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Election Observers confident in SA elections

Goodluck Jonathan
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The Head of the election observer mission of the Electoral Institute for Sustainable Democracy in Africa, former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, says the observer mission has confidence in the South African elections, based on what they have observed so far. This as South Africa wrapped up its first day of special voting.

The special voting will continue on Tuesday.

Speaking to the SABC News at the IEC’s Results Operation Centre, on Monday, Jonathan says the body that manages the elections plays an important role in ensuring safe and successful elections.

“This year’s election appears to be one of the strongest contested elections so far in the history of SA democracy and everybody is interested in the outcome. We have observed some of the rallies and we are quite comfortable how things are going.

He adds, “The key thing about elections is the body managing the election and of course the security, the police. If the stakeholders, the political parties have confidence in these two organisations, then of course we are quite hopeful.”

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