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APC Rejects PR System, 50%-Plus-One Threshold as Constitutional Amendment Debate Intensifies
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Sierra Leone’s constitutional reform process has entered another critical stage after Parliament agreed to remove a provision that would have allowed independent candidates to contest presidential elections, while major disagreements persist over proportional representation and the threshold required to win the presidency. Members of Parliament from the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party and the [...] The post APC Rejects PR System, 50%-Plus-One Threshold as Constitutional Amendment Debate Intensifies first appeared on The Calabash Newspaper.
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