BuaNews (Tshwane) 3 November 2010
Cap - President Jacob Zuma today welcomed the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to help Africa South to be at the forefront of the election transparency in the world.
Speaking to members of various political parties and the media to the former Parliament today at the launch of the Atlas of the election results and the 2009 national Assembly, Zuma said that CIS is one of the organizations of the world in the electoral pioneer and innovative.
Atlas, which is the third of its kind following those printed after provincial and national elections 1999 and 2004, was awarded by the President of the CIS, Brigalia Bam, the former House to Parliament today at Zuma.
Atlas maps show the election data provision géographique.Il focuses on aspects such as rates of participation, registration of voters, the participation of women, change patterns of voting for the various political parties in different provinces.
"The CIS made if both in his work each year, some regional organizations in the world see is no longer necessary to send observers to the elections in this country, when we hold elections because they know that these will proceed," said Zuma.
He said that the CIS has been rented by the African Union, Commonwealth and for the support it has provided a number of African countries including the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Mozambique and Nigeria will help to put in place more transparent elections.
Zuma said: "" there are little if no countries, taking transparency at this level.""
He said he was convinced that political parties would not only help fight elections, but also to assist communities in the districts of voters who were experiencing low participation, come their ballots in the ballot box atlas.
Next, municipal elections next year, called Zuma members in support of advisors in order to improve the delivery of services.
He said mayors and municipal leaders told a meeting last year that they have blamed often by members of the community of problems of delivery has been raised, but only members and provincial and national Government does were not always there to help.
"" We have, as other spheres of Government, as well as Parliament, work harder to support a local Government to perform mieux.Les local governments work must not be forgotten sphere of Government,"said Zuma.
BAM says atlas had helped to drive efficiency and transparency of elections.
"One of the things we like very much on the atlas is encouraging, he gives to the political parties to go to other areas where they have not realized before, that we think is very good for our democracy," she says.
BAM said 47 countries had tried so far helper of the CIS on the implementation of free and fair elections.
The atlas has also presented at the United Nations, the at, Commonwealth, universities and colleges.
BAM said in addition to the atlas, the commission has also developed a geographic information system which had won the price of the computer world Smithsonian .c ' is a vote counting machine that promotes election transparency.
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