Members of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) form part of the African Union Electoral Observation Mission (AUEOM) deployed to assess and report on the conduct of the 2023 General Elections in the Republic of Sierra Leone.
Vote tallying is currently underway after Sierra Leoneans went to the polls on 23 June. The AUEOM is led by H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn Boshe, former Prime Minister of the People’s Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. It is comprised of 50 Short Term Observers (STOs) drawn from Pan-African Parliamentarians, Ambassadors accredited to the African Union, Officials of Election Management Bodies, members of African civil society organisations, African election experts, Human Rights specialists, gender and media experts, and representatives of youth organisations.
The observers are drawn from 20 African countries which include Algeria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
At the end of the process, the Mission will base its assessment on the legal framework governing elections in the Republic of Sierra Leone and the OAU/AU Declaration on the Principles Governing Democratic Elections, the standards and obligations stipulated in the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance, the Principles for Election Management, Monitoring and Observation (PEMMO), and the International Declaration of Principles (DoP) for International Election Observation. The assessment is also based on the regularity, transparency, equity and fair conduct of the electoral process.
The Pan-African Parliament Parliament is represented by Hon. Manuel Domingos Augusto (Angola), Hon. Nouhou Arba (Niger), Hon. Sen. Sylvia Mthethwa (Eswatini), Hon. Dei Tut Weang (South Sudan), Hon. Rahab Mukami Wachira (Kenya), and Hon. Sen. Danson Mungatana (Kenya).
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