European election observers in Sierra Leone said there were “statistical inconsistencies” in the presidential results published by the electoral commission, which declared President Julius Maada Bio the winner of Saturday’s vote. Sierra Leone’s chief electoral commissioner, Mohamed Kenewui Konneh, told Reuters the disaggregated results would be uploaded to the website “in due course” but that it would take time. Kamara has rejected the outcome, saying the results were not credible. The EU observation mission said in a statement that there were inconsistencies between the first and second batch of presidential results, including “notable discrepancies in the number of average valid votes per polling state”. A spokesperson for the electoral commission declined to comment on alleged irregularities, saying he had not seen the mission’s statement.

Source: Egypt Independent July 03, 2023 01:39 UTC