DSRSG Walpole discusses preparations for upcoming Governorate Councils elections with IHEC Commissioners

DSRSG Walpole highlighted the importance of implementing robust and timely measures to enhance the credibility of the electoral processes and to encourage increased voter participation. She was briefed by IHEC on preparations for an audit of the information technology systems for the elections. Discussion also included an update on the biometric voter registration process and the distribution of voter cards, and consideration of the measures to be put in place to enable voting by those displaced from their areas of origin, as stipulated in the amended electoral law.