Is there any reason for the gaps between the different election dates.
Why not have it all the same year and time so that the recruitment and government's operating costs can be reduced.
Maybe I am missing something. Can someone knowledgeable elaborate?
Thanks
MOMODOU BUHARRY GASSAMA wrote:
> Hi!
> This is a forward from the Observer. Thanks.
> Buharry.
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> Election Dates Announced
> The chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC), Bishop S Tilewa Johnson, yesterday announced dates for the country's local government, presidential and National Assembly elections.
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> The local government elections, he said, will be held on Thursday, November 16, 2000 while the presidential elections will be held on October 18, 2001. The National Assembly elections will come up on January 17, 2002.
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> Bishop Johnson also revealed that the Sami District chieftaincy election will be held on November 16, 2000, and commended the Supreme Court for the "speed and proficiency at which the Supreme Court Civil Appeal No. 4/2000 was dealt with."
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> He however added that all the election dates will be confirmed and gazetted in due course.Briefing the press at the IEC office, he recalled the recent meeting of representatives of all the four active political parties; the security services, chiefs and secretaries of state, to douse the political tension that the country was thrown into in the recent past.
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> He said the forum had "frank, sincere and progressive interventions," and the participants discussed matters touching on the electoral process and issues consequent upon it.
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> He pointed out that the proposed IEC/inter-party consultative forum was highly commended by all and that it will soon become a monthly forum. He expressed the hope that the forum will deliberate on matters which would reduce the likelihood of the kind of political tension the country has experienced in the recent past.
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> Bishop Johnson also stressed that IEC has adequate funds and other electoral resources to conduct the local government elections as soon as section 56(1) is implemented or the Supreme Court issues an order for action. He described as untrue newspaper reports that the United Democratic Party(UDP) was denied permit for a rally on August 5, when the IEC had ordered the IGP to that effect. "I simply recalled the atmosphere and spirit of the meeting of July 4 to the IGP and we agreed it would be prudent to grant the UDP the permit they requested for August 5, 2000," he retorted.
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> On the issue of supplementary registration of voters, he hinted that a date will soon be set for those who would be 18 years old on or before September 30, 2000. Bishop Johnson commended the Supreme Court for the speed and proficiency with which it handled civil appeal no 4/2000.
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