The International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) have identified former Liberian leader Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as co-chair their observer mission to Zimbabwe’s elections later this month.
The International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) have identified former Liberian leader Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as co-chair their observer mission to Zimbabwe’s elections later this month.
Johnson Sirleaf will be joined by US congresswoman Karen Bass along with former US Assistant Secretaries Connie Berry Newman and Ambassador Johnnie Carson.
The ex-Liberian president said Zimbabwe could use the election to chart a new trajectory after years of political and socio-economic turmoil.
« These elections provide an opportunity for Zimbabwe to make a clear break with its past that would be significant not only for the Zimbabwean people, but for all of Africa, » Johnson Sirleaf said.
Bass weighed in, adding that: « I’m delighted to be part of the leadership of this joint IRI-NDI international election observation mission.
