Ecuador: EU deploys Election Observation Mission for the General Elections

Following invitations from the Ecuadorian Government and the electoral authorities, the European Commission was deploying an European Union Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Ecuador to observe the general elections of 26 April.

These elections complete an intensive electoral process which started in 2007 when the Ecuadorians approved a Constituent Assembly mandated to draft a new Constitution, approved by referendum in September 2008. April's general elections will elect a new President for the country and the National Assembly as well as provincial, regional and local representatives. The EU EOM would be led by José Ribeiro e Castro, Portuguese Member of the European Parliament, who also led the EOMs that the EU deployed for the 2007 elections and 2008 referendum.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Relations between Ecuador and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/relations-between-ecuador-and-the-eu/

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