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Carter Center deploys more than 40 observers across Guyana
The Carter Center international election observers yesterday started deploying observers across the nation ahead of tomorrow’s general elections.
Guyana will see the biggest number of observers for general elections in what is expected to a tough contest.
A number of The Carter Center observer team ahead of being deployed. Standing in front are Aminata Touré, former prime minister of Senegal, and Jason J. Carter, chairperson of The Carter Center Board of Trustees.
According to the Center, yesterday, more than 40 observers representing 15 countries will cover all 10 of Guyana’s regions.
The delegation is co-led by Aminata Touré, former prime minister of Senegal, and Jason J. Carter, chairperson of The Carter Center Board of Trustees.
The delegation will draw upon findings from the Carter Center’s history and ongoing presence in Guyana, including the work of its core team of electoral experts and long-term observers, who arrived in January.
“In the days around Election Day, the delegation’s leadership is meeting with key stakeholders to hear their perspectives on the electoral process, including candidates, political party leaders, GECOM, civil society leaders, and the security sector among others,” the statement said yesterday.
The Carter Center issued a pre-election statement on February 20, 2020, in which it encouraged GECOM to publicise and distribute existing procedures for tabulation as widely as possible.
“The Carter Center notes that publicising and widely distributing procedures for both tabulation and recounts – with key safeguards in place for transparency, allowing party scrutineers and observers at all stages – will be integral to ensuring that the will of the voters is accurately and comprehensively reflected in the final results,” Carter said.
Touré added, “It is a great honour for us to be Guyana at this historic moment. We are hopeful that the electoral process will be peaceful, inclusive, and credible, and that Guyanese come together after these elections so they can share their bright future as one nation.”
In addition, field teams are CARICOM, The Commonwealth, the European Union, the Organisation of American States and the local private sector.
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