H. Res. 548 (Introduced in House) — Encouraging the Government of Sierra Leone to abide by their promise to a peaceful and credible electoral process.

(1)

reaffirms its long standing commitment to deepen relations between the people and the Governments of the United States and Sierra Leone;

(2)

supports the continued efforts of the people, civil society, and members of the diaspora of Sierra Leone in their undeniable rights to free, fair, credible, and transparent elections;

(3)

urges all parties to pursue electoral petitions through appropriate channels in an impartial, efficient, and timely manner;

(4)

strongly encourages all parties to monitor and mitigate the use of inflammatory rhetoric that could incentivize political violence and contribute to greater ethnopolitical rifts;

(5)

calls on the Government of Sierra Leone to uphold its commitments to transparency, accountability, and good governance, including by—

(A)

resolving any potential administrative hurdles to effectively allow elections to take place in a timely fashion;

(B)

implementing necessary mechanisms to monitor and curb dissemination of misinformation and mitigate inflammatory rhetoric; and

(C)

ensuring that statutes established by the Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Act (GEWE) are adhered to; and

(6)

encourages the United States Government to continue necessary engagements with the Government of Sierra Leone, underscoring the need to uphold free and fair elections in accordance with the country’s constitution.

Encouraging the Government of Sierra Leone to abide by their promise to a peaceful and credible electoral process.

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