The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Sierra Leone yesterday held held a workshop with local interlocutors and stakeholders to fine-tune their recommendations ahead of their final report which will be out early in the new year by the Chief Observer, Richard Howitt.
The workshop discussed with the Sierra Leonean institutions and interlocutors the recommendations put forward by the Mission as part of its preliminary report following the 17 November elections. A statement from the EOM says the engagement was “an effort to increase the quality, acceptance and sense of national ownership of those recommendations by local interlocutors”.
It allowed the local stakeholders to discuss and share ideas on the recommendations “to enhance future electoral processes in Sierra Leone”. They included the representatives of NEC, political parties, PPRC, National Elections Watch, the Bar Association, Human Rights Commission, IMC, SLAJ, Guild of Editors, IRN and WIMSAL.
The EU EOM, led by Chief Observer, Richard Howitt, will be wrap up its work in Sierra Leone on 14 December 2012 after being in the country since 27 September. It deployed 100 observers across the country to assess the whole electoral process “in accordance with international and regional commitments for elections, as well as the laws of Sierra Leone”.
