Sentences with phrase «not accept the outcome of the election»

The Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, barely two weeks after losing a landmark national election to the opposition's Adama Barrow, said he will not accept the outcome of the election, calling for re-election amidst international condemnation.

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Voters are more likely to support democracy and accept the outcome of democratic elections — which is important if electoral violence is to be avoided — if they trust that people like them will not be excluded from political and economic opportunities just because their candidate lost.

The Chief of Dompoase, Okofo Sobin Kai II, has urged the National Democratic Congress» (NDC) Flagbearer, President John Mahama, to accept the outcome of the 2016 elections in the event that it does not go his way.