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Commonwealth Secretariat press release

Commonwealth to observe Sierra Leone run-off elections

4 September 2007

A Commonwealth team arrived in Freetown on 3 September to observe the run-off presidential elections scheduled for 8 September 2007. It will be recalled that a Commonwealth Observer Group was in Sierra Leone for the 11 August Presidential and Parliamentary elections. The Commonwealth team will hold discussions with some stakeholders and be deployed to the provinces to observe the elections.

 

The team will subsequently submit its findings to the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth which will form part of an earlier report prepared by the Commonwealth Observer Group on the 11 August elections. This report will then be forwarded by the Secretary-General to the Government of Sierra Leone, the Chairman of the National Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone, the leadership of the political parties taking part in the elections and thereafter to all Commonwealth Governments.

 

In an earlier press statement, the Secretary-General urged Sierra Leone election officials and citizens to exhibit the same professional competence, commitment to the principles of democracy and zero tolerance for violence which characterised the 11 August elections.

 

On behalf of Commonwealth citizens, the Commonwealth team wishes the people of Sierra Leone well as it consolidates its democracy.

 

Note to editors:

 

The Commonwealth Team is based at Cape Sierra Hotel.  For further enquiries contact Yvonne Apea on 076-323119.

 

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