EWC recommends adherence to IEC's cooling-off period

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Author: Pa Modou Cham 

The Elections Watch Committee (EWC), in a press conference earlier today recommended for the election stakeholders to adhere to the Independent Electoral Commission's (IEC) cooling-off period.

Speaking during a press conference on the campaign update held at the Peace Ambassadors building in Kanifing, Omar Cham of EWC, stated political parties, candidates and their supporters should adhere to the IEC's mandated cooling-off period and refrain from all campaign activities today, 19th May. 

Cham continued that the media and any other group should avoid publicizing unofficial results and that candidates should refrain from declaring victory until the IEC releases the final results. 

"In addition to announcing the final results at the ward level, the IEC should make public a disaggregated list of polling station-level results in an analyzable format and in a timely manner. Political parties, candidates, and their supporters should continue to adhere to the IEC regulations and the code of conduct during and after the May 2023 local government mayoral and chairpersonship elections and follow the prescribed legal channels to pursue any objections or grievances in a peaceful manner."

The observers' body further highlighted that political parties and candidates engage women, youths and people with disabilities in their campaign planning and activities. 

With these recommendations, the EWC reminds registered voters to cast their votes tomorrow at the polling station where they previously voted during the 2022 parliamentary and 2021 presidential elections. 

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