd rounds of the Presidential Elections and the Legislative Elections in 2019, for the General Elections and the 2nd round of the Presidential Elections in 2014, for the 1st round of the Presidential Elections (early) in 2012, the 1st and 2nd rounds of the Presidential Elections (early) in 2009, the 2008 Legislative Elections, the 2005 Presidential Elections, the 2004 Legislative Elections and the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 1999 Presidential Elections.
Journalist: Camilio de Sousa
Editor: Nelia B.
