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Annex II
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The principles also spell out Responsibilities of Member States. Under the
responsibilities, member states commit their Governments to:
i.
take
necessary
measures
to
ensure
the
scrupulous
implementation of the above principles, in accordance with the
constitutional processes of our respective countries;
ii.
establish where none exist, appropriate institutions where issues
such as codes of conduct, citizenship, residency, age
requirements for eligible voters, compilation of voters' registers,
etc would be addressed;
iii.
establish impartial, all-inclusive, competent and accountable
national electoral bodies staffed by qualified personnel, as well as
competent legal entities including effective constitutional courts
to arbitrate in the event of disputes arising from the conduct of
elections;
iv.
safeguard the human and civil liberties of all citizens including
the freedom of movement, assembly, association, expression, and
campaigning as well as access to the media on the part of all
stakeholders, during electoral processes;
v.
promote civic and voters' education on the democratic principles
and values in close cooperation with the civil society groups and
other relevant stakeholders;
vi.
take all necessary measures and precautions to prevent the
perpetration of fraud, rigging or any other illegal practices
throughout the whole electoral process, in order to maintain
peace and security;
vii.
ensure the availability of adequate logistics and resources for
carrying out democratic elections, as well as ensure that
adequate provision of funding for all registered political parties to
enable them organise their work, including participation in
electoral process;
viii.
ensure that adequate security
participating in elections;
ix.
is provided to all parties
ensure the transparency and integrity of the entire electoral
process by facilitating the deployment of representatives of
political parties and individual candidates at polling and counting