Swedish Ambassador Warns Against Voters’ Trucking

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By New Republic Liberia
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By: Mark B. Dumbar

MONROVIA-The Swedish Ambassador accredited near Monrovia, Urban Sjostrom has warned against the trucking of voters from one destination to another.

Speaking Tuesday, April 26, 2023, at the National Election Commission Inter-Party Consultative Committee Meeting, Sjostrom noted that voter trucking leads to many untimely deaths in the country.

He called on political parties, and NEC to be decisive on the implementation of the electoral regulation.

The Swedish Ambassador mentioned that the campaign regulation is important to the strengthening of the country’s democracy.

“The practice of voter’s trucking is illegal, and it is against the Electoral Laws.

“This practice is against the basic principles of representative democracy,” he lamented.

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Alphonso Toweh

Has been in the profession for over twenty years. He has worked for many international media outlets  including: West Africa Magazine, Africa Week Magazine, African Observer and  did occasional reporting for CNN, BBC World Service, Sunday Times, NPR, Radio Deutchewells, Radio Netherlands. He is the current correspondent for Reuters 
 He holds first  MA with honors in International  Relations and a  candidate for second master in International Peace studies and Conflict  Resolution from the University of Liberia. 

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