Participants of the one-day National Electoral Reform ConferenceMonrovia – Civil society organizations (CSOs), political parties and others have made a number of recommendations that they want enacted into law by the Legislature ahead of any future national elections. Article 83 (c) states: “The returns of the elections shall be declared by the Elections Commission not later than fifteen days after the casting of ballots. Boakai Kanneh, Law Reform Commission Chairman and Atty. Further to the inclusion issue, it is no doubt that political parties and the civil society are an integral part of our electoral process. Since the end of the civil war, we have had three national elections but we have not done enough in terms of developing a comprehensive package for electoral reforms.

Source: Front Page Africa March 28, 2019 00:33 UTC