This is to inform our readers that AYV Newspaper was right in its report on the statement made by the British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone, Lisa Chesney, that the “UK government is happy with President Bio’s electoral reforms”.
We also want our readers to know that Iverify, a group owned and operated by the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ Iverify) was misguided to have classified the article as false.
It is true that most internationally funded groups in this part of the world can do anything within their reach to justify their donor funds, but doing so to damage other people’s integrity, is what AYV will never accepted and/or tolerate.
We hope those verifying at SLAJ Iverify will do the right thing and first down that suspicious post against AYV Newspaper on their website, retract their false ‘verification’ and unreservedly apologise to our editorial board for using the paper’s well-reported article to mislead their readers.
We will again reproduce the article below for our readers.
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“UK government is happy with President Bio’s electoral reforms…”
British High Commissioner tells Sierra Leone Foreign Minister Tim Kabba
AYV News, first published on August 9, 2023
The British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone, Her Excellency. Lisa Chesney has said the U.K government is happy with His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio’s electoral reforms.
She paid a courtesy call visit on Sierra Leone new Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Timothy Musa Kabba at his office on Tower Hills in Freetown.
During the close discussion, the High Commissioner commended His Excellency President Dr. Julius Maada Bio’s move on Electoral Reforms.
Minister Kabba reiterated President Bio’s government commitment to building strong bilateral and diplomatic ties with development partners.
Both the Minister and the High Commissioner discussed and agreed on resolving diplomatic concerns through appropriate diplomatic channels, citing the historical relations between Sierra Leone and the United Kingdom.
The High Commissioner reiterated UK government’s neutrality in Sierra Leone’s domestic politics, stating: “The UK government is happy with President Bio’s Government’s decision to review the operations of the Electoral Commission for Sierra Leone (EC-SL).
