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MALTESE PARLIAMENTARIAN TO MONITOR GAMBIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
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10/10/2001
10/10/2001
| The Hon Mario Galea, MP, Government Whip, who | currently occupies the post of Regional Representative of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, has been asked by Commonwealth Secretary General, Don McKinnon, to join a nine-member Commonwealth Election Observer Team to monitor and report on the Presidential election in The Gambia, due on the 18th October. |
| This is the second time that Mr Galea will be | participating in an election observer mission. Last year he was deployed to Zimbabwe for the parliamentary elections. |
| The team will be chaired by the Hon. Mr P.A. Sangma, | MP, Former Speaker of the Lok Sabha, India. The Commonwealth Secretary General has confirmed that there is broad support from political parties and other groups for a Commonwealth Observer Group. |
| Most of the Group, including the Hon. Mario Galea, | are expected to arrive in The Gambia on the 11th October, after attending a briefing session by the Commonwealth Secretary General in London on the 10th October. |
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