Sierra Leone MPs approve contested overhaul of electoral rules
The bill, backed by the ruling Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), was adopted by a "simple majority of members present,” parliament speaker Segepoh Solomon Thomas said after the session.
Lawmakers from the main opposition All People's Congress (APC) party walked out after unsuccessfully arguing that the reform required a two-thirds majority.
Under the proposed rules, a presidential candidate would also need to win at least 20 percent of the vote in two-thirds of Sierra Leone's districts to avoid a run-off.
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