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National Electoral Commission. 1. A new independent National Electoral Commission (hereinafter termed the NEC) shall be set up by the Government, not later than three months after the signing of the present Agreement. 2. In setting up the new NEC the President shall consult all political parties, including the RUF/SL, to determine the membership and terms of reference of the Commission, paying particular attention to the need for a level playing field in the nationÌs elections. 3. No member of the NEC shall be eligible for appointment to political office by any government formed as a result of an election he or she was mandated to conduct. 4. The NEC shall request the assistance of the International Community, including the UN, the OAU, ECOWAS and the Commonwealth of Nations, in monitoring the next presidential and parliamentary elections in Sierra Leone.
National Electoral Commission. A new independent National Electoral Commission (hereinafter termed the NEC) shall be set up by the Government, not later than three months after the signing of the present Agreement.
National Electoral CommissionThe National Electoral Commission (NEC) under its current leadership took bold steps towards national ownership of electoral management for the multitier elections in November 2012. NEC has throughout the preparations for the November 2012 elections led the process which included the biometric voter registration (BVR), two Administrative Inquiry exercises, exhibition of provisional voter register and management of all aspects of corrections and subsequent review exercise. NEC took all decisions with regards to the sensitive and non sensitive materials and finally successfully conducted four elections (Presidential, Parliamentary, Mayor/Chief and Counsellors) on 17th November 2012. This was truly a Sierra Leonean managed election process where international technical support was restricted to targeted areas as identified by the Commission. NEC continued to improve its communications with all stakeholders as evident by regular press briefings, meetings with political parties and its consistent participation in the Election Support Programme Steering Committee (SC) throughout 2012. NEC started in 2011 to increase its technical capacities for the electoral process by addressing some of the concerns from the 2007 elections related to the voters register and the time required for announcement of results. The increased technical capacities were materialized in 2012 which saw first ever conduct of biometric voter registration which resulted in a clean voter register which has been embraced by all stakeholders, issuance of sophisticated voter ID card which because of its durable design could be used for future elections and establishment of a decentralized result tallying system which reduced time required to announce result to acceptable levels. NEC should be commended for these bold decisions and successful implementation of the election process which has been given a clean bill of health by international and domestic observers groups. While considerable capacity enhancement has been witnessed in NEC overtime, it should be recognized that the technical complexity of the new elements introduced in the electoral process meant NEC still required targeted international technical assistance. There are, and were and will be, aspects of NEC’s management of the electoral processes which may not fulfill the expectations of international partners and where some continued support might be needed to ensure necessary skills transfer. The on-going constructive engagement is th...
National Electoral Commission. 1. A new independent National Electoral Commission (hereinafter termed the NEC) shall be set up by the Xxxx rnment, not later than three months after the signing of the present Agreement. 2. In setting up the new NEC the President shall consult all political parties, including the RUF/ SL, to determine the membership and terms of reference of the Commission, payi ng particular attention to the need for a level playing field in the nationÕs elections. 3. No member of the NEC shall be eligible for appointment to political office by any government formed as a result of an election he or she was mandated to conduct. 4. The NEC shall request the assistance of the International Community, including the UN, the OAU, ECOWAS and the Commonwealth of Nations, in monitoring the next presidential and parliamentary elections in Sierra Leone.

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