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Commonwealth Secretariat press release

Commonwealth Experts to Observe Local Government Elections in Sierra Leone

17 May 2004

A Commonwealth Expert Team jointly organised by the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF) will be present for the Local Government Elections in Sierra Leone on 22 May 2004. The team, which begins work today, Monday 17 May 2004, comprises:

Mayor Robert Montague
Member of the Board of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF) and Mayor of St Mary's
Jamaica

Ms Margaret Kota
Councillor and Executive member
Association of Local Authorities of Tanzania
United Republicof Tanzania

Hon Farouk Lawan MP
Member of the Executive of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and Member of the House of Representatives
Nigeria

Ms Helen Duncan
Elections Expert
United Kingdom

The team will be supported by a 3-member staff team from the Commonwealth Secretariat and the CLGF.

The experts will be briefed in Freetownby the National Electoral Commission, representatives of political parties, civil society organisations, Commonwealth diplomats and other election observers. The Team has been asked by the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Don McKinnon, to observe preparations for the Local Government Election, the polling, counting and results process and the overall electoral environment.

The decision to send the Commonwealth Expert Team follows an invitation from the National Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone.

Note to Editors

The members of the Expert Team will remain in Sierra Leone until Thursday 27 May 2004. Their report will be submitted to the Commonwealth Secretary-General, who will in turn send it to the Government of Sierra Leone, the Chairman of the National Electoral Commission, political parties and all Commonwealth governments. The report will then be made public. Members of the Expert Team 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. For media enquiries please contact Adaora Ikenze on +232 (0) 767 444 77.

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