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OAS Electoral Observation Mission Makes preliminary visit to El Salvador

  December 2, 2013

The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS/EOM) to El Salvador, headed by the former Foreign Minister of Bolivia Gustavo Fernandez Saavedra, begins tomorrow a preliminary visit to the country in order to initiate contact with various actors who will participate in the General Elections that will take place on February 2, 2014, including government officials, election authorities and representatives of political parties.

During this week, the OAS/EOM will hold meetings with the Foreign Minister, Jaime Miranda, and the presidential candidates from various political forces. Furthermore, the Mission will meet with the magistrates of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal and will sign an Agreement on Procedures of Electoral Observation.

This agreement will establish the basis for the work of OAS/EOM in the context of the upcoming elections, ensuring the Mission can rely on the conditions it needs to conduct its activities, including free access to all instances of the process and fluid contact with electoral bodies that are part of the country's electoral system.

Since 1982, the OAS has observed a total of eleven electoral processes in El Salvador, including presidential, legislative and municipal elections.

For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.

Reference: E-466/13