Observer teams pleased with conduct of Grenada poll

ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – The Organization of American States (OAS) is recommending that Grenada undertake a comprehensive review of the Representation of the Peoples Act following Tuesday’s general election in which the main opposition New National Party (NNP) won all 15 seats. According to the preliminary report of the OAS Observer Team that monitored the election, the review should address omissions such as the mechanisms to ensure that electors who are duly registered are entitled to exercise their franchise; the use of symbols by political parties,; advance polling for election workers, and the legal personality of political parties. It said that one of the main objectives of OAS Electoral Observation Missions is to produce recommendations in order to contribute to the improvement of electoral systems in the countries observed.