EU committed to seeing inclusive, transparent and credible polls

From left are EU Press Officer, Eva Eberle, EU EOM Chief Observer Urmas Paet, EU EOM Deputy Chief Observer, Alexander Matus and Legal Analyst Dorota Ryza. (Department of Public Information photo)

The European Union (EU) has sent a full-fledged team to observe the March 2nd general elections and their main focus will be to observe that it will be inclusive, transparent and credible.

The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) will issue a preliminary report on its assessment on March 4th and its full report with recommendations will be issued about three months later.

“We are here to observe if the election process is conducted in a transparent and credible manner. We will observe the extent to which the elections are in compliance with the laws of Guyana as well as international and regional commitments for democratic elections to which Guyana is a signatory,” Head of the Mission Urmas Paet told members of the media yesterday at the Marriott Hotel during a news conference.