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RULING By Rt. Hon. Dr. Abass Chernor Bundu, Speaker of Parliament On The Riotous Behaviour of Some Members of Parliament in the Chamber of Parliament on 23rd November 2022   A. Background   1. At its sitting on Wednesday, 23rd November 2022, Parliament had before it a Government Motion for the laying on the Table of the House two Statutory Instruments Nos. 13 and 14 of 2022 respectively published in the Sierra Leone Gazette on 16th November 2022. These Instruments contained Regulations by the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) designed to give effect to the District Block Representation System, a form of Proportional Representation enshrined in section 38A of the Constitution of Sierra Leone 1991. Section 38A had become part of the Constitution in 2001 by way of a Constitutional Amendment through Act No. 15 of 2001 and had in fact been applied once in the General Elections of 2002. It was now being proposed by the ECSL to apply it again in the Parliament...

By: Kembay Sierra Leone Peacekeeping and Law Enforcement Academy (SILEA), Hastings Campus, Friday 18 November, 2022.  Addressing both the Formed Police Unit (FPU) and the recruits, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr.William Fayia Sellu has placed emphasis on zero tolerance for drugs in the SLP.  In a stern warning, the Chief Executive Officer of the SLP noted that, the day any of them is caught with drugs, that very day he or she will leave, there is no compromise to that. Medically, drugs last in urine for two months, so the Police Chief therefore informed them that there is going to be a spontaneous drugs test. To the FPU, he disclosed that while they await the final stage of assessment, they would be deployed in various areas within the city to help police the festive season.  With medical underway, he reminded them that they still have not completed the requirements that would qualify them for the Peacekeeping mission.  "You are 270 here and we need 160, w...

  APPA-SL SUPPORT THE USE OF THE PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION PR) DISTRICT BLOCK SYSTEM FOR THE 2023 MULTI-TIER ELECTIONS The All Political Parties Association Sierra Leone (APPA-SL), the legitimate umbrella body of registered political parties in Sierra Leone and recognized by the Political Parties Registration Commission (PPRC) in Sierra Leone has read with rapt attention the press release dated 21st October 2022 from the Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (ECSL), that informed the public that accordance with section 38 (a) of the 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone, His Excellency the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone Brig (Retired) Julius Maada Bio, has directed the ECSL to conduct the 2023 Public Elections using the Proportional Representation (PR) District Block System. APPA-SL has also carefully read the provision in section 38(a) of the 1991 Constitution of Sierra Leone and wishes to state that, His Excellency the President Brig (Retired) Julius Maada Bio DID NOT ac...