Sierra Leone votes in delayed presidential runoff


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Voters in Sierra Leone are streamer to a polls to collect their subsequent personality in a presidential runoff behind over allegations of fraud. 


The final turn of voting, that was primarily scheduled for Tuesday, was put off after a high justice placed an claim following a censure from a member of a statute celebration All People’s Congress (APC). 


Saturday’s polls non-stop during 07:00 GMT and are due to close at 17:00 GMT. Results are approaching to be announced within dual days. More than 3 million people are authorised to vote.


Elections on Mar 7 unsuccessful to furnish an undisguised winner, with APC claimant Samura Kamara finishing somewhat behind Julius Maada Bio, a competitor for a antithesis Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP).


The leader will attain President Ernest Bai Koroma, who has been in energy given 2007.


“Security is tight,” said Al Jazeera’s Ahmed Idris, stating from a polling hire in a capital, Freetown.


“The choosing routine has been well-spoken mostly since of a low voter turnout,” he added.


“A lot of people in Sierra Leone contend there is voter tired and there is also a problem of intimidation,” Idris added.


“The participation of several confidence officers, including a army, who are well-armed during a polling stations, according to one observer, might have necessitated a staying divided of voters.”


The first turn of voting was mostly pacific opposite a country. 


‘Tight race’



On Mar 24, Ibrahim Sorie Koroma, a counsel and member of a statute APC, filed a authorised ask arguing that allegations of electoral rascal in a initial turn should be investigated before a runoff takes place.


The Supreme Court, thereafter, taboo a National Electoral Commission (NEC) from move with a Mar 27 vote, before lifting a halt claim 3 days later. 


The NEC indispensable an additional 4 days to devise a polls after a justice gave a immature light to a final round. 


The runoff pits ex-military ruler, late Brigadier Bio opposite his former apportion of unfamiliar affairs, Kamara. 


In 1996, Bio led a troops manoeuvre that overthrew a supervision and took energy for 3 months. In 2012, he ran for a country’s tip pursuit though lost. 


His opponent, Kamara, is a former executive bank governor-turned-politician. 


“The competition between a dual possibilities is tight and it’s formidable to say, with a low audience so far, who is going to be a winner,” pronounced Al Jazeera’s Idris. 


Article source: http://www.france24.com/en/20161004-street-arts-stars-cities-nurture-them


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