International election monitors deployed to Jordan to observe vote

AMMAN — The International Republican Institute (IRI) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI) have deployed a joint delegation to observe Tuesday’s elections, the IRI said on Friday.

The delegation will be led by former US senator John E. Sununu and former Netherlands MP and Eduardo Frei Foundation board member Coşkun Çörüz, on behalf of IRI, the institute said in a statement.

Former president of Kosovo Atifete Jahjahga and former Belgian MP Zakia Khattabi will lead the group on behalf of NDI. The short-term delegation will round out the work of the mission’s long-term observers, who were deployed on August 1 to report on election preparations, candidate registration and the conduct of the campaign, the IRI said.

A joint IRI-NDI assessment team also visited Jordan in early August and concluded that conditions for a democratic process exist for the parliamentary elections.

The delegation will deploy teams to Jordan’s 12 governorates to monitor voting and tabulation of ballots on election day. The mission will then issue a statement based on their findings and recommendations.