{"id":19649,"date":"2023-07-05T17:16:11","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T17:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/no-political-party-secures-2-3-majority-in-sierra-leone-parliament-says-igr"},"modified":"2023-07-05T17:35:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T17:35:34","slug":"no-political-party-secures-2-3-majority-in-sierra-leone-parliament-says-igr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/no-political-party-secures-2-3-majority-in-sierra-leone-parliament-says-igr","title":{"rendered":"No Political Party Secures 2\/3 Majority in Sierra Leone Parliament \u2013 Says IGR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Mohamed Aruna<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>Sierra Leone\u2019s Institute for Governance Reform (IGR), an organization dedicated to bridging the gap between knowledge and policy, has announced that none of the political parties have secured a 2\/3 majority in the country\u2019s parliament.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"aswift_1_host\"><\/a>The declaration comes after the general elections held on June 24th, and the subsequent publication and announcement of winners by the Chief Electoral Commissioner, Mohamed K. Konneh.<\/p>\n<p>According to the IGR\u2019s analysis of the election results, none of the parties have obtained a clear 2\/3 majority in the upcoming parliament of Sierra Leone. The organization examined the distribution of seats allocated to each political party in every district across the country to arrive at this conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>The IGR\u2019s analysis also highlights a positive development in terms of gender representation in parliament. It reveals that the participation of women has increased by 15%, with both Kailahun and Bonthe Districts recording a 40% representation of women. This significant boost in female participation is seen as a positive step forward for the political landscape of Sierra Leone. Furthermore, it is noted that women account for 30.4% of the 135 directly elected members of parliament.<\/p>\n<p>With no party securing the constitutional majority, the IGR emphasizes that the Sierra Leone People\u2019s Party (SLPP), which holds the majority with 54.4% of the vote, will have to collaborate and negotiate with the opposition All People\u2019s Congress (APC), which obtained 36.2% of the vote, as well as the Chiefs party with 9.4% of the vote, for all legislative scrutiny and approvals over the next five years. This indicates that a cooperative approach will be necessary to pass legislation and make significant policy decisions during this parliamentary term.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"612\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19647 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/sm_1688565830.991934.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/sm_1688565830.991934.jpg 720w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/sm_1688565830.991934-300x255.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/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 Aruna Africa-Press &#8211; Sierra-Leone. Sierra Leone\u2019s Institute for Governance Reform (IGR), an organization dedicated to bridging the gap between knowledge and policy, has announced that none of the political parties have secured a 2\/3 majority in the country\u2019s parliament. The declaration comes after the general elections held on June 24th, and the subsequent publication [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":19648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[291,293,292],"class_list":["post-19649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-sierra-leone","tag-sierra-leone"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>No Political Party Secures 2\/3 Majority in Sierra Leone Parliament \u2013 Says IGR - Sierra Leone<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sierra Leone\u2019s Institute for Governance Reform (IGR), an organization dedicated to bridging the gap between knowledge an ...\" \/>\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\/no-political-party-secures-2-3-majority-in-sierra-leone-parliament-says-igr\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No Political Party Secures 2\/3 Majority in Sierra Leone Parliament \u2013 Says IGR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sierra Leone\u2019s Institute for Governance Reform (IGR), an organization dedicated to bridging the gap between knowledge an ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/no-political-party-secures-2-3-majority-in-sierra-leone-parliament-says-igr\" \/>\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=\"2023-07-05T17:16:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-05T17:35:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/sm_1688565838.315613.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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\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\/no-political-party-secures-2-3-majority-in-sierra-leone-parliament-says-igr#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/no-political-party-secures-2-3-majority-in-sierra-leone-parliament-says-igr\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"No Political Party Secures 2\/3 Majority in Sierra Leone Parliament \u2013 Says IGR\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-05T17:16:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-05T17:35:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/no-political-party-secures-2-3-majority-in-sierra-leone-parliament-says-igr\"},\"wordCount\":296,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/no-political-party-secures-2-3-majority-in-sierra-leone-parliament-says-igr#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/sites\/16\/2023\/07\/sm_1688565838.315613.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Sierra-Leone\",\"Sierra-Leone\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/no-political-party-secures-2-3-majority-in-sierra-leone-parliament-says-igr#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/no-political-party-secures-2-3-majority-in-sierra-leone-parliament-says-igr\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/no-political-party-secures-2-3-majority-in-sierra-leone-parliament-says-igr\",\"name\":\"No Political Party Secures 2\/3 Majority in Sierra Leone Parliament \u2013 Says IGR - 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