Electoral Commission Refuses To Invite EU Observers For 2021 Presidential Election
By Keefa Nuwahereza
The Electoral Commission (EC), led by Justice Simon Byabakama, has without giving reason, refused invite Election Observers from the European Union ahead of the 2021 presidential election.
This was revealed Tuesday by the EU Ambassador to Uganda H.E Attilio Pacifici, who revealed that the Election Observers from EU will not participate in the 2021 elections because up to now they have not been invited by the E.C, which hasn’t been the case in previous years.
Ambassador Pacifici said they need to have a specific invitation so as to participate in the electoral process.
“Unlike in the past national polls where the Government formally wrote to the EU inviting them to participate as stakeholders in the electoral process, this time around...