By Kebba AF Touray
Fatoumata Jallow Tambajang, a former Vice President of the Gambia has been selected to head the elections observation team to monitor this month’s parliamentary and regional elections in Togo.
The Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS) Commission, under the Presidency of Dr Omar AlieuTouray, has deployed an Elections Observation Mission comprising forty (40) observers to Togo for the legislative and regional elections scheduled for 29th of April 2024.
“This mission is in line with the provisions of Article 12 of the ECOWAS Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance and constitutes support from the regional organisation to its Member States for the conduct of their elections,” a release from the Commission stated.
Other members of the team include ambassadors from member states accredited to ECOWAS, a representatives of the ECOWAS Court of Justice and a representative from the ECOWAS Parliament; members of the civil society organisations; media professionals and elections observation specialists from the West African region.
“This observation mission is being deployed following the recommendations of a pre-election fact-finding mission that visited Togo from 15 to 20 April 2024 to assess the preparatory phases of the elections,” the statement said.
The Commission also indicated that during its stay in Togo, the observation mission will hold consultations with the main stakeholders in the electoral process and monitor the voting process up to 29 April 2024.
