A Caricom Electoral Observer Mission is today observing the Nevis Island Assembly elections, having been invited by the government of the Federation of St Kitts and Nevis.
A release from the Caricom Secretariat said the four-member delegation, is led by Chief of Mission Pauline Welsh, Director of Legal Affairs, Development and Research, Electoral Office of Jamaica.
The other members of the delegation are Ambassador Rudolph Collins, former chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission; Grace-Anne Crichlow, former deputy chief of the OAS Special Mission to strengthen democracy in Haiti and Sandiria Hall, Project Officer, Foreign and Community Relations, Caricom Secretariat.
The Electoral Observer Mission arrived a day ahead of the election and was expected to meet the members of the Electoral Office of St Kitts and Nevis and other chief stakeholders of the electoral and political process, including the major political parties.
The team will be deployed to observe the conduct of the election in all five constituencies and will try to visit as many polling stations as possible.
The mission will also observe the vote counting and tabulation processes and will issue a Preliminary Statement of its findings prior to its departure tomorrow, the release said.
