Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders wrapped up their summit on Tuesday by adopting key guidelines on holding free and fair elections, bidding farewell to two long-serving heads of state, and admitting Madagascar as a "candidate member". The guidelines stipulate that SADC members will uphold full participation of citizens in the political process, freedom of association, political tolerance, equal access to state media for all political parties, equal opportunity to vote and be voted for, and voter education.