NIHR Announces its Participation in Monitoring the Progress of the Parliamentary and Municipal Elections 2022
The National Institution for Human Rights announces its participation in monitoring the progress of the parliamentary and municipal elections 2022, which will be held on Saturday 12 November 2022 (the election day) and on Saturday 19 November 2022 (the reelection day), through a monitoring team consisting of members of the NIHR Council of Commissioners and Secretariat-General, in order to check the smoothness and proper implementation of the electoral process.
A toll-free hotline (8001144) has been designated to receive any complaints or observations related to monitoring the progress of the election process, from 8 am to 8 pm on Saturday, November 12, 2022 (election day) and Saturday, November 19, 2022 (the reelection day), where anyone can make any complaint or observation related to the mechanisms, controls, and procedures for the conduct of the electoral process. Information and observations may also be sent via the NIHR WhatsApp No. (17111666).
In this context, Eng. Ali Ahmed Al-Derazi, Chairman of the NIHR, stated that the NIHR will participate in the election monitoring process as an independent body under its Establishment Law that has many experiences in this field, pointing out that all observations and recommendations will be included in a special report that will be issued later and will be available to all, expressing his confidence that the electoral process will take place in a free and fair atmosphere given the maturity of the Bahraini democratic practice.
