In his recent visist in Côte d' Ivoire, Dr Christopher Fomunyoh voiced his honnest opinion at the citizen's observationon on the biometric voter registration.
Present in Côte d' Ivoire as part of the activities of the National Democratic Institute (NDI ), the Africa director of this Institute , Christopher Fomunyoh , emphasized the consequences of poorly organized elections .
"The elections are badly organized sources of conflict," he said at the opening of the workshop on " citizen observation of the biometric voter registration . " Who took place from the 4th to 6th March 2014 in Abidjan- Plateau.
This workshop was followed by a discussion meeting , on Saturday, March 8 around the international evaluation for the preparations of the 2015 presidential election in Côte d'Ivoire report.
For her part, Ms. Cheryl Sim, Minister Counsellor at the Embassy of the United States in Côte d' Ivoire, also stressed the importance of holding transparent elections.
" Transparent elections deemed free and fair by the citizens of a country is the cornerstone of democracy," she said. For the specific case of Côte d'Ivoire, she said that if this is done, it will " show the world " that the country has turned their back to the post-election conflict. This will be the evidence, she continued , the Ivorian political leaders are now committed to democratic ideals.
Leaders of civil society , she says, " you have an important role to play before and after the current electoral cycle role . "
At the end of this meetings, Dr Christopher Fomunyoh hoped that participants from civil society will benefit a great deal from this event .
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