Third Party Refuses To Back Sierra Leone Presidential Candidate
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published March 22, 2018 | 11:48 AM
A key third party in Sierra Leone announced Wednesday it would not ask supporters to back either contender in a March 27 presidential run-off, after police warned violence has plagued campaigning.
Freetown, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Mar, 2018 ) :A key third party in Sierra Leone announced Wednesday it would not ask supporters to back either contender in a March 27 presidential run-off, after police warned violence has plagued campaigning.
With the margin between the opposition Sierra Leone Peoples' Party (SLPP) and ruling All Peoples' Congress (APC) on a knife-edge, tensions are high in the West African nation. The National Grand Coalition (NGC), which took 6.9 percent of votes in the March 7 first round with an issues-focused platform, said it would support neither and had "grave misgivings" about the process.
"The message from the overwhelming majority of NGC members and supporters is clear: NGC should not endorse either APC or SLPP or enter into a coalition arrangement with either party," it said in a statement.
"Rather, the NGC should concentrate on providing an effective opposition on behalf of the people of Sierra Leone," it added. The party, popular with educated, urban youth, meanwhile warned against the "increasing emergence of tribalism in the politics of the country", which it said was "leading our nation on a path to self-destruction." Police said in a statement on Monday that nine separate incidents including violent attacks and stone throwing had been recorded across the country in the preceding week, all linked to the election.
"There is a growing political intolerance, political motivated and targeted attacks on people, all of which together give a feeling of deteriorating security situation," the statement said.
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