CODEO deploys 100 observers ahead of December polls

The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has deployed 100 Long-Term Observers (LTOs) across the 16 regions of the country.

The LTOs will be observing the pre-election environment from October 1, 2024, to December 4, 2024, in the lead-up to the presidential and parliamentary elections on December 7, 2024.

CODEO made this known in a statement issued on Wednesday.

“The observers will monitor constituency-level pre-election activities of key election stakeholders, including the Electoral Commission (EC), the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), the National Peace Council (NPC), security agencies, political parties, traditional and religious leaders, civil society/community-based organizations (CSOs/CBOs), and the media.”

“The CODEO long-term observers will also be on the lookout for incidents such as intimidation and harassment of political opponents and citizens, violence, vote buying, destruction and removal of party paraphernalia, use of abusive and inflammatory language or hate speech at party rallies, human rights abuses, destruction of public property, violation of election procedures, chiefs engaging in partisan politics, abuse of incumbency, among other things,” CODEO further stated.