The Chair of the Commonwealth Observer Group (COG), is encouraging ‘peaceful elections’ in Dominica today.
A statement from the Commonwealth said that since the Group arrived in Dominica, there have been protests, incidents of civil unrest and threats of violence.
The Chairperson of the COG, Zainab Bangura – a former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sierra Leone and former Under-Secretary-General at the United Nations – said: “over the last couple of days, since we arrived on the ground, we have been able to meet different stakeholders on both sides of the political spectrum”.