T
he immediate past President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan is set to lead Commonwealth observer group to monitor the forthcoming general elections in Tanzania scheduled for the 25th of October.
Jonathan is expected to lead observers drawn from 33 countries of Africa, Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Pacific to the East African country to observe the poll.
Acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Yahya Simba, announced this in Dar es Salaam on Friday.
According to Simba, while Jonathan will lead the Commonwealth observers’ team, Amb Simba said, former Mozambican president Armando Guebuza will lead the African Union (AU) observers.
According to the ministry, the AU and the Commonwealth will deploy about 600 monitors for the general elections due to be held 25 Oct. 2015.
Other observers are due to come from the European Union (EU), the Southern African Development Community, the US and the UK.
Though Britain and Finland are part of the EU, they will also have independent observers at the polls.
