Commonwealth, Press Release
21 July 2021 The Commonwealth will be sending a group to observe the upcoming General Elections in Saint Lucia, scheduled for 26 July.
Secretary-General Patricia Scotland announced the deployment of the five-person Commonwealth Observer Group following an invitation from the Prime Minister of Saint Lucia.
“While this election is taking place at a very difficult time due to challenges presented to us by the Covid-19 pandemic, the deployment of an observer group is a demonstration of the Commonwealth’s deep commitment to supporting electoral democracy in member countries.
“Election observation has long been a core function of the Commonwealth and is always undertaken with impartiality, independence and transparency.”
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Daily Monitor
Sunday March 14 2021
On January 29, 1986, at the entrance to Parliament a ceremony took place at which a lean guerrilla leader was sworn in by the Chief Justice of Uganda as President.
In a humble speech to a crowd gathered to witness the historic occasion, the guerrilla leader told Ugandans that what happened on that day was not “a mere change of guard; it is a fundamental change in the politics of our country.”
Thirty five years later, patriotic Ugandans are wondering whether what happened was really a fundamental change. Recent events have raised serious concerns and doubts in the minds of Ugandans and as Sabalwanyi predicted accurately in the same speech: “We have had one group getting rid of another, only for it to turn out to be worse than the group it displaced.”
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The Commonwealth Observer Group (COG), which has been on location in Ghana observing the recent elections has today issued an interim statement calling for peace as they await full results.
The Group’s interim statement noted the voting exercise was held successfully, despite unprecedented circumstances posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Results are yet to be released by the Ghana Electoral Commission but speaking on the release of the COG’s interim statement its Chair, former President of East Africa Court of Justice, Dr Emmanuel Ugirashebuja, said:
“The electoral process is yet to be concluded and the greatest test of leadership is called for now. All parties must exercise patience and restraint while Ghanaians await the announcement of full results. We urge the Ghana Electoral Commission to continue to expedite the collation of all election results, with the transparency and professionalism which they demonstrated on election day.”