{"id":20511,"date":"2023-07-27T14:30:46","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T14:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/democracy-at-risk-guatemala-and-sierra-leone-international-weight-is-needed-to-help-defend-the-peoples-votes"},"modified":"2023-07-27T14:42:34","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T14:42:34","slug":"democracy-at-risk-guatemala-and-sierra-leone-international-weight-is-needed-to-help-defend-the-peoples-votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/democracy-at-risk-guatemala-and-sierra-leone-international-weight-is-needed-to-help-defend-the-peoples-votes","title":{"rendered":"Democracy at risk: Guatemala and Sierra Leone \u2013 International weight is needed to help defend the people\u2019s votes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Abdul Rashid Thomas<\/b><\/p>\n

Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>Held a day apart, elections in two widely differing countries illustrate the struggle for genuine elections versus entrenched elites seeking to impose their will over the people\u2019s choices.<\/p>\n

Guatemala\u2019s June 25 election saw reformer Bernardo Are\u0301valo come in second, earning a surprise place in the August 20 presidential runoff against former First Lady Sandra Torres. The credibility of that result was confirmed by nonpartisan citizen and international election observers, including through a sophisticated results verification conducted by the citizen group Misio\u0301n de Observacio\u0301n Electoral \u2013 Guatemala (MOE-Gt).<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, the Constitutional Court at the behest of nine political parties delayed the Supreme Election Tribunal (TSE) from announcing official electoral results. Citizens, observers and diplomats spoke out, and the Supreme Court of Justice backed the TSE\u2019s power to confirm the outcome.<\/p>\n

However, a prosecutor, who is on a corruption list developed by the U.S., then obtained a criminal court order to suspend Are\u0301valo\u2019s party (Movimiento Semilla \u2013 Seed Movement), thus denying him a runoff spot.<\/p>\n

The TSE refused the order because it runs counter to Guatemalan law, and the Constitutional Court backed the TSE when it ruled in favor of Are\u0301valo\u2019s party. Even Torres protested the prosecutor\u2019s attempt to effectively stop the runoff, but he raided the TSE and is continuing his investigation.<\/p>\n

More machinations may be coming. The U.S. State Department has engaged along the way, including spokesperson Mathew Miller\u2019s July 14 statement that ended: \u201cThe will of the Guatemalan people, as expressed through the June 25 elections results, must be respected.\u201d The full test of whether the will of the people is to be respected is yet to come \u2013 in the fairness of the contest and honoring the people\u2019s vote on August 20 \u2013 whatever presidential candidate they choose. That test merits focused international concern.<\/p>\n

Serra Leone\u2019s June 24 election does not provide as hopeful a story. One hour after the official results stated that the incumbent Julius Maada Bio had narrowly avoided \u2013 by 01.17% \u2013 a runoff with Samura Kamara, Bio was sworn in for a second 5-year term.<\/p>\n

The official results process was not transparent, and citizen and international observers have cast doubt on the outcome\u2019s credibility. That includes a sophisticated results verification process like the one conducted in Guatemala, which was executed by Sierra Leone\u2019s National Election Watch (NEW), a well-respected nonpartisan, nongovernmental organization.<\/p>\n

NEW stated flatly that \u201cofficial results announced for the presidential election do not align with the true ballots cast at polling stations…\u201d That is an absolutely rare finding in election observation, and unfortunately unlike Guatemala there does not seem to be active recourse to the courts.<\/p>\n

Samura Kamara rejected the outcome, election observers are calling for the Election Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) to release the results posted at each polling station so all can see if the official result was genuine. More than three weeks have passed since June 24, but the ECSL has yet to do that, which fuels suspicions that the results were rigged to avoid a runoff.<\/p>\n

The U.S. State Department\u2019s Matthew Miller weighed in with a release on July 14, noting the findings by national and international observers and calling for \u201can independent, outside investigation of the election process….\u201d<\/p>\n

The Department expressed continuing concern three days later about irregularities in the election results and threats against election observers and workers. In a country not long ago beset by a devastating civil war the stakes for resolving the present crisis are high, and the only way to resolve it is to honor the people\u2019s will as to who should be their President.<\/p>\n

The international community should use its good offices to help Sierra Leonians bring that about, just it should help ensure that the people\u2019s choice is honored in Guatemala. We all should be watching and calling for honoring the people\u2019s will. That\u2019s especially true for democratic governments and intergovernmental organizations. The US should strongly encourage the OAS, EU, AU, and ECOWAS, respectively, to weigh in for democracy in these countries. Much is at stake in each of them and their volatile regions.<\/p>\n

About Patrick Merloe<\/b><\/p>\n

Patrick Merloe has observed elections in more than 60 countries on five continents. He has produced over a dozen publications on democratic elections, human rights and international law, and was a lead negotiator of the Declaration of Principles for International Election Observation. He is a member of the Kofi Annan Foundation\u2019s Electoral Integrity Initiative and the Advisory Council of the [US] Electoral Reformers Network. From 1993-2022 he led the election observation programs at the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and now consults with the Institute and others as a strategic advisor.<\/p>\n

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