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OAS Observation Mission Begins Deployment in Ecuador for General Elections

  February 10, 2017

The Organization of American States Electoral Observation Mission (OAS/EOM) to the general elections and referendum that will be held in Ecuador on February 19 began its deployment this week.

The team, headed by former president of the Dominican Republic Leonel Fernández, is comprised of 60 international observers and experts in electoral organization and technology, campaign financing, electoral registry, gender, and electoral justice, among others.

The Chief of Mission travelled to Ecuador on a preliminary visit in January to learn about the preparations for the elections and to meet with the different actors of the process. On January 22 and February 5, OAS experts also observed election simulations in Guayaquil and Quito.

This will be the eighteenth electoral process the OAS has observed in Ecuador since 1968.

Reference: E-006/17