Portuguese supplied electoral material weighing 13 mt arrived in Bissau on Wednesday for Guinea-Bissau’s presidential and legislative elections due on 28 November, information sources told IRIN on Thursday. The material, valued at US $400,000, includes ballots promised by the Portuguese at the international donors conference in May, Lusa reported.
The agency said 25 Portuguese election monitors were due to fly to Bissau on 21 December. Observers are also expected from the CPLP group of Portuguese-speaking (nations known as the Communidade dos Paises da Lingua Portuguesa), Sweden and the Vatican, an information source said. The source also said that locally based international NGOs will team up with the international for the polls.
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