Author: Truth Media

Going After National Elections Watch is a Very Bad Idea

Freetown, 7th April 2026- In an unprecedented and controversial move, Parliament this week decided to set up a special committee to investigate National Elections Watch (NEW), a large coalition of civil society organisations and the country’s leading election observer body. The motion was introduced by two ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) members, Mustapha Sellu and Ambrose Lebby, and adopted by a largely SLPP-dominated Parliament, as the opposition All People’s Congress (APC) continued its boycott of elected duties.

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