The Community of Portuguese-speaking Countries (CPLP) will follow the presidential elections on Sunday in Cape Verde, with a mission of 19 observers, announced today in a statement.
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12/11/2026
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A Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) will follow the presidential elections on Sunday in Cape Verde, with a mission of 19 observers, announced today in a statement.
“ The mission is headed by Carlos Agostinho do Rosário, former Prime Minister of Mozambique, and includes a total of 19 observers, among diplomats appointed by the Member States, parliamentarians and parliamentary technicians ", detailed the organization.
The team has been in the country since Wednesday and will stay a week.
Participants will ensure observation in several municipalities in the islands of Santiago and São Vicente.
“ During the stay in Cape Verde, the mission will hold meetings with representatives of the various applications, as well as with government authorities and entities responsible for the administration and supervision of the electoral process,” he added.
The CPLP, which this year marks 30 years, consists of Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe and East Timor.
In total, Cape Verde will receive about 150 international observers for the Sunday presidential elections of six organizations.
Historically, the missions have made overall positive assessments of the elections the archipelago, as happened with the legislatives of May this year, recommending improvements in the level of electoral participation and logistics.
The presidential elections on Sunday have about 426,500 registered voters, of which there will be around 76,900 in the diaspora (18% of the total).
In the last presidential elections in 2021 seven candidates participated, against six this year.
José Maria Neves, President of the Republic and candidate for a second term, is supported by the African Independence Party of Cape Verde (PAICV, power).
Former Justice Minister Joana Rosa has the support of the Movement for Democracy (MpD, opposition).
The other four candidates are Gilson Alves, doctor, Casimiro Pina, jurist, Antero Tavares, judge, and Loisito Sousa, professor.