Criteria for EU election observation

When announcing the date of elections in May 2002, President Musharraf invited foreign observers to witness the process of the elections. Officials of the European Community (EU) were the first to arrive: they started pouring in from August 4. On Septermber 11, they announced the following criteria for observing the process of the elections.

Criteria

• The degree of impartiality shown by the Election Commission of Pakistan and election officials.
• The degree of freedom of political parties and candidates to organize, move, assembly and express their views publicly.
• The fairness of access for political parties and candidates to the media, in particular the state media.
• The manner in which registration of the voters is conducted.
• Any other issue concerning the essential freedom and fairness of the election.
• The conduct of polling and counting of votes.

Source: Dawn (Karachi). September 12, 2002.

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