Aoun welcomes OIF's participation in observing May 15 polls

President Michel Aoun welcomed Tuesday the participation of delegates from the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) in observing the May 15 parliamentary polls.

Last month, a delegation from the European Union election observers wrapped up a six-day visit to Lebanon during which they discussed the deployment of observers ahead of the upcoming May 15 parliamentary elections in the crisis-hit country.

The observer mission said it will deploy 30 observers throughout Lebanon, with their numbers reaching more than 150 from 27 EU member states, Switzerland and Norway on the day of the vote.

Gyorgy Holvenyi, head of the mission, said the EU Election Observation Mission will evaluate the electoral process and its compliance with regional and international commitments on political participation and democratic elections.

“We are not here to interfere in the process. We are not investigators,” Holvenyi said.