2005 Lesotho Elections - Final Report

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This report presents the observations, conclusions and recommendations of the Commonwealth Expert Team which was present in Lesotho for the Local Government Elections held on 30 April 2005.
 
The decision to send an Expert Team followed an invitation from the Independent Electoral Commission (see letter of invitation and response to invitation in Annex C).  The Team was organised by the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Commonwealth Local Government Forum and consisted of:

Councillor John E Otekat  
Chairperson of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum,
President of the Uganda Local Government Association and
Chairperson of Soroti District
Uganda 

Councillor Leslie Lynch  
Councillor on San Fernando City Council and
Member of the Local Government Association
Trinidad and Tobago

Ms Angela Odah  
National Co-ordinator
Transition Monitoring Group (NGO Coalition)
Nigeria

The Team was assisted by a support staff member from the Commonwealth Secretariat:

Mr Linford Andrews
Political Affairs Officer
Political Affairs Division