ADDIS ABABA, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The African Union (AU) deploys short-term election observers in Angola for the general elections scheduled to take place on Aug. 23 in the country.
The Chairperson of the AU Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, has already approved the deployment of an AU Election Observation Mission (AUEOM), according to a statement from the pan-Africa bloc on Wednesday.
Led by Jose Maria Neves, former Prime Minister of Cape Verde, the mission comprises 40 election observers drawn from members of the AU Permanent Representative Committee, Pan-African Parliament, Election Management Bodies, Civil Society Organizations and academia.
The mission has objectives of providing an accurate and impartial reporting or assessment of the quality of the general elections in Angola, including the degree to which the conduct of the elections meets regional, continental and international standards for democratic elections.
It also provides recommendations for improvement of future elections based on the findings.
It is also with objective of demonstrating AU's interest to support Angola's elections and democratization process to ensure that the conduct of genuine elections contributes to the consolidation of democratic governance, peace and stability in Angola in particular and the Southern Africa sub-region in general, according to the statement.
