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Dr. Sylvia Blyden Criticizes PR System, Says It Created Parliamentary Representation Vacuum
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Senior politician and journalist Dr. Sylvia Olayinka Blyden has joined the growing debate over Sierra Leone’s Proportional Representation (PR) electoral system, describing its use in the 2023 General Elections as “a wicked system” that, in her view, left communities from Wellington to Central Freetown without direct parliamentary representation. Dr. Blyden’s comments come amid ongoing deliberations ...
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- Voice of Salone NewspaperDr. Sylvia Blyden Criticizes PR System, Says It Created Parliamentary Representation Vacuum