The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights officially launched today the election-observer mission for the general elections in BiH which will take place on October 12. The mission has been engaged on initiative of the Central Election Commission of BiH.
The beginning of the work of the mission was marked with a press conference at which the head of the mission Corien Jonker said that the team will engage 11 experts located in Sarajevo and 20 long-term observers who will be placed in the territory of the entire Bosnia and Herzegovina.
On the day of the elections the OSCE office will short-term engage another 300 observers for monitoring the election process. The mission will assess whether elections are in line with the conditions of the OSCE and other international standards for democratic elections and domestic legislation.
Observers will closely monitor activities within the election campaign, the work of electoral bodies and relevant state institutions, election legislation and its implementation, media environment and resolving disputed regarding elections.
On the day of the elections they will monitor the opening of polling stations, voting, vote counting and making tables with results on all levels.
“Observers will not interfere in the election process itself. The mission aims for their reports to be objective and unbiased,” Jonker said.
The day after elections, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights will deliver their preliminary observations and conclusions at the press conference.
Final report about the monitoring of the entire election procedure will be published approximately eight weeks after the completions of the election process.
(Source: Fena)
