Sierra Leone鈥檚 opposition calls election results 鈥榙aylight robbery鈥�
Former mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, says there 鈥渋s a huge lack of transparency in the process鈥�.
The electoral commission in Sierra Leone says provisional results from the presidential election show that President Julius Maada Bio is leading with 60 percent of votes counted.
However, his main rival, Samura Kamara of the All People's Congress (APC), has called the provisional results "daylight robbery", alleging that his electoral agents were not allowed to verify the ballot counting.
Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr of the APC party is the former mayor of Freetown and up for re-election. She told Newsday that the APC had asked 鈥渢he electoral commission to stop the announcements鈥efore (they) announce the remaining 40% (of votes), there鈥檚 a need for everyone to be given access to the information. First to verify it, which is what the law requires鈥nything short of that is definitely going to be questionable and our real worry is the violence we鈥檙e seeing.鈥�
(Picture: Shows the president of the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL), Mohamed Konneh (C) releasing partial election results in Freetown on June 26, 2023. Credit: John Wessels / APF via Getty Images.)
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