2009 Maldives Elections - Final Report

Following an invitation from the Elections Commission of Maldives, the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Mr Kamalesh Sharma, announced his intention to constitute a Commonwealth Expert Team for the Parliamentary Elections in Maldives, scheduled to take place on 9 May 2009.

The Secretary-General appointed an Expert Team of four eminent persons, to be led by Hon. Fran Bailey MP, from Australia. The other members of the Team were Mr Hendrick Gappy, Electoral Commissioner of Seychelles; Mr M. Irfan Abdool Rahman, Electoral Commissioner of Mauritius; and Mr Hanif Vally, Strategy Adviser at the Foundation for Human Rights in South Africa. The Expert Team was supported by a three-member staff team from the Commonwealth Secretariat.