Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what election monitoring his Department plans to undertake in the elections in Sierra Leone later in 2018.

​The UK is closely following preparations for upcoming elections in Sierra Leone and calls for all parties to deliver free, fair, inclusive and peaceful elections. We fully support the EU Election Observer Mission, which has deployed 28 long term observers. A further 40 short term observers will deploy closer to the election day of 7 March. The UK has contributed to this mission, deploying 5-10 observers. The National Electoral Commission and other independent electoral bodies also have important roles and they must conduct themselves in a transparent and independent manner.