Uganda: We Were Not Invited to Observe Polls, EU Says

21 November 2020

The European Union (EU)'s head of delegation to Uganda, Mr Attilio Pacifici, has cited government's failure to implement reforms aimed at improving the electoral framework as one of the main reasons behind the EU's decision not to dispatch a team to observe next year's general elections.

"Another aspect that is taken into account (for a decision to send an observer mission) is whether the country in question has made progress on recommendations provided by previous EU electoral missions," Mr Pacifici said in a brief statement on Wednesday.

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