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Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>Catholic Bishops of Sierra Leone have urged political parties to embrace peace and love ahead of the country\u2019s multi-tier polls. <\/a>The bishops in a pastoral letter of encouragement said \u201cIt is important therefore that they (elections) are an conducted well and in the right spirit, in order to ensure peace and stability in the country\u201d hoping these values will best promote the common good of all Sierra LeoneanThey said the elections will offer the people of Sierra Leone the opportunity to elect representatives of their choice whom they believe will best ensure a better nation.<\/p>\n

The Clergymen admonished the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL), to conduct a free and fair election amd advised everyone to examine carefully and assess the policies of each party before the vote for them.<\/p>\n

They encouraged all parties to sure that voting is free and fair and avoid any kind of violence and law enforcement agencies to remain non-partisan in the delivery of their duties.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Sierra-Leone<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. Catholic Bishops of Sierra Leone have urged political parties to embrace peace and love ahead of the country\u2019s multi-tier polls. The bishops in a pastoral letter of encouragement said \u201cIt is important therefore that they (elections) are an conducted well and in the right spirit, in order to ensure peace and stability […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":15011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[291,293,292],"class_list":["post-15012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-sierra-leone","tag-sierra-leone"],"yoast_head":"\nCatholic Bishops Calls For Peace Ahead of June 24 Elections - Sierra Leone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Catholic Bishops of Sierra Leone have urged political parties to embrace peace and love ahead of the country\u2019s multi-tie ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/catholic-bishops-calls-for-peace-ahead-of-june-24-elections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Catholic Bishops Calls For Peace Ahead of June 24 Elections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Catholic Bishops of Sierra Leone have urged political parties to embrace peace and love ahead of the country\u2019s multi-tie ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/catholic-bishops-calls-for-peace-ahead-of-june-24-elections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sierra Leone\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-27T17:43:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-27T18:09:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1677507241.56.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/catholic-bishops-calls-for-peace-ahead-of-june-24-elections#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/catholic-bishops-calls-for-peace-ahead-of-june-24-elections\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Catholic Bishops Calls For Peace Ahead of June 24 Elections\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-27T17:43:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-27T18:09:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/catholic-bishops-calls-for-peace-ahead-of-june-24-elections\"},\"wordCount\":183,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/catholic-bishops-calls-for-peace-ahead-of-june-24-elections#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1677507241.56.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Sierra-Leone\",\"Sierra-Leone\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/catholic-bishops-calls-for-peace-ahead-of-june-24-elections#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/catholic-bishops-calls-for-peace-ahead-of-june-24-elections\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/catholic-bishops-calls-for-peace-ahead-of-june-24-elections\",\"name\":\"Catholic Bishops Calls For Peace Ahead of June 24 Elections - 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