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OSCE ODIHR election observation mission in Montenegro

Verantwortlicher Autor: Carlo Marino Rome/Podgorica , 05.08.2020, 21:42 Uhr
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Rome/Podgorica [ENA] One of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic is its impact on democracies and elections. Health and safety concerns seem to be the main factor in determining whether or not elections should be organized during the pandemic. Two in three countries which planned to hold elections in 2020 have decided to postpone them. Because of the physical distancing requirements during the pandemic, election campaigns cannot be

as usual. The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 5th August opened an observation mission for 30 August parliamentary elections in Montenegro, following an invitation from the national authorities. The mission is led by Tamás Meszerics and consists of a core team of 11 experts based in Podgorica and 10 long-term observers, who will be deployed throughout the country starting from 11th August. The mission will assess the parliamentary elections for their compliance with OSCE commitments and other international obligations and standards for democratic elections, as well as with national legislation.

Monitoring of the work of the election administration and relevant government bodies, campaign activities, election-related legislation and its implementation, and the resolution of election-related disputes will be the job of the Observers. They will also assess the implementation of previous ODIHR election recommendations. During its observation work, the mission will meet representatives from state authorities and political parties representatives from civil society, the media and the international community. The format of the observation activity has been adjusted to a Limited Election Observation Mission (LEOM) because of COVID19. The observation activity will include long-term observers based around the country.

While mission members will visit a limited number of polling stations on election day, there will not be any systematic observation of voting, counting or tabulation of results. An interim report will be published to update the public and media during the course of the observation. The day after the elections, ODIHR’s preliminary findings and conclusions will be presented at a press conference. ODIHR will issue a final report on the observation roughly eight weeks after the end of the electoral process. The ODIHR LEOM and the OSCE Mission in Montenegro operate separately under their specific mandates.

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