The guidance is contained in a new paper commissioned by the Commonwealth Secretariat listing the emerging good practices and lessons on how electoral activities can be delivered safely during the pandemic.
Martin Kasirye, Adviser and Head, Electoral Support Section, Governance and Peace Directorate says this discussion paper is an important contribution to the knowledge emerging from practitioners as they respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The paper, entitled
COVID-19 and Election Management in Africa: Challenges, Innovations and Opportunities, aims to help election management bodies (EMBs) and other relevant stakeholders to mitigate the impact of the public health crisis on elections and secure the political rights of citizens.
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Following dispute among Congress leaders on Pala MLA Mani C Kappan joining the UDF as an ally, the 10- member AICC-appointed Election Management and Strategic Committee’s second sitting decided to pass the buck to the next UDF meeting.AICC organising general secretary K C Venugopal maintained that K Sudhakaran MP’s frequent comments on ‘toddy tapper’ should be immediately stopped lest it affects the prospects of the UDF in the Assembly elections.
Ever since Kappan joined the UDF camp, KPCC president Mullappally Ramachandran had been demanding that he should be joining the Congress. It should be recalled that Kappan has been awaiting the central leadership’s permission to form Kerala NCP. Mullappally’s view is that Kappan should join the Congress as they feel that NCP being an ally of the UPA at the Centre and when it comes to the state, it is with the LDF camp, will not benefit the party.
THE Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih 2.0) proposes that the electoral management body in Malaysia be split into three commissions with different jurisdictions and autonomies. This is so that electoral management can be implemented more efficiently, effectively and independently.
Currently, the Election Commission (EC) bears all the workload of the electoral conduct, such as voter registration, constituency delimitation, as well as the conduct of elections, such as nomination and enforcement of the Election Offences Act with assistance from other agencies such as the Royal Malaysian Police.
This proposal is made based on a research report entitled Three Is Better Than One: Institutional Reforms for Electoral Management in Malaysia. This study was conducted by Chan Tsu Chong and commissioned by Bersih 2.0.
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