(a) Observe the election process and in particular the conduct of polling at the election. (b) Bring any irregularity or apparent irregularity in the conduct of the poll or the counting or collating of votes to the attention of the Commission; (c) Provide the Commission with a comprehensive review of the elections. 4.3 SADC GUIDELINES FOR THE HOLDING OF FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS The Guidelines provide that Member States have an obligation to 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 stations and by accrediting national and other observers/monitors. They further provide that the voting process should be conducted in one day. 4.4 The 2002 Constitutive Act of the African Union (The Constitutive Act): Under the Constitutive Act, the African States have committed to promote democratic principles and institutions, popular participation and good governance. This also includes promoting and protecting human rights in accordance with the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights, and other relevant human rights instruments1. 4.5 The African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Good Governance: Under this Charter, the African Union Partner States commit to: i. Promote adherence, by each partner state, to the universal values and principles of democracy and respect for human rights; ii. Promote the holding of regular, free and fair elections to institutionalize legitimate authority of representative government as well as democratic change of government; iv. Promote the establishment of the necessary conditions to foster citizen participation, transparency, access to information, freedom of the press, and accountability in the management of public affairs; 1 Under Article 3. Page 6 of 15