{"id":19393,"date":"2023-06-29T15:27:51","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T15:27:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/29-independent-candidates-paid-huge-amount-as-parliamentary-nomination-fees"},"modified":"2023-06-29T15:41:26","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T15:41:26","slug":"29-independent-candidates-paid-huge-amount-as-parliamentary-nomination-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/29-independent-candidates-paid-huge-amount-as-parliamentary-nomination-fees","title":{"rendered":"29 Independent Candidates Paid Huge Amount as Parliamentary Nomination Fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Mohamed Foday Conteh<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>Report has indicated that 29 Independent Candidates paid a whopping sum of NLe104 as Parliamentary nomination fees.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"aswift_1_host\"><\/a>According to Sierra Leone\u2019s Public Elections Act of 2022 as amended, parliamentary candidates are required to pay six times the minimum wage (NLe 600) as a nomination fee for the legislative election.<\/p>\n<p>That is, each parliament candidate must pay NLe 3,600 as nomination fees if they are to be eligible to contest.<\/p>\n<p>According to Awoko Newspaper, a total of 10 political parties pay a huge sum of slightly over NLe 3,340,000 as nomination fees.<\/p>\n<p>The total amount paid by both independent and political party candidates is over NLe 3,445,000.<\/p>\n<p>The bulk of this fee was paid by the two main political parties, the Sierra Leone People\u2019s Party (SLPP) and the All People\u2019s Congress (APC).<\/p>\n<p>Zainab Joaque of Awoko reported that candidates of the two parties paid a combine sum of over NLe 1,944,000 of the fee.<\/p>\n<p>Both the National Grand Coalition (NGC) and People\u2019s Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC) paid a combined sum of NLe 813,000.<\/p>\n<p>The paid fees are non refundable according to Section 58 subsection 6 of the Public Elections Act.<\/p>\n<p>The only concession for the fee was for female candidates of the Sierra Leone People\u2019s Party (SLPP) who were given the leeway by their party.<\/p>\n<p>Parliamentary election was conducted alongside Presidential and Local Council elections on Saturday 24 June.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\">Sierra-Leone<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mohamed Foday Conteh Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. Report has indicated that 29 Independent Candidates paid a whopping sum of NLe104 as Parliamentary nomination fees. According to Sierra Leone\u2019s Public Elections Act of 2022 as amended, parliamentary candidates are required to pay six times the minimum wage (NLe 600) as a nomination fee for the legislative election. 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