2023 Elections: ECSL Responds to APC's Allegations on Voter ID Cards Printing

2023 Elections: ECSL Responds to APC’s Allegations on Voter ID Cards Printing

The Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL) is currently investigating allegations made by the All Peoples’ Congress (APC), the country’s main opposition party, regarding the quality of voters’ identity cards for the upcoming general election on June 24.

In response to the allegations, the Director of Public Education at the ECSL, Albert Kanneh, assured the public that the allegations were not true and that the commission is prepared to conduct the election on the stated date and time.

Kanneh also noted that the ECSL is in contact with service providers to address concerns about the printing and security features of the voter ID cards.

He reiterated that the new cards are of the highest quality and fully equipped with the latest security chip to prevent counterfeit printing. The service providers have agreed to reprint over 13,000 cards with misplaced information and address other issues that may arise among political parties about the voter ID cards.

Despite Kanneh’s reassurances, the National Secretary General of the APC, Lansana Dumbuya, has threatened to hold a peaceful protest if the ECSL fails to properly address their latest concerns.

The ECSL’s general administration will soon meet to discuss the issues raised by the APC and will release a full statement on the matter.

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abdulai c kamara | 2023-05-22 19:59:09

These guys are just useless dogs that Maada Bio wants use to kill us again in years to come but nemesis shall surely catch up with these ECSL idiots.
Edward Conteh | 2023-05-18 10:18:13

What a blatant disregard for the rule of law and order, no wonder that’s really why your do nothing SLPP defunct & dysfunctional party & government, failed the people of Sierra Leone. LOVE BY FORCE- Every thing is by force. wow , am deeply amazed, every thing about this bogus & do nothing SLPP party & government is scam & fake. Nothing genuine in their minds and above all DNA. Every thing about these party & people is stealing, fraudulent intentions, scam, bitterness, and by force. Investors will never dwell in such situations or atmosphere, except for criminally minded brief case/ portfolio investors. Brouhaha in the country, if it’s not the killing today of prisoners, it will be the persistent plunder of the central bank, or incasirating opponents in prison. But was it really bad for the people to have voted for this monster & vampire call Bio?. Was it a crime?. SLPP alway think that they really possess monopoly to lawlessness, violence, disorder, and doing things by force without no ramifications or consequences. No they are indeed mediocres. ESL don’t become or be the architect that will lead the country towards the Rwandan past trajectory. With out truth and reality is a catalyst for unpredictable consequences &catastrophe. Your bogus so-called military & police may not be able to withstand the might of the people, and you are all aware, that the country have more hard core combatants, & better fighters, than most people within the military & police combined. ESL please don’t ignite fire in the country. Why are you people not transparent?. Are you people not are afraid of God’s judgment?. The people or citizens of the country are suffering. Why is ESL shrouded in ambiguity?. What’s your problem with the people?. Remember ESL, the might of the common man and woman in the street shall surely prevail, no matter you people are bent on attempting to fraud or scam the people shall not work.
Foday Balama Serry | 2023-05-17 08:43:35

The so called ID card is just fake, as for me I will call it I D paper is not a card trust
Mob | 2023-05-17 07:04:19

This is just fraud what the ECSL how will call that kind of ID Card quality you guys should be ashamed of yourself to the western world or to our neighbours countrys please make APC no gree oh let them make new ID card for the people
Medish | 2023-05-16 17:43:22

As for me I don't see any good quality and well secure ID card...all I see is just fake fake....ECSL don fraud wi de citizens dem but wi dae lef wi case to God
Mohamed Jabbie | 2023-05-16 14:57:36

Betteh, leh dem just go for election on 24 June . So dem go start count for the next election. Earlier. What is the civil society doing. Those should be the issues they should be addressing.