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| Goodluck Jonathan |
Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday expressed the belief that South Africa’s election holding on May 8 would provide another opportunity for people of the country to deepen their democracy.
Jonathan said this in a statement made available to journalists by his media adviser, Ikechukwu Eze.
The former President, who has arrived South Africa, is leading the election observation mission of the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa to observe South Africa’s national and provincial elections.
The Jonathan-led observer mission has EISA’s Executive Director, Mr Denis Kadima, as the deputy mission leader.
Jonathan said, “It is a great pleasure for me to lead the EISA election observation mission to the 2019 national and provincial elections in South Africa.
“These elections, which come in the 25th year of South Africa’s democratic journey, are of great importance as they provide another opportunity for South Africans to exercise their right to vote and thus support the country’s democratic consolidation.
“The EISA EOM seeks to contribute to the integrity of the electoral process through its findings and recommendations.
“EISA observers will be deployed in 18 teams to all the nine provinces of South Africa to observe the last days of the election campaigns, pre-poll activities, special voting, and election day and post-poll activities.”
