CARICOM mounts Election Observation Mission to Suriname

Jan 09, 2026

In
response to the request from the Government of the Republic of Suriname, the Caribbean
Community (CARICOM) has fielded a CARICOM Election Observation Mission to
monitor the general elections which will be held on Monday, 25 May 2020.

[caption id="attachment_22273" align="alignright" width="362"] Ms Dora James, Head of Mission[/caption]

The four-member Mission which arrived in Suriname on Monday, 18 May 2020 will be headed by Ms. Dora James, Supervisor of Elections of St. Vincent and the Grenadines who has served as a member of CARICOM Election Observation Missions to other CARICOM Member States.

The
CARICOM Election Observation Mission proposes to meet with the electoral
officials, leaders of political parties and other stakeholders of the Republic
of Suriname, and will monitor the electoral process including the opening of
the poll, the voting process, the closing of the poll and the counting of the
ballots.

For
CARICOM, election observation serves as a platform to support existing
democratic traditions within the Caribbean Community as part of its wider
policy of supporting democracy and good governance.

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