{"id":442132,"date":"2011-06-16T07:02:41","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T07:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/16\/ahead-of-2012-elections-unipsil-discusses-way-forward-with-ncd\/"},"modified":"2011-06-16T07:02:41","modified_gmt":"2011-06-16T07:02:41","slug":"ahead-of-2012-elections-unipsil-discusses-way-forward-with-ncd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/16\/ahead-of-2012-elections-unipsil-discusses-way-forward-with-ncd\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahead of 2012 Elections&#8230;unipsil Discusses Way Forward With Ncd"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"62.1001039141\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Concord Times (Freetown)<\/p>\n<p>14 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Freetown \u2014 The United Nations Integrated Peace Building Mission in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) has met with the Moral Guarantors arm of the National Commission for Democracy (NCD) in order to discuss how to restructure the operations of the commission as 2012 general elections are right at the corner. The meeting took place at the offices of the NCD, 9th floor, Youyi building.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during the occasion, the chairman NCD, Dr. Abubakarr H. Kargbo said the meeting was a deliberate act to bring together the Moral Guarantors, UNIPSIL and other donors. He stated that the group was the link between the NCD, government and other donors in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Kargbo noted that sensitizing the public and political parties was one of the mandates of the commission, adding that the NCD wanted to engage in a nationwide public sensitisation on electioneering processes as the 2012 elections were on the way. The chairman noted that the commission will be organizing television talk-shows and public lectures on the process of election and the benefits of good governance.<\/p>\n<p>Chairperson of the Moral Guarantors group, Mrs. Agnes Lewis stated that the group comprises members of twelve different organisations like civil societies, human rights institutions, public service reform unit, among others. She said the group was formed in 2008 in order to assist the commission in implementing its programmes.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Lewis said the commission has been wrongly viewed as a government institution, noting that the government has neglected the commission since it was separated from the human rights commission. She noted that this move prompted them to turn their attention to donors for support. Mrs. Lewis reiterated that the commission cannot operate without funding from government or donor agencies. She stressed that it was the mandate of the commission to sensitize the public on all electioneering processes. She said the commission has to sensitize the public for a violent free election come 2012 and went on to state that the NCD has a lot of good governance programmes but that without the appropriate funding there was no way they can communicate this to the public. She maintained that the commission has been trying to decentralize its activities and operations.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the deliberations, the deputy Head of Mission and Chief Political Affairs UNIPSIL, Berhaneweskel Nega stated that UNIPSIL has been working and supporting many institutions in the country. He said &#8220;the country has come a long way to achieve the peace we are enjoying today&#8221;, noting that the 2012 general elections were the final test for the country&#8217;s fragile peace. He reaffirmed that all attention would be on the country &#8220;on the way we are going to conduct the election&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Nega maintained that UNIPSIL will be there to make sure that the country goes through peaceful, free, fair, transparent and violent free election. He noted that their second objective was to promote national unity, reiterating the need to strengthen national institutions in order to achieve development and good governance.<\/p>\n<p>A representative from the Public Service Reform Unit, Sonia Karim said that the mandates of the NCD were very relevant, noting that donors and government had neglected the commission over the years. She maintained that the commission was a partner with the PPRC and NEC among other institutions in national development. She said the NCD needed to be reformed in order to meet its mandate. She called on UNIPSIL and other donors and government to support the operations of the NCD, adding that the NCD was responsible for sensitizing the public on how to vote.<\/p>\n<p>She noted that the PSRU has conducted a management and operational survey on all MDAs and that the NCD needed proper support and restructuring. She said the implementation of the programmes of the NCD was the one that needed more support from government and donor agencies.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Follow this link:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106160135.html\" title=\"Ahead of 2012 Elections...unipsil Discusses Way Forward With Ncd\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ahead of 2012 Elections&#8230;unipsil Discusses Way Forward With Ncd<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Concord Times (Freetown) 14 June 2011 Freetown \u2014 The United Nations Integrated Peace Building Mission in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) has met with the Moral Guarantors arm of the National Commission for Democracy (NCD) in order to discuss how to restructure the operations of the commission as 2012 general elections are right at the corner. 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