GEORGETOWN, Guyana – CARICOM will be fielding an Election Observation Mission (CEOM) to the Commonwealth of Dominica to monitor the General Elections to be held on Tuesday, December 6,
In a statement, the regional body said the nine member mission will be headed by the Chief Election Officer of the Trinidad and Tobago Elections and Boundaries Commission, Fern Narcis-Scope.
The CARICOM Election Observation Mission proposes to meet with leaders of political parties, the electoral officials and other stakeholders of Dominica and will monitor the voting process including the opening of the poll, the casting of votes, the closing of the poll and the counting of the ballots.
The Team will arrive in Dominica this weekend and will depart on December 8.
Last month, Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, who led the Dominica Labour Party (DLP) to an 18-3 victory in the 2019 general elections, announced the date for the snap poll two years ahead of the constitutional deadline.
The opposition parties on the island have said they will boycott the elections and the Electoral Office said that following Nomination Day, at least six DLP candidates, including Skerrit, 50, who has been prime minister here since 2004, had won their seats uncontested.
The opposition parties have been calling on supporters to protest the polls and are also urging the international community not to recognise the government that emerges after Tuesday’s exercise.
