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European Union Election Observation Mission In Nepal
By KTM Metro Reporter
October 10, 2013: the European Union has decided to engage an European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) in observing the Constituent Assembly Elections to be held on November 19, 2013, according to the news on the ‘gorkhapatraonline.com’.
Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy also the Vice-President of the Commission Catherine Ashton has nominated Eva Joly, Member of the European Parliament, as the Chief Observer for the EU EOM.
In a statement released by the EU in Nepal yesterday, Catherine Ashton said, “The forthcoming Constituent Assembly elections in Nepal are a crucial step in the finalization of the peace process and in the consolidation of the country's democratic transition. In view of the EU's long-standing support to the democratic process in Nepal I have decided, upon invitation from the authorities, to deploy an EU Election Observation Mission for these elections under the leadership of MEP Eva Joly."
"I am confident that all stakeholders will engage in the process in a peaceful and democratic manner and that the EU Election Observation Mission will enhance the confidence of Nepalese voters in the process," said Ashton.
Ms Joly will arrive in Kathmandu on October 26, 2013. A core team of eight EU election analysts has been deployed in Nepal since October 4 and has been following the electoral preparations. Long-term observers of 34 persons will join the core team on October 13 and will shortly reach their areas of election observation.
