President of Elections Commission,
Fuwad Thaufeeq addesses
TM’s Long-Term Observers.
Fuwad Thaufeeq addesses
TM’s Long-Term Observers.
6 July 2013: Transparency Maldives has started a
training programme for its Long-Term Observers for the upcoming
Presidential Elections in the Maldives. The three-day training
programme started on Saturday.
The long-term election observation – the first of its kind in the
Maldives – will cover all atolls of the country and will consist of up
to 42 observers deployed in selected islands.
The LTOs will monitor areas such as campaigning, pre-election
electoral processes, voter education, vote buying and misuse of state
resources. The LTOs will regularly meet with all key stakeholders and
seek their feedback.
The objectives of the long-term observation include increasing
confidence in the electoral processes, increase civil society
participation in the democratic process, and make recommendations on
areas that could be further improved.
At the function to launch the training, President of the Elections
Commission, Mr Fuwad Thaufeeq, addressed the participants, highlighting
the need for domestic observers and the positive role of domestic
observers in strengthening the electoral system.
The training is conducted by experts and representatives from
relevant state institutions, including the Elections Commission,
Anti-Corruption Commission, the Maldives Police Service, and staff of
Transparency Maldives.
Commenting on the training, TM’s Executive Director Ilham Mohamed
said: “We are excited to experiment the first ever systematic long-term
domestic election observation in the Maldives. We are preparing for a
comprehensive Election Day observation recruiting up to 200 observers
who will be assigned to randomly selected ballot boxes.
“We thank and recognize the contributions of domestic elections observers towards a credible elections.”
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