Sierra Leone: NEC Says No Diaspora Voting

Western Area Commissioner of the National Electoral Commission NEC has put to rest speculations that Sierra Leoneans in the Diaspora will be given the opportunity to vote in the forthcoming presidential and parliamentary elections slated for November 17.

Miatta French told newsmen at the weekly press conference at the ministry of information yesterday that it will be impossible for NEC to extend its mandate of conducting the electioneering process outside the country because it cannot determine the number of eligible Sierra Leoneans in the Diaspora.

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