Observing Tanzania

From IPP Media - Guardian of the United Republic of Tanzania, former president of Malta, Prof Guido de Marco, to lead Commonwealth observers for Tanzania elections:

Former President of Malta and chairman of the Commonwealth Foundation, Prof Guido de Marco, will lead a team of Commonwealth poll observers to the country during the general election set for October 30. Commonwealth Secretary General Don McKinnon made the announcement in a statement issued by the Communication and Public Affairs Division of the Commonwealth secretariat in the United Kingdom yesterday..

..The statement said the secretary-general’s decision to send a team of observers was at the request from the Tanzanian government. An assessment mission from the Commonwealth secretariat visited the country last month and established that the team had the support of the government. The observers have been invited in their individual capacities and the views they express regarding the elections will be their own and not those of either their respective governments or the Commonwealth secretariat,’ the statement added.

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