A three-day workshop called “Building Resources in Democracy, Governance and Elections” for political parties is underway in Suva.
The workshop will deliver on the need for political party agent training for the 2018 General Election as highlighted by the Multinational Observer Group.
The MOG report had stated that more comprehensive training for party polling agents on their role and responsibilities in the electoral process should be provided by political parties or other responsible bodies.
Supervisor of Elections Mohammed Saneem says they will provide the necessary training, information and background of the entire process of elections to allow Political Parties to develop their own training programs for the Polling Agents.
He says it is the choice of the Political Parties to determine the level of training and the nature of scrutiny they wish to implement.
