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Commonwealth Secretariat press release

Commonwealth Experts for Pakistan Local Elections

12 August 2005

A Commonwealth Expert Team will be in Pakistan for the country's local elections, which take place on 18 and 25 August 2005. The Commonwealth Secretariat and the Commonwealth Local Government Forum are jointly organising the Commonwealth Expert Team, whose members comprise:

Justice Mrs Anastasia Msosa (Chair)
Chair, Malawi Electoral Commission
Malawi		Mr Zulkefi bin Kamaruzzaman
Former State Elections Officer
Malaysia
Ms Alison Sutherland
Legal Officer
Local Government Association
United Kingdom		Councillor A W M Arshad
Colombo City Council
Sri Lanka

They will be supported by three members of staff from the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Commonwealth Local Government Forum.

Members of the Expert Team will observe the preparations for the elections, the polling, counting and results process and the overall electoral environment. Prior to their deployment they will be briefed in the Capital, Islamabad, by the Election Commission of Pakistan, representatives of the main political parties, civil society organisations and Commonwealth diplomats.

The experts have been invited in their individual capacities and the views they express regarding the elections will be their own and not those either of their respective governments or of the Commonwealth Secretariat/Commonwealth Local Government Forum.

Note to Editors:

On the completion of its assignment the Expert Team will report to the Commonwealth Secretary-General and the Commonwealth Local Government Forum with its recommendations. Its report will then be transmitted to the Government of Pakistan, the Election Commission of Pakistan and the political parties. Copies will then be circulated to all Commonwealth governments and the Report will be made public.

Experts from the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Commonwealth Local Government Forum were present for the last local election, in 2000, and a Commonwealth Observer Group was present for the National and Provincial Assembly Elections in October 2002.

For media enquiries please contact Julie Broadbent on +92 301 540 3845

 

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