Freetown, 7th November, 2026 — The Political Parties Regulation Commission (PPRC) has upheld petitions challenging the establishment of new All Peoples Congress (APC) chapters in the diaspora, directing that they will not participate in the party’s ongoing internal electoral process leading to the National Delegates Conference (NDC).
In a directive issued on Friday, 6th November, 2026, the Commission addressed petitions relating to the APC USA District within the Diaspora 6th Region, the APC United Kingdom and Ireland District, and the APC Canada Chapter.
According to the Commission, after hearing and reading submissions from the parties, interrogating relevant provisions of the law and considering the procedure for the establishment and operations of new chapters and constituencies of the APC in the diaspora, it reached three key decisions.
The three directives are:
1. That all APC Chapters/Constituencies formed in the diaspora and/or endorsed by the National Advisory Council (NAC) in July 2026 may well be considered by the APC party;
2. That no APC Chapter/Constituency formed in the diaspora and/or endorsed by NAC in July 2026 shall participate in the current elections which terminate at the forthcoming National Delegates Conference (NDC); and
3. That the petitions of the petitioners are hereby upheld, and thus the decision of the Internal Elections Complaint Board (IECB) is overturned.
The ruling effectively means that while the newly created diaspora chapters can exist within the party, they are excluded from voting or taking part in the current lower-level and national elections that will culminate in the APC’s National Delegates Conference where a new flagbearer and national executive are expected to be elected.
The petitions were brought by members of the existing diaspora structures who argued that the creation of the new chapters in July 2026 by the NAC was irregular and aimed at influencing the outcome of the internal elections.
The APC is currently undertaking its nationwide internal elections ahead of its National Delegates Conference scheduled for early 2027, as the main opposition party prepares to elect a new leadership to contest the 2028 general elections.
