THE prestigious Organisation of American States (OAS) will be fielding an electoral observer mission for the upcoming General and Regional elections in Guyana on May 11, 2015.Former Foreign Minister of Belize, Ms Lisa Shoman will Head the team of about a dozen observers, who will be strategically placed across the country during Election Day. The OAS election observers are expected to be in Guyana on May 5th, and are expected to remain here for some time after Election Day.

Ms Shoman was selected as the head of the OAS Election Observer Mission after OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza and the Permanent Representative of Guyana to that organisation, Ambassador Bayney Karran, recently signed an agreement to field the electoral observer mission.
Ms Shoman is expected to meet with the presidential candidates, civil society representatives, and representatives of the international community in Guyana. She and her team met with President Donald Ramotar during a courtesy call yesterday at Office of the President (as seen in the above photo).