Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone’s Political Party Registration Commission (PPRC) in a ruling issued out yesterday has directed the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) to do a re-run of party elections that were conducted in some areas in Kenema and Kono district that were considered to be marred by violence.
The ruling mentioned that the zonal/sectional elections in the whole of constituencies 13,15,19,20 and 21, Fallay section in constituency 011, Kaklawa Biaton and Kuallay sections in constituency 018 in the Kenema District and Mansayifeh and Njaifeh sections in constituency 023,Baffinfeh and yantanda sections in Constituency 027 and zones one and two Kaokoyima town, zone two Sukudu, zone six Lebanon, zone fifteen No. 9 Junction and zone Eighteen Gbondopenipani in constituency 29 Kono District, be re-run by the appropriate Organs of the Party, as prescribed by the Party’s Rules, under the supervision of the PPRC.
PPRC also called on Constituency executives or chiefdom executives (in multi chiefdom constituencies) that would be conducting the re-run zonal/sectional elections to announce and publish both the dates and venues of the elections, at least five days to the date of the elections and inform both the PPRC and the National Chairman and The National Secretary General of the Party through the Regional Chairmen, consistent with Clause 2 Rules 10 of the Party’s Rules.
“Where there is change of date or venue, it must be communicated to the Party’s membership and the PPRC not later than 48 hours to the date of the elections, as provided for by Clause 2 Rule 11,” PPRC emphasized.
AK/15/04/2021