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TIMOR-LEST
PRESIDENTIAL RUN-OFF ELECTIONS: INDEPENDENT OBSERVERS PREPARE TO MONITOR
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- 06 May 2007 – On
Wednesday, 9 May, the Solidarity Observer Mission for East Timor (SOMET) will
dispatch nearly two dozen nonpartisan observers to polling stations throughout
Timor-Leste to monitor the presidential run-off election.
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One
month after the first round of the presidential
elections, Timor-Leste’s voters will go to the polls to choose their next
President in a run-off election. SOMET’s accredited observers plan to monitor
the voting and tabulation in the districts of Ainaro, Baucau, Dili, Ermera,
Lautem, Liquica, Manatuto, and Viqueque SOMET
monitored and reported on the first round of the Presidential Elections held 9
April.
SOMET’s
report on the first round of presidential voting and other information can be
found online at http://etan.org/somet.htm.
SOMET
is a grassroots project the U.S.-based East Timor
and Indonesia Action Network, VOT (Stichting
Vrij Oost Timor) in the Netherlands, APSOC
(Asia Pacific Solidarity Coalition) and WFDA
(World Forum for Democratization in Asia).
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SOMET
was formed at the invitation of civil society organizations in Timor-Leste
to support an election process which is transparent, free and fair. SOMET
has partnered with nonpartisan East Timorese and other international
observers, reporting on the election process -- paying special attention
to civic education, vote casting and counting, and reactions to the
results.
In
Timor-Leste, SOMET cooperates with Asosiasaun HAK, Timor-Leste NGO Forum,
La’o Hamutuk, FOKUPERS and Bibi Bulak.
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