NASSAU, Bahamas, September 13, 2021 — His Excellency Dr. Denis Antoine, Chief of Mission of the Organization of American States (OAS) Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) to The Bahamas for the September 16 General Election, today paid a courtesy call on His Excellency Sir Cornelius A. Smith, Governor of The Bahamas, at the Office of the Governor General, One Montague Place.
Dr. Antoine was accompanied by other members of the EOM: Phyllis Baron, OAS Representative to The Bahamas; Paulina Chavez Alonzo, Press Officer OAS; Gerardo de Icaza, OAS Director of the Department of Electoral Cooperation and Observation; and Melene Glynn, OAS Deputy Chief of Mission.
The OAS announced on September 9 that it was deploying an Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) to observe the general elections in The Bahamas. OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro also announced the appointment Dr. Antoine as Chief of Mission.
Ambassador Antoine is the former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Grenada to the People’s Republic of China (2016-2019) and Ambassador/Permanent Representative of Grenada to the United Nations (2013 to 2015). He served as Grenada’s Ambassador to the United States of America and Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, DC, and non-resident Ambassador for Grenada to Mexico and Panama concurrently, from 1995 to 2009.
press release on its website.
In a press release on its website, the OAS said that in The Bahamas, the Mission “will meet with government officials, electoral authorities, political leaders, candidates, representatives of civil society and other relevant actors, which will allow for a comprehensive analysis of the process.”
The release added: “The Mission will focus its work on the examination of issues related to electoral organization, electoral technology, electoral boundaries, electoral registries, political-electoral financing, and the political participation of women.
“This is the third time the OAS will deploy an Electoral Observation Mission in The Bahamas. After the elections, the Mission will present a preliminary report with its observations and recommendations aimed at contributing to the continued strengthening of the electoral process in the country.”
