Sierra Leone: New Commends Peaceful Conduct of Bye-Elections

Freetown — The bye-elections in constituency 33 Bombali district and Ward 234 Bo district have been concluded. Both elections started and ended on time.

The NEC Chief Commissioner, other commissioners and their senior management staff were all present in both elections at different centers to ensure the due process was followed. We commend them for the great effort and evident improvement in elections administration and management. NEW, however, observed a low voter-turnout in constituency 33 mostly associated with the misplacement of voter identity cards and voter apathy.

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