Sierra Leone: MPS Scuffle Over Electoral Reform

0
201

While lawmakers were in session on Wednesday, Nov. 23, a fight broke out in the parliament of Sierra Leone in Freetown.

They debated a proposed change to the electoral system to allow for proportional representation in next year’s election.
In video footage, representatives from the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) and the opposition All People’s Congress (APC) party are seen fighting and throwing chairs.
The West African nation’s electoral commission advised switching to a proportional representation system for next year’s local and parliamentary elections excluding presidential polls.