2002
(paper
produced by the Academy for Peace & Development, Hargeisa)
Purpose
The Integrity Watch
Committee consists of members from civil society who are committed to fair,
free, and peaceful elections in
However, the Integrity
Watch Committee will present its findings and recommendations to the Election
Commission which, if it deems necessary, can act on these findings and
recommendations with all the legal authority given to it by law. In addition, the Integrity Watch Committee
will take the steps described in the two Codes of Conduct concerning on the one
hand the agreements between political Organizations and on the other the
agreements between the Election Commission and the political Organizations.
In short, the Integrity
Watch Committee will serve as a supporting body from civil society that will
continually evaluate opportunities for and threats to free, fair, and peaceful
election in Somaliland. The Committee
will also help instil in civil society a sense of participation, empowerment,
and ownership in the election process.
In addition, the Integrity Watch Committee will monitor infringements of
the two Codes of Conduct developed by the Election Commission and the political
Organizations.
Qualification of Members
1.
Persons appointed to the Integrity Watch Committee are
not members of political Organizations;
2.
Persons in the Integrity Watch Committee will maintain
strict neutrality to the competing political Organizations;
3.
By reputation and record in society, the members have
the intellectual, social, and political capacity to carry out their assigned
function of serving as observers and evaluators of integrity in the election
process;
4.
The Committee will consist of no more than eleven
members and it will have requisite representation in the six regions of
Functions of the Committee
The Integrity
Watch Committee will assist and support the Election Commission in continually
evaluating opportunities and threats to fair, free, and peaceful election in
1.
Will monitor and evaluate to the extent political
Organizations remain true to the Code of Conduct they are expected to develop
for the election process and results;
2.
Will monitor financial and personnel resources of the
political Organizations and ensure that they consistent with the goal of free,
fair, and peaceful elections in
3.
Will monitor the language and behaviour of political
Organizations to ensure that all political Organizations carry out their
campaigns in ways that advance free, fair, and peaceful elections in
Somaliland;
4.
Will investigate complaints and process these
complaints following the steps stated in the Codes of Conducts.
Supervision and Organization
To reduce the
work load on the Election Commission and to advance civil society
participation, the members of Committee will have institutional linkage with
Academy for Peace and Development which will provide the members of the Committee
training, supervision, management, and secretarial support.
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The
Members of the Committee were reported ( as being the following prominent
members of the
1. Dr.Xuseen Bulxan (Chairman of the
Academy of Peace & Develeopment)
2. C/Raxmaan C/Laahi Jaamac
3. C/Raxmaan Yuusuf Cartan
4. Maxamed Ibraahim Warsame
(Hadraawi)
5. Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac (Gaariye)
6. Dr.Aadan Yuusuf Abokor
7. Rashiid Sh.C/Laahi
8. S.Maxamed Cumar Dirir
9. Sh.Mustafe Xaaji Ismaacil Harun
10. Sh.Ismaaciil Hurre(Ismaacil
Dheeg)
11. Ismahaan Cabdi Salaan
12. Aamina Maxamed (Amina Milgo)
13. Cabdi Yuusuf Ducaale(boobe)