The former president of the Central African Republic (CAR) has been selected by the Carter Center (CC) as one of three heads of a high-power elections observation mission in Liberia to observe the October 10 elections. Catherine Samba-Panza, former President of CAR, is coming along with Jason Carter, Chairman of the Carter Center’s Board of Trustees, and Jordan Ryan, Carter Center’s Vice President for Peace Programs, a press release said over the weekend. They include the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the European Union Observer Missions (EUOM) with local offices in the country. However, the current phase of the Carter Center mission includes six long-term observers deployed across the country since August and a core team of electoral experts in Monrovia. The Carter Center was founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, in partnership with Emory University, to advance peace and health worldwide.

Source: Daily Observer October 02, 2017 02:26 UTC