President of the Economic Community of West African States Commission, Dr Omar Alieu Touray, has deployed a 40-man Election Observation Mission to Togo to monitor the legislative and regional elections holding on April 29, 2024.
The regional bloc in a statement on Sunday, said the mission is in line with the provisions of Article 12 of the ECOWAS Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance and constitutes support from the regional organisation to its Member States for the conduct of their elections.
Former Vice-President of The Gambia, Mrs Fatoumata Jallow-Tambajang, is the leader of the mission.
It comprises Ambassadors from Member States accredited to ECOWAS; representatives of the ECOWAS Court of Justice and Parliament; Civil Society Organisations; media professionals and election observation specialists from the West African region.
This observation mission is being deployed following the recommendations of a pre-election fact-finding mission that visited Togo from 15 to 20 April 2024 to assess the preparatory phases of the elections.
During its stay in Togo, the observation mission will hold consultations with the main stakeholders in the electoral process and monitor the voting process up to 29 April 2024.