Former President Goodluck Jonathan has been appointed by the Commonwealth to lead its Election Observation Mission to Pakistan’s general elections.
Pakistan’s election will hold on February 8, 2024.
The Commonwealth Secretariat, in a statement ,said the 13-member Observer Group will arrive in Islamabad on February 1, 2024 and remain in the country until the electoral process is completed.
“Jonathan will be leading a group of multidisciplinary experts from across the Commonwealth to observe the elections in Pakistan and offer an independent and comprehensive assessment of the electoral process,” Jonathan’s spokesperson , Ikechukwu Eze, disclosed in a statement yesterday,
Earlier, the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Patricia Scotland, in a letter, had commended Jonathan for agreeing to undertake the assignment, adding that “the Commonwealth Observer Group would benefit from his leadership, experience and wisdom.
“I am grateful that the former President of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, has once again accepted our invitation to serve as Chair of an election observer group. The team of observers will assess the conduct of the process as a whole and, where appropriate, make recommendations for the further strengthening of the electoral system, ”Scotland said.
The Commonwealth of Nations is an international association of 56 member states, the vast majority of which are former territories of the British Empire from which it developed.