APC Rejects SLPP’s Push for PR Expansion, Executive Power-Sharing and Creation of New Districts

The main opposition All People’s Congress (APC) has strongly rejected what it described as attempts by the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) government to impose an expanded Proportional Representation (PR) system, introduce executive power-sharing, and create new districts without due process.
In a press statement issued on Wednesday, the APC condemned the government’s moves as a “blatant subversion of democracy and the Constitution,” warning that such steps could pave the way for a de facto one-party rule in Sierra Leone.
According to the APC, the 1991 Constitution clearly stipulates that the preferred electoral system is the constituency-based First-Past-the-Post (FPTP) model, with the PR system only applicable in exceptional circumstances such as a national crisis or when constituencies cannot be properly drawn. The party insists that Sierra Leone is not in such a crisis, and therefore any attempt to replace the FPTP system with PR is unconstitutional.