APC Rejects Sierra Leone Constitutional Amendment Vote, Demands Supreme Court Interpretation

The All People’s Congress (APC) has rejected Parliament’s reported passage of Sierra Leone’s Constitution Amendment Bill, 2025, arguing that the process violated the constitutional requirement for a two-thirds majority.

In a press release dated August 11, 2026, the opposition party said it neither authorised nor participated in the reported passage of the bill by 96 lawmakers after its members withdrew from Parliament during Monday’s proceedings.

The APC’s position centres on Section 108(2)(b) of the 1991 Constitution, which provides that a bill seeking to alter the Constitution must receive the support of at least two-thirds of Members of Parliament at the second and third readings.