Caricom sends Election Observation Mission to Suriname
In response to the request from the Government of the Republic of Suriname, the Caribbean Community (Caricom) has fielded a Caricom Election Observation Mission to monitor the general elections which will be held on May 25.
Head of Caricom’s EOM mission to Suriname, Dora James
According to the Georgetown-based Caricom Secretariat, the four-member Mission, which arrived in Suriname on Monday, May 18, 2020, will be headed by Supervisor of Elections of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dora James, who has served as a member of Caricom Election Observation Missions to other Caricom Member States.
The Caricom Election Observation Mission proposes to meet with the electoral officials, leaders of political parties and other stakeholders of the Republic of Suriname, and will monitor the electoral process including the opening of the poll, the voting process, the closing of the poll and the counting of the ballots.
For Caricom, election observation serves as a platform to support existing democratic traditions within the Caribbean Community as part of its wider policy of supporting democracy and good governance.
On Monday, Guyana’s National COVID-19 Task Force announced that it had approved an application from the Caribbean Community (Caricom) for a team of officials based in Guyana to travel to Suriname to observe the Surinamese election.
