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Eight nominated Presidential Candidates have in a joint release today 16th May, 2023 expressed determination to take part in the upcoming June 24th General elections.
The representatives who signed the joint Press release are Prince Coker, for PDP, Nabieu Musa Kamara, PLP, Gabriel Samuka UNPP, Kaday Johnson, CDP, Iye Kakay, ADP, Abdulahi, D. Saccoh,RUFP, Mariatu S. Turay NDA. These Political parties felt compelled to speak to the public on the following issues below:
1 All eight Presidential Candidates here representing our various registered Political Parties are active members and participants of the ECSL Political Parties Liaison Committee (PPLC).
2 We acknowledge that the ECSL PPLC comprises stakeholder representatives of ALL Political Parties that meets every two weeks to discuss matters about and around the June 24th 2023 elections.
3 We also note that the ECSL -PPLC Stakeholders Engagement has as key participants, Civil Society Organizations, the Sierra Leone Police and the Political Parties Regulation Commission
4 We have been ardent participants in all ECSL stakeholders’ engagements since the inception of the political process that will lead to the June 24th 2023 elections)
5 We acknowledge that APPA monitored the BVR exercise from registration, exhibitions and distribution of ID Cards nationwide; and remain satisfied with the entire process especially those relating to individual Political parties.
6 We acknowledge that the PPLC has been instrumental in taking decisions on key ECSL proposals starting from registration to date.
7 We also recall that all Political Parties at the PPLC commended the ECSL for a successful BVR exercise nationwide.
8 We are reminded that at a Particular PPLC meeting on the 30th March 2023, ECSL did a power-point presentation on the Voter Cards detailing their security features and how it is different from the previous cards. Of particular importance was the Voter Identification Number (VIN) which remains unprecedented.
9 The ECSL-PPLC also noted the poor-quality photos on some Voter ID Cards but, no condemnation was resolved as to change it or not to use it during elections.
These joint statements to which the APC is a party should be made know to the fool and illiterate supporters of the APC who have nothing to do at the moment but wasting time and energy condemning an ID card their grandfather Samura Drunkered Kamara himself praised.
What is this PPLC? Do we have this organization in Sierra Leone? Please explain the role of this PPLC to the people of Sierra Leone.
Honestly their cup will be full very soon. By the time they realized it already 2028
These political parties are surrogate of the ruling SLPP. we are kindly requesting the international community to intervene on this ID card issue which the slpp wants to use to fraud the election. The educated fools who claim to have PhD are not able to deliver this country from mess. Slpp must go whether they like it or not they will go. To publish the voter Id, ECSL cannot publish the voter Id which is a call to concern. Their dominion degree will follow them in their grave. We demand fresh registration so as to enjoy our democracy. Incompetent government shame on them.
Is this a premeditated plan to create mayhem on this nation? APC please give peace a chance.
Dulkay it’s unfortunate that you are condemning and contradicting your standard bearer Samura Kamara who is on record of praising the voter card as the best ever. To come at this time to say otherwise about the VC is very weak and laughable my dear.
ECSL must change the voter ID I stand with APC on that.
There are certain opinions that are fit to be reserved for further enquiry and I suppose if Dr. Samura applauded the voter’s ID he collected without crystal knowledge of how the holistic of others would look like and not creating panic at the initial stage of collection; made a calm statement and then went further for a party level discussion with a proof of the illegitimacy of the proclaimed features of the ID’s, I think as a party in a whole has all what it takes to fight back to get the best not just for A. P. C. but for all political parties and their supporters.
We need the right thing to be done instead of continuing the wrong ways that won’t help Salone’s Development.