Lagos, Nigeria - The ECOWAS Commission announced on Friday that it would deploy 60 observers for the 8-13 December 2011 legislative election in Cote d'Ivoire, at the 'special request' of the Ivorian government.
An ECOWAS Commission statement made available to PANA in Lahgos said the Mission, which is to be led by Prof. Theodore Holo, President of the High Court of Justice of the Republic of Benin, would consist of representatives of ECOWAS Parliament, ECOWAS Court of Justice, ECOWAS Council of Wise as well as Electoral Experts from member states.
More than 1,000 candidates from 35 political parties will contest the 255 parliamentary seats throughout the country.
'The election is taking place at a crucial time in the stabilization process of the country and will represent a milestone in the final exit from the recent Ivorian crisis,' the statement said.
'It will also constitute an important step in the participation by all stakeholders in national reconstruction and socio-economic development as well as the overall consolidation of democracy in Cote d’Ivoire.
The Commission appealed to all the candidates, their followers and supporters to maintain peace and order throughout the electoral process, the first since the country came out of a long-drawn post-election crisis that left 3,000 dead.
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