No: (IUL)38-FA/38/2023/409, Date: September 14^th, 2023

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2023

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS AND MONITORS TO OBSERVE/MONITOR THE ELECTORAL PROCESS OF THE SECOND ROUND OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF THE MALDIVES

The second round of the 2023 presidential Elections of Maldives is Scheduled to be held on the 30th of September 2023. In line with the Second round of the 2023 Presidential Elections of Maldives, the Commission has decided to extend the accreditations issued to the International Observers and Monitors during the First round of elections.

Additionally, applications are open for interested parties from the below-mentioned institutions/organizations to observe and monitor the electoral process of the second round. 

1. Resident diplomatic missions (High Commission and Embassy’s) in the Maldives. 
2. Organizations accredited in the First round of the 2023 presidential Election. (These organizations will also be given a chance to retain or replace the existing observers/monitors.)

Applications will be accepted until the 17^th of September 2023.

THE CRITERIA FOR INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS AND MONITORS ARE AS FOLLOWS

1. Should be 18 years of age.
2. Representatives of International Associations and Societies related to electoral activities accredited by the Associations they belong to.
3. Applicants should not be involved in campaigning for any candidate or political party to win support for any such activity in that manner.
4. International observers and monitors for the Presidential Election should act in accordance with Section 40 and 41 respectively of the Constitutional Act, 11/2008 Elections (General) Act as well as adhere to the Code of Conduct as stipulated in the Regulations for Presidential Election 2023. 

APPLICATION PROCEDURE FOR INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS AND MONITORS.

1. Details on the form need to be entered as in the applicant’s passport.
2. Attachments required to submit with the application form should meet the following criteria and should not exceed 10MB in file size.
3. Color scan of passport which has at least 6 months of validity (in pdf format).
4. A recent passport size picture which was taken not more than three months ago. (In JPEG format, with resolution not less than 600dpi).
5. A signed and scanned copy of ‘Presidential Election, Observer/ Monitor Declaration’.
6. A letter of accreditation from the institution he/she is representing. This letter should include the applicant’s full name, passport number and designation. The letter should be on the official letterhead of the representing institution and should bear the official stamp as well.
7. All the documents are to be submitted via email to [email protected].
8. The application form is to be rejected if the form is incomplete, incorrect, the declaration is unsigned, or any attachment mentioned in this announcement is missing or unattached. 
9. Upon the accreditation, the Commission will provide an accreditation letter and handover observer/monitor passes respectively. 

KEY NOTES

1. All the expenses, visas, and insurance from arrival to departure from the Maldives are to be borne by the observer/monitor himself/herself or by the institution he/she is representing.
2. The Commission will only arrange brief sessions for the accreditation of both international observers and monitors. Upon the accreditation, the Commission will provide observer/monitor passes respectively. 
3. Observers and monitors who wish to travel across the country are to organize all the logistics and other arrangements by themselves.
4. Observers and monitors who wish to meet other stakeholders and political parties are to organize all the meetings, logistical arrangements, and other activities by themselves in accordance with the Acts, Regulations, and adhere to the Code of Conduct mentioned. 

Application form, Declaration, and Code of Conduct are attached with the announcement and are available from our website.