Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka is set to monitor the presidential election in the Eastern European Republic of Azerbaijan.
Kalonzo who left the country on Sunday will be leading the observer mission from Africa, under the Centrist Democrat International (CDI).
According to the invite the observer mission team is scheduled to meet the Central Election Committee and the country’s political players on Tuesday in Baku for briefings on the campaigns and the elections preparedness.
Kalonzo stated: “For your record, we are a group of 24 observers from all continents, most of them are parliamentarians with vast experience in observing elections all over the world and we are expected to have an objective look on the good practices of an electoral process.”
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He was invited by the Centrist Democrat International - a global political group dedicated to the promotion of Christian democracy in Europe and Latin America which collaborates with his Wiper Party.
CDI is relying on Kalonzo's experience in diplomacy, political and public service more specifically his direct involvement in Kenya’s last three presidential elections where he has been a candidate.
Musyoka, who alongside other NASA leaders boycotted the October 26th repeat presidential election last year, will observe the Azerbaijan polls that have been snubbed by four opposition parties pointing out unfulfilled electoral reforms.
The four parties accused the electoral agency of ambushing them by calling for elections earlier than it was expected when their demands for an amendment to the elections code had not been met.
This will be his second high-level observer mission after a similar one in September 2013 in Sri Lanka, where he was invited under the Commonwealth umbrella through the Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma.
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The voting exercise is expected to kick off by 08:00 am and end at 08:00 pm according to the program thus “observer teams should be at the polling stations before their opening to witness all the pre-voting procedures and also remain till the closure of polling stations and counting procedure”.
