Ecowas Head of Mission Advises Cape Verdeans On Run-Off Presidential Election

19 August 2011
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Economic Community of West African States (Abuja)
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Praia — The Head of the ECOWAS Observer Mission to the run off presidential elections in Cape Verde, Dr. David Adenze Kangah, has called on Cape Verdeans to sustain their "peaceful and mature disposition" in order to ensure that the outcome of the 21st August 2011 run-off presidential election reflected the will of the people.

Dr. Kangah who also led the 80-member Observer Mission to the 7th August 2011, first round presidential election in the country, made the appeal at a media briefing in Praia, the country's capital on Friday, 19th August 2011.

While commending the initiatives taken by all stakeholders to sustain the peace and orderliness that characterized the conduct of the first round of the presidential election, Dr. Kangah expressed optimism that this would be sustained to ensure the conduct of a credible run-off election. These, he said, include respect for the sanctity of state institutions involved in the electioneering process; commitment of stakeholders to the preservation of the integrity of the electoral process; as well as the existence of credible, centralized and computerized identification system for voters.

Dr Kangah particularly commended the management of polling stations, noting that this was an area that should be emulated across West Africa. He urged the two presidential candidates and their supporters to maintain the peaceful and orderliness that characterized the first round. "ECOWAS is here to contribute to ensuring that the electioneering process is credible, fair and transparent, in line with the extant provisions of the ECOWAS Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Governance", the Head of Mission stated.

ECOWAS Observer Missions are composed of administrators and professional election observers from Member States, ECOWAS Ambassadors, members of the ECOWAS Council of the Wise, ECOWAS institutions, representatives of civil society organizations and media practitioners.

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