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KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Dec 04 2015 – A Commonwealth Election Observation Team will observe the St Vincent and the Grenadines general elections scheduled to be held on 9 December 2015.
The team was constituted by Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma at the invitation of the Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines, and will be led by Mr Paulo Cuinica, Commissioner and Spokesperson of the Mozambique Electoral Commission.
“In adopting the Commonwealth Charter, leaders of all our member states recognised the inalienable right of individuals to participate in democratic processes, in particular through free and fair elections,” said the Secretary-General.
“I am therefore pleased to have been invited to deploy a Commonwealth Election Observation Team in St Vincent and the Grenadines. We would expect that in the light of their observations the team should be able to offer valuable, practical recommendations for continued strengthening of democratic processes.”
The observers will commence their work in country on 5 December and will remain in St Vincent and the Grenadines until 13 December.
