2009 Antigua And Barbuda Election - Final Report

This report presents the observations, conclusions and recommendations of the Commonwealth Expert Team, which was present in Antigua and Barbuda for the General Election held on 12 March 2009.

The Commonwealth had previously provided a Commonwealth Observer Group to observe the 1999 General Election, and Commonwealth Expert Teams to observe the Voter Registration Process in July 2003, the subsequent Claims and Objections Phase in September 2003 and the General Election in March 2004.

The Commonwealth Secretary-General’s decision to send an Expert Team to the 2009 General Election followed an invitation from the Prime Minister of Antigua and
Barbuda, Hon Baldwin Spencer (see Annex A).

The Team consisted of:

Hon Christine Stewart (Chair)
Former Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
Canada

Ms Ruth Arleen Meighan
Chief Elections Officer
Elections and Boundaries Department
Belize

Mr David Yhann
Former Project Director
Elections Monitoring Project
Electoral Assistance Bureau
Guyana

The Team was assisted by three staff members from the Commonwealth Secretariat: Ms Juliet Solomon (Political Affairs Division), Mr Linford Andrews (Political Affairs Division) and Ms Anuja de Silva (Corporate Services Division).

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2009 Antigua and Barbuda Elections - Expert Team Report