From: Biniam Tekle (biniamt@dehai.org)
Date: Wed May 26 2010 - 13:51:50 EDT
2010-05-26
Ethiopia-AU -Election observers
AU hails Ethiopian elections as ’free and fair’
APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) The African Union election observer mission to
Ethiopia on Wednesday gave the Ethiopian elections a clean bill of health,
announcing that the poll was held in a “free and fair” atmosphere.
The mission, which released its report in Addis Ababa said that the
elections were organized and conducted in accordance with the constitutional
and legal provisions and the rules and regulations governing the conduct of
elections in the country and were largely consistent with AU guidelines and
standards for the conduct of democratic elections.
The AU observer mission head, Sir Ketumile Masire, the former president of
Botswana said that the elections reflected the will of the people of
Ethiopia.
Masire described the elections as being free, fair and that favorable
conditions existed for voters to freely express their will.
Masire also congratulated the people of Ethiopia for their peaceful conduct
and active participation in the electoral process.
The AU observer mission was composed of 59 members drawn from the Pan-
African Parliament, national parliaments, high-level officials of election
management bodies, prominent individuals, ECCOSOC and members of civil
society from various African countries.
DT/daj/APA
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