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ISLPP IS A VIOLENT & UNDEMOCRATIC PARTY FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL 

By Charles Lagao

The SLPP Eastern Regional Chairman Hon Philip Tetema Tondoneh has said on both radio and TV that the SLPP is the most peaceful political party in Sierra Leone. He made this remark during interviews on both the Good Morning programme on 98.1 FM and the Podium on SLBC respectively.  

Interestingly, he also declared his support for Maada Bio against the other aspirants, claiming that his candidate is the most popular among SLPP supporters across the country. But what Tondoneh failed to realise is that if the SLPP is the most peaceful party and the Pa O Pa camp to which he belongs is being frequently accused of violence and disrespect to party elders by party stalwarts, what is the Honourable saying then? 

The former chairman and leader, John Benjamin, the current chairman Sumano Kapen, Kandeh Yumkella, John Karimu and many others have all tasted and testified that the Bio phenomenon is distastefully violent and disrespectful. 

On the other hand, the Bio (the Pa O Pa) camp has accused the JOB camp aka Game Changer as the violent ones. Hon Tondoneh did not mince his words yesterday on 98.1FM that JOB took a gang of thugs to a meeting that was supposed to be quiet and peaceful because they were there to discuss and resolve party problems. But we all know what happened.  A young man was murdered in cold blood by a bodyguard of Julius Maada Bio, although Bio claims he was, in fact, touring the northern province and therefore there was no way he could have known or participated in the act, which he himself openly condemned. Yet Tondoneh claims their party is the most peaceful in the political history of Sierra Leone. 

There's this argument that because Sir Milton Margai had an intimate relationship with the British Colonial administration, he pursued similar policies as his Colonial masters. 

According to renowned historians such as Oliver and Atmore, the policies practiced by the British Colonial Government were dastardly despotic and they were pursued for over 150 years. So Milton Margai pursued similar policies of oppression and repression of opposition views.

Christopher Allen argued in his work Sierra Leone Politics Since Independence; p.310, that the SLPP leadership (under Sir Milton Margai) were both impatient of opposition and used the Native authorities to eliminate all forms of opposition to their rule. To compel opposition MPs to cross, "they or their supporters could be jailed by Native Authority Courts and in other ways harassed by traditional authorities...Thus in Kono, the Sierra Leone Progressive Independent Movement (SLPIM) leader P. C. Tamba Mbriwa had been suspended when his party announced its alliance with the APC, and was then deposed and banished after the election." Furthermore, deliberate efforts were made by the SLPP to strangulate the newly formed APC which had broken away from the United National Front to serve as a formidable opposition to the SLPP-led coalition government. "Only in Bo could it campaign in the South, in the North, the traditional authorities and courts...were used extensively against it. Permission to open an office in...Makeni, was refused; prominent APC supporters in Bombali and Kambia were banished to the South; the APC MP for Kambia West was imprisoned by a native court; the office in Port Loko was closed soon after its opening, and the organizing secretary jailed." - C. Allen, Sierra Leone Politics Since Independence; p.310. 

The creation of the United National Front was, in fact, meant to facilitate Dr Margai's desire to "effectively decapitate all organized opposition within the country, and thus ensured his own and his party continued dominance for some time to come." This policy of intolerance of opposition propagated by Milton Margai, especially when he adopted all forms of despotic strategies to stifle any form of organized opposition proved to be calamitous for the flourish of democracy in Sierra Leone after independence.  

As for Sir Albert Margai and his reign of power at all costs, the little said about him, the better. One commentary noted that "To perenate his stay in power at all costs, Albert Margai unpatriotically, self-aggrandisingly and selfishly dispensed with the principles of democracy, and barely two months of his reign, pursued a policy of politicising the police and military." He was the first to attend the SLPP National Delegates Convention in the company of the Commissioner of Police, William Leigh and the Acting Force Commander, David Lansana. Dr. Gustav Deveneaux also once observed that "following Mr Albert Margai's ascendancy, successful attempts were made to convert the army into a partisan institution..." G. Deveneaux, Power Politics in Sierra Leone; p.35. 

It was Albert Margai who passed the Public Order Act in October, 1965 to cow the opposition APC. He even jailed four APC MPs for a whole year thereby enabled the SLPP to reduce the Parliamentary representation of the APC. Albert Margai didn't stop there as he was very much unperturbed and unrelented. He prevailed on parliament in 1965 to review "its standing orders so that absence for more than thirty consecutive days of a session without reasonable excuse led to the loss of one's seat....since imprisonment was not a reasonable excuse, the four (MPs) lost their seats." Sir Albert even declared a state of emergency in some sections of the country on the eve of the general elections in 1967. Moreover, APC supporters in Moyamba were seriously beaten and arrested while others were expelled from the area or deprived of market stalls. Out of desperation, "SLPP supporters were urged to fire on APC vehicles." - C. Allen, Sierra Leone Politics Since Independence; p.318. 

So, what does Hon Tondoneh mean when he's claiming the SLPP is peaceful and very democratic? From the very beginning the SLPP has always been violent and very undemocratic even under Sir Milton Margai who most claimed was a Democrat.  He wasn't dear readers. 

Watch out for part two...

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SLPP IS A VIOLENT & UNDEMOCRATIC PARTY FROM TIME IMMEMORIAL - Part 2 

By Charles Lagao 

From day one, the SLPP had displayed leadership deficiency in coping with democratic principles. They were only used to what the Colonial Government bequeathed to them; the politics of DOMINATION. The British dominated the political and socio-economic life of our people for over 150 years. The Governor, in political terms, was a virtual dictator in Sierra Leone.  The Executive and Legislative Councils were until the dying moments of Colonial rule, crammed with British officials. As for Paramount chiefs, they were appointed, disciplined and deposed at will by the British. For instance, "some chiefs at Bandajuma were imprisoned for failing to pay their taxes and, one of them, Francis Fawundu was deposed." - W.S.M. Jones; Legal Development & Constitutional Change; p.123. 

This is just a backdrop on where the SLPP inherited their intolerant and violent political character. 

Coming back to the issue at hand, Sir Albert Margai, like I mentioned in part one of this piece, relied on traditional authorities, intimidation and fraud to win the 1967 general elections. He hated the APC so much so that it was under his rule a military vehicle was shot at because it had red markings which was accidentally the APC colour. Since they failed in their efforts to rig the elections due to divisions between them, Sir Albert Margai, Madam Ella Koblo Gulama and Brigadier David Lansana carefully and deliberately orchestrated the coup of 22nd March, 1967. - G. Deveneaux; Power Politics in Sierra Leone; p.52. 

Granted the APC opposed the SLPP for toying with the idea of a single party state, which the former eventually introduced after eleven years when the proposals were first postulated by Albert Margai in 1967 But when the people finally decided at a referendum in 1978 to introduce a one-party state in the country, the SLPP didn't take things lying down, especially when all SLPP MPs save for one, joined the APC. "In 1982 the so-called Ndogboyosoi (bush devil) war erupted between the APC government and the SLPP in the south." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Leone_People's_Party

In addition, when the SLPP returned to prominence under the leadership of former President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, it didn't take long for them to showcase their violent and undemocratic side once again. After the AFRC coup and the ensuing interregnum years (1997-1998/1999) that followed, the SLPP coordinated the large scale killing of innocent Sierra Leoneans on the streets of Freetown because they had no means to run away to neighbouring Guinea. People were slaughtered in cold blood in the name of "COLLABORATOR". Anyone who couldn't go to Guinea was a collaborator and therefore, according to some accounts, were to be treated like fouls/chickens. "Ar lek nar foul ar meet, ar go rule am," the late President Kabbah was once reported to have vowed. 

When the opposition leader - Ernest Bai Koroma of the APC  crisscrossed the country to campaign in 2006-2007, his convoy was violently attacked by SLPP members and supporters in both Kenema and Segbwema. Windshields were shattered and people wounded, although there were no fatalities. No reports were filed of similar incidents in the northern province.

As for intra-party violence, the SLPP is a mentor. The persistence of rivalry and conflicts between leading members of the SLPP have always remain. Intra-party rivalries have always escalated into wounding, mammy cussing and polemics. And with the arrival of the likes of JOB and Maada Bio on the scene, intra-party scandals and bickering have assumed a new meaning in Sierra Leone’s political history. Day in day out, there is some fighting either at the SLPP HQ at WALLACE Johnson Street or wherever they gather whether in Bo, Kenema or Kailahun. The party is fantastically lawless even when it comes to adhering to police rules and regulations to maintain public order. 

JOB has accused Maada Bio of violence and thuggery and vice versa. Dr Bernadette Lahai has also accused Bio of thuggery and violence. Chief Sumano Kapen on the other hand, believes JOB is the violent person. So, no one should be surprised that the SLPP chickens are now coming home to roost. RIP Daddy George.

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Fellow SLPP, it is sad that we are using the death of Daddy George in Kenema to score political points. 

In the first place, we have already judged the assassin of Daddy George, and found him guilty of an act, without the due process of the law. Fonnie, is named by the mp, and Umaru Fofana, who were not at the scene of the crime, mainly because he is known as an assassin in Kenema, without even investigating the matter further. We have already set aside the criminal proof of guilt beyond all reasonable doubt, in this case, because the mp who reported the matter to the general public named Fonnie, as a supporter of PAOPA, belonging to Maada Bio. 

And the mp is not a Paopa member. The aspirants in the alliance are fanning the killing as an act committed by their enemy, Julius Maada Bio, whom they see as a stumbling block to their flag bearer ship. 

Although the killing is sad, we can not use it to vilify Maada Bio as a violent man, and attribute it to him. JOB had for long planned to hatch a plot to tarnish the good name of Maada Bio, so that he can meander his way to the SLPP presidential leadership, which he can not do while Maada is running. 

We saw it in 2012, when he intrigued to torpedo Maada Bio at that election, through various treacherous manipulations. But Maada was smart for him. Ever since the 2018 presidential election was mooted, JOB has been jittery, and mischievous towards Maada's candidature for the position. Is there no sinister movement in the assassination of his body guard, to lay the crime at the door of Maada Bio, who is a stumbling block in his way?

If not, why did the mp who reported the assassination to the world, name Fonnie, and even insinuated that he was a miscreant in the Kenema township, even though he was not at the scene where the crime was committed? Was it a set up? Or an accident?

I saw a situation like that in the seventies, during the Siaka Steven regime. Kanray, and some APC thugs waylaid M S Mustapha and Salia Jusu-Sheriff, on the Kenema/Bo road, while they were returning to Freetown from an SLPP campaign in Kaikahun. 

The driver of the vehicle saw the ambush in time and manoeuvred to avoid them being killed by the thugs. In the process, Kanray, one of the APC thugs, was killed on the road. The next thing we heard was that Jusu-Sheriff and Mustapha had killed Kanray with their vehicle, even though they were passengers in the vehicle. They were arrested, and charged with murder, and locked up at the Pademba Road Prison. Mustapha and Jusu- Sheriff were tried snd found not guilty of the murder. This was the early party of the APC rule when the one party had not been established, and the judges were in their cocoon of justice. 

As you read the polemic articles on the assassination of Daddy George, you can hear the voices of the members of the alliance, who are disappointed that Maada has stolen the show, and beaten them at the race. They want him removed by hook or by crook. The alliance has not worked to sideline Maada Bio, so they are looking for another avenue to defeat Maada, by implicating him with the murder of JOB's security. S K Foyor did not minx his words, in his video. He squarely laid the murder at the door of Maada Bio. PAOPA should bless its stars that Maada Bio was not at the scene of the murder. If he was, he would have been arrested and charged with the murder of Daddy George. This what JOB and his alliance are looking for, through their machinations. 

What is disturbing in the whole scenario, is that members of the SLPP shy away from fighting the APC, which is their opponent, and are determined to fight Maada Bio, who is one of them mainly to oust him from the flag bearership. 

What is the reason for that? Is it because he is a Mende, or he is considered to be disciplined and strict to rule a country that is infested with corruption, filth and nepotism. 

Are we sure that a third party is not involved in this assassination saga which is blamed on the SLPP? As I watched the incidence on the Independence Day, in Freetown, on the video, I could see the police and APC thugs in plain clothes, arresting innocent SLPP party members in the party office and on the street, even though they had not violated any law. The ruling party and the police were only flexing their muscles against the poor opposition who were vulnerable. And guess who are the witnesses against the SLPP in the case? The Mendes of course!

An alliance member has blamed the killing of Daddy George on Maada Bio simply because Maada had once said, "while the cat is away, the mice play". I fail to see the connection between that proverb and the killing of Daddy George, unless we can say that the killing itself was premeditated and orchestrated by the alliance to implicate Maada Bio because of that proverb. For me, the proverb merely states that you are claiming popularity in the polls because I am away. When I am in the country, I will dwarf your popularity. 

Maada Bio has nothing to do with violence and intimidation. If he was a violent man, he would have reacted when Christiana Thorpe denied him victory at the 2012 polls and told him to go to the police. A violent man would have even thrown stones at such blatant rigging of the votes. The violence which JOB orchestrated in Kenema with the two parallel executives, has just boomeranged against the party, with serious under tones that a compassionate  police should thoroughly investigate without fear or favour. 

Maada Bio has nothing to do with violence. He has exonerated himself, and offered condolences to the bereaved family and the party. The party should now look under its foot to see if there is any subterranean movement by the alliance to strip Maada of the opportunity to run the race, and give themselves the boost to overtake him. But the alliance should be careful not to over reach itself and fall on the other side. 

Joe Genda.

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Government of Sierra Leone

Ministry of Political and Public Affairs

Press Release

29th May 2016

Political Violence in Kenema

On Friday 27th May 2016, the Ministry of Political and Public Affairs received  reports about  skirmishes among Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP)  supporters in Kenema. 

The incident reportedly started as a disagreement between two main SLPP factions in what was supposed to be a peaceful meeting , then later developed into a serious stand-off between supporters of Rtd Brigadier Julius Maada Bio and Mr John Oponjo Benjamin. 

The situation reportedly led to the destruction of private property and the killing of a young man believed to be a supporter of Mr. John Benjamin. Police have since arrested a key suspect also described as a staunch supporter  of Rtd Brigadier Julius Maada Bio.

As we unreservedly condemn this act, we wish to express a serious concern over the recurrence of political violence especially among members of the main opposition party. As the Ministry charged with the responsibility of providing oversight  on the activities of political parties in the country, we are calling on the leadership of the SLPP to ensure sanity prevails within its rank and file. 

We believe that the foundations of our democracy shall remain weak if the opposition fails to live up to its expectation of providing alternative development policies that will guide government on its mission to accomplish essential service delivery to the people of this country.

In view of this, we wish to make the following recommendations to the Sierra Leone People's Party.

1) That the national leadership of the  SLPP come out with a statement to unequivocally condemn the killing of an innocent supporter. 

2) That the party fully cooperate with the police and other law enforcement agencies to bring the perpetrators to book. 

3) That the family of the deceased is duly compensated. 

4) That the SLPP leadership maps out effective strategies that will bring a stop to the spiraling violence among its supporters. 

Finally, we are calling on the Sierra Leone Police and the Judiciary to speedily investigate and prosecute the perpetrators of this unfortunate incident.

The Ministry, on behalf of government wishes to express sincere condolences to the family of the bereaved. 

Signed: 

Nanette Thomas

Hon Minister

9th Floor, Youyi Building

Freetown. 

Media Contact: + 232 -76 190-017

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IS MAADA BIO VICARIOUSLY RESPONSIBLY FOR THE VIOLENT ACT OF HIS BODY GUARD? Ministry of Intrenal Affairs says BIO must be arrested and questioned by the Police.

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Senesie Jannie Tarawally: 

When selecting a candidate for the next election, SLPP members will have to take into account the circumstances on the ground. We cannot ignore the many obstacles in our path to victory. The backdrop to the next election, the elephant in the room is the formidable APC Political Machine. 

A ruthless political mafia runs our government. Creating ever increasing divisions (tribe, region) and lawlessness on a scale unimaginable only a few short years ago.

 

I must stress. We will be facing a ruthless well financed political machine that operates just like the worst mafia organisations around the world—they take no prisoners and are prepared to subvert the democratic rights of our citizens. 

We are unlikely to match the fundraising prowess of the APC Political machine. They treat our nation’s treasury as a personal “piggy bank” and have total control of all state apparatus. This is the kind of opposition we are facing. These are people who would do anything to stay in power. They are ruthless. 

They control the National Electoral Commission. They have gerrymandered our country to the point now that they say 60% of the population is in the north and ONLY 40% in SOUTH and EAST. This is what we are facing. We are the underdog. This is a huge challenge.

 

This gives them an unfair advantage; the playing field will not be level and we simply do not have the luxury of time and space. 

We have one candidate (only one candidate) who has the required EXPERIENCE of running a national campaign. 

We have one candidate who has EXPERIENCE of holding the highest office. 

He is the only candidate“tried and tested” at the highest level. There is no substitute for the experience gained at the highest levels.

 

My candidate is battle-hardened, been there, done that and lived to fight another day. 

Many of the world’s greatest leaders failed in their first attempt to gain the highest office. In 2000, Barack Obama lost an election when he ran for Congress. 

Why were these leaders able to succeed after such painful setbacks? They learned from their mistakes. They were uniquely placed to review and analyse what went wrong and to put it right the next time.

 

Julius Maada Bio is uniquely placed to bring his experience to the challenge of overcoming the formidable APC Political Machine. He has analysed and reviewed the mistakes of the past in a way only he could.

 

He is ready to hit the ground running on day one.

 

He will not require any “on-the-job-training”

 

He has a tried and tested campaign apparatus already in place.

 

It takes many years to forge the type of EXPERIENCE Julius Maada Bio possesses.

Can we really afford to dispense with such accumulated EXPERIENCE at such a critical time? 

I sincerely believe that many of the other candidates possess huge potential and offer our party much needed intellectual resources, but the stakes are too high. 

I could not choose potential over tried and tested experience when facing the most ruthless Political Machine in our country’s history. Could you? “AH BEG, DO YA. WUNA NOR DO DIS TO WE PEOPLE DEM.

 

I support Julius Maada Bio because I believe he is best placed to take advantage of the criteria needed for success. 

Blama's Finest,

The Man Who Conjures Something Out Of Nothing!!!

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PRESS BRIEFING BY TEAM JOB COMMUNICATIONS CENTRE ON THE COLD-BLODED MURDER OF MOHAMED KARIM aka DADDY IN KENEMA ON MAY 27TH 2016.

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On Wednesday May 25th 2016, a high powered delegation led by Chief Somano Kapen, Chairman and Leader of the Sierra Leone People’s Party and comprising of Mr. John Oponjo Benjamin, among other stakeholders, travelled to Kenema after several days of discussions at the PPRC. The mandate of the visiting delegation was to engage party stakeholders in both Kenema and Kono districts to resolve the issue of parallel executives that hitherto existed in the two districts in order to ensure peaceful coexistence prior to the imminent lower level elections slated for June 2016.

The team held successful discussions with all major stakeholders of the SLPP, including meetings with the Kenema City Mayor, Kenema District Council Chairman, Eight Members of Parliament, the previously elected Kenema District Executive, members of the parallel executive otherwise known as the Paopa group etc. etc. The various consultations were peacefully concluded by the evening of Friday May 27th 2016. The visiting team agreed to continue to Kono district on Saturday May 28th 2016.

As with the other members of the delegation, Mr John Oponjo Benjamin’s convoy left for his usual place of residence in Kenema along the Kenema-Bo Highway. The Team JOB convoy suddenly realized that they were been hotly pursued by a group of rowdy supporters of Maada Bio, headed by a security detail of Maada called Mohamed Fonnie. In a sudden twist of events and without any provocative act on the part of members of Team JOB, Mohamed Fonnie stabbed one of JOB’s supporters called Mohamed Karim aka Daddy, a citizen of Segbwema town and dedicated member of Team JOB, Njaluahun Chapter. The police hurriedly rushed Daddy to the Kenema Government Hospital where he was pronounced dead shortly after arrival. Team JOB unequivocally condemns such barbaric act of violence in our noble party that has always been renowned for its commitment to the tenets of democracy and civilized politics. In our view, violence before or after flag bearer election should never be condoned in SLPP and all those connected with this needless killing of our party member should receive the maximum punishment as guaranteed in the National Constitution and the applicable laws of Sierra Leone.

Team JOB extends its heartfelt condolences to the family of our late colleague in Segbwema as well as to Mr John Oponjo Benjamin to whom Daddy provided dedicated and exclusive support for the flagbearership contest of the SLPP. May his soul rest in perfect peace.

Since this murderous act was carried out, Mr. John Oponjo Benjamin has been incessantly receiving telephone calls expressing sympathy, shock and concern notably from His Excellency President Ernest Bai Koroma, Cabinet Ministers and several senior government functionaries with assurances that the incident will be speedily investigated and culprits made to face justice accordingly. Team JOB extends special thanks and appreciation to His Excellency the President and other government functionaries for the concern and, significantly, the assurance that the due process of law will be transparently followed. 

Team JOB is also  profusely thankful to the police under the leadership of AIG Karrow Kamara for the prompt and professional handling of the investigation into this reprehensible act perpetrated by criminals some of whom have already been apprehended. As a result of the prompt intervention of the Eastern Regional Police Command, the alleged assailant, Mohamed Fonnie who doubles as security for Maada Bio has been arrested together with other suspects and helping the police in the investigation.

While the investigation continues, Team JOB urges and appeals to party members, family members and the general public to remain calm and allow the investigation to proceed to conclusion unhindered.

As police investigation proceeds, we urge the SLPP leadership that was present in Kenema at the material time to institute prompt internal investigation with the objective to identify any culprits for appropriate disciplinary action in line with the SLPP Constitution.

Team JOB will keep all informed about funeral arrangements and other developments in due course

Team JOB Communications Centre.

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MAADA BIO IS THE CANKERWORM

By Samuel Banya - 31 May 2016

While the Sierra Leone People's Party also known as the Grand Old Party (GOP) is famous for its many charms like the once peaceful party, democratic, intellectually endowed and so on, it is also notorious these days for violence, arrogance, conceit and deceit. As a coterie of aspirants gear up to contest for the party's presidential candidate for the 2018 elections, fear of violence from stabbing to cannibalism is seeing people in especially its south/eastern strongholds are becoming exasperated and anxious as to what might befall them when the titans Maada and KKY clash. 

A few days ago, a young SLPP member was stabbed in cold blood by a bodyguard of Julius Maada Bio. According to reports, the plan was to kill another contender, former chairman and leader, John Benjamin. JOB as he is fondly called, even claimed that he was the target of the assailant - Mohamed Fonnie aka Abacha. The suspect has already been arrested and now behind bars far away from JS Keifala and Fokai who normally serve as sureties for this alleged killer. 

Daddy George as the late youth who served JOB diligently was called, was murdered in a barbaric manner, an aged woman said in Kenema. But it was not strange because the SLPP, since Maada Bio appeared on the block, has become increasingly and unrepentantly violent and chaotic. But yet, Hon. Philip Tetema Tondoneh has accused JOB of "midwifing" violence when he was Chairman of the party. Maada Bio has merely build on his legacy. 

While the SLPP is perhaps known for its good "naturedness" and "civilised" political mingling, it is notorious for violence, intolerant of opposing views and perspectives. Cut throat fights are commonplace, and about 6 out of every 10 SLPP member in the West/North are leaving the GOP weekly because of fear of violence, intimidation and mammy cuss. Even the elders of the party are not speared. "The other day the mother of Kandeh Yumkella was spat on because she accompanied her son to the party HQ at Wallace Johnson Street," a supporter of KKY bemoaned. 

A recent analysis discovered that, of the 10 or more flag bearer aspirants of SLPP, Maada is the most dangerous because of the thugs he had deployed at the party HQ, effectively monopolising the office and shutting out the others. This, according to JOB is unacceptable and therefore called for a level playing field. 

"Things are getting uglier in this party every day. I advise those young people who are around them to find something productive to do instead of following politicians like JOB or Maada Bio. If they kill you for power, you will die in vain," said Pa Abdulai Komeh of Kenema District Council. 

SLPP is well known for the death of Harry Yansaneh (does the name Fatmata Hassan ring a bell?). Lansana Fadika was also stabbed and had it not been for God’s intervention and the police, he was already marked for death. Chief Sumano Kapen had been severally mobbed and molested by thugs of Maada Bio. What's the way forward for the GOP? The answer as JOB said on radio, is for the canker worm to be uprooted by all means necessary. 

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Strasser to lead UDM?

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As Bangura resigns from the political party he formed and led in SierraLeone, the United Democratic Movement party, there are rumours that Strasser might lead the UDM.

People have always suspected that the UDM is an offshoot of the APC. What might they be 'plotting' again? Would you advise Strasser to get involved in the 'dirty' politics practised in SL?

 If indeed there's any truth in the above, my advise to Strasser would be...don't allow anyone to use you. Focus on rebuilding your life. Getting involved in the politics practised in our dear SL will only set you back in the recovery process.

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TRAUMATIC POLITICAL DISASTER HITS MAADA BIO AND HIS PAOPA CAMP!!

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The term trauma can generally be caused by any event, action or sound that may bring serious shock, stress, depression or life-threats to a human being’s normal life. This can be in the form of, for example, losing a very hopeful political election to an opponent, the loss of a loved one, a horrible accident, war, a fire disaster, earthquake, even the sound of a gun or other objects, etc. Trauma can also affect people by their conscious or unconscious reflection on past horrible events, like reflecting on the 11 years of an uncivilized and brutal war that devastated our country Sierra Leone and left indelible scars on the minds of citizens.

In most of my recent writings, I have always not hesitated to remind Maada Bio and his tribal and regional-minded SLPP “Pa-O-Pa” that the political situation of the country would result in their facing a horrific traumatic political disaster that would be difficult to be treated by any specialist therapist. I also did not mince my words to remind Bio and his SLPP that they would have to seek the services of specialist psychiatrists, psychotherapists, and therapeutic counsellors because of the traumatic stress, the uncontrollable anger and the tormenting depression that they would experience after a dramatic hands-down defeat in the hands of the SLPP flag race, come next year, by Dr. Kandeh Yumkella...

Well, Bio and his supporters obviously thought I was joking, their usual reaction to serious things, including serious national issue. To prove me right, I am challenging sober-minded Sierra Leoneans to take a closer scrutiny of Maada Bio and his Pa-O-Pa cabal and you will see the anger and depression that are eating deep into their hearts and souls after Dr. Kandeh would be announced the unquestionable victory of the Flagbearer To tell you the truth, they are all seriously sick, inwardly and outwardly, and I suggest that the government increases the size of the Kissy Craze- Yard, the only psychiatric centre in Sierra Leone. Dr. Nahim, our only and hard-working psychiatrist, can help in that direction.

Another school of thought says that Maada Bio could not get hands on the millions of dollars he stole in Sierra Leone and deposited in foreign banks. He and a few of the SLPP executive members thought the only possibility of Bio getting his wealth back from foreign banks was by becoming a Head of State. According to the school of thought, Bio therefore made a deal with the said executive members that if he became the president of Sierra Leone and got his money back, he would share it with them. Nobody knows how true this is but rumours in Sierra Leone are usually built out of authentic happenings.

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The final nail on SLPP’s coffin as Maada Bio plots the down fall of SLPP

NOVEMBER 17, 2015 BY PATRIC FORYOH  

By- Abdul Malik Bangura

By- Abdul Malik Bangura

Defence forwarded by Maada Bio’s Campaign Team is evidence that a wave of joy is felt within the Pa-O-pa (PAOPA IS THE NICKNAME OF BIO FACTION IN SLPP) because the main opposition lost most of the contested bye-elections seats, especially the WARD in Kenema. Sadly, this has evidently shown that the 2012 Presidential aspirant is the orchestrator of the disunity within the main opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party.

It was visible here, just as confirmed by Head of Maada Bio’ MEDIA Campaign Team: Yusif Keketuma Sandi that 11 declared candidates for the Presidential ticket of the main opposition rallied behind the confirmed candidates for the bye-elections of wards in Kailahun, Kenema and Bonthe and constituency 107 in the Western Area Urban Districts. With one voice, they all fought to revive the prestige and integrity of their party’s famous symbol of a Palm Tree popularly known as the TORGPOI.

Conspiracy loomed as the power conscious 2012 Presidential loser disagreed with the party executive over award of TORGPOI party symbols. Maada Bio’s Campaign Team confirmed that Bio endorsed ‘popular’ candidates (Pa o Pa supporters) who was not given symbols and as a result the party had to lost. This is why they are pilling blames on the Chairman and Leader and also the Secretary General of the party. This wave of mockery by the team at the face of party structures clearly show the damaging extent at which Maada Bio could be another Charles Margai if denied the next Presidential ticket.

What should be of great concern is the conspiracy set by Maada Bio and his Pa O Pa supporters against the party executive. Surely, despite his purported popularity the confused scenario in the party thus leave Mr Bio as a ‘wandering soldier’. It is impossible for him to be the Leader and Secretary General of the party. Specifically, with limitations binding on him in Clause 5,a of the SLPP constitution.

It is explicit that the SLPP lost their councilor sit in Kenema because a Pa O Pa candidate was not given. Mindful of the mushroomed changing tide, Mr Bio should have collaborated with others to support the Party’s candidate. Especially when he was on a national tour that had the greatest turnout in that very same Ward 034 neighborhood – during his last visit here in Sierra Leone. 

Indications like this clearly points fingers that Maada Bio and his Pa O Pa supporters endorsed the Independent Candidate that won the sit. This is contravening the ideals of a political party and must be treated seriously. Maada Bio should not be allowed to become an outlaw.

The fact the 11 candidate supported the course of the party and Maada Bio being against them all show that Bio is the troublemaker in the opposition party. Thus, reducing the essence of it being called a Political Party but rather a dictatorial pressure group under leadership of just one man.

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MICHAEL JACK MUANA - Athens of West Africa ( Facebook Post 18/11/15) digs his heels in abject DINIABILITY!!

{courtesy: Facebook post}

JACK MUANA WRITES:

Dear Ladies and gentlemen, 

I want to recall your attention to Dr Sylvia Olayinka Blyden's analysis after the bye election in constituency 107, political analysts will attest that the average Sierra Leonean is no longer interested in politics or does not believe in our political system.

 

Sylvia and her party should be thinking about why nearly 21,000 people failed to turn up on voting day in constituency 107!  Can we predict that the death toll in the constituency during the ‘Ebola Surge’ was very high? Alternatively, can we say the figure for 2012 election was cooked up by the APC?

 

Wherever SLPP’s predicament lies, this political scientist will argue that we should not blame PAOPA for SLPP's poor performance but the blatant disregard for procedures and processes by elected party officials (Namely Chief Kampen III and Suliaman Banja Tejan Sie).

 

We all need to learn a lesson from constituency 107 to know that politics is a number game! Give the majority what they deserve so that democracy can flourish!

 

Until SLPP starts accepting the reality, we will be postulating till we all go to our graves because APC is ready to wreck that country, you and I will continue to cry but we cannot do anything because of "bad heartism"! This bye election result shows that the other flag bearer aspirants are just noise makers! Where are they?

 

Although Dr Sylvia Olayinka Blyden is trumpeting APC’s victory, this analyst strongly believes that she will secretly inform his boss that the people are not happy with the current regime.

 

If her claim of PAOPA being behind SLPP poor performance in that bye election is true, then Sylvia and her party should be worried. Please concentrate on your party and leave Valentine Strasser to fight his own battle.

 

Thus it is the hope of our intra party opponents to work in collaboration with the USUAL SUSPECT/s such SYLVIA to allow them to annihilate us with responding in multiple measures. Such a though is a thing of the past. No one will be allowed this time around to trample on our democratic rights with RECIPROCATING in QUADRUPLE MEASURES. 

 

We are proud of what Rtd Brigadier General Julius Bio has done for Sierra Leone. Higher percentage of Sierra Leoneans appreciate his contribution to democracy in that nation. So please back off ! You are hereby warned!!!

COMMENTS:

Aloyisiys Momoh:

Mike, if we are continuing the blame game, it's a shame. Lessons are meant to be learnt from rather than cast aspersions. The blame game is a defeatist attitude. When people like you hide from the truth, who should the masses trust. When you call a spade a trowel, then you are in for a hell of senseless digging and baling. You, me and every other vuvuzela within the frame of our party has deviated from the truth. No one person is bigger than the party, if you and I think our guy is the bomb, then let our guy go carry his or her own weight and form his or her own party. Justice peace and unity...everything else bugger off!!!

Daniel S Morlu

Without Maada no slpp . 

Una must respect we paopa

Aloysius Momoh

Your sermon is not worth hearing, if you think so, as I clearly mentioned go form your own party or stop being divisive.

Abu Agbata Kallon

You can best advice your kky guy to go form his party to which  he could be no. 1 on d registration list ok . 

Sia Mary Kamara

Abu Agbata Kallon, KKY will never leave SLPP to form another party because his own biological father were the founding father's of th st great party that you Paopa people now think belongs to Maada Bio.  Telling KKY to go from another party is like telling a male child to change his surname to another or telling him to reject his family household. If someone must form another party,  then it should be Maada Bio.

Israel Ojekeh Parper Snr

I see the inter fighting within the SLPP is hotting up. This begs the question, "MAADA !! What's the future now?"

Michael Jack Muana

The future is to rally behind the most popular he/she candidate that can take us to StateHouse . 

Nothing less nothing more in my humble view .

Israel Ojekeh Parper Snr

Sorry Michael- your view is blinded by dark shadows so you "Cannot see the woods for the trees"!

Michael Jack Muana

Haha ! I beg to differ bro :) is the blatant truth either SLPP take it or leave it ..

Majority rules count in any democratic setting .

Hence with the voice of the majority there lies the mandate.

Israel Ojekek Parper Snr

MANDATE??! Ouch!! I've just Buck my toe! Looks like you are prepared to engage your energies into one ginormous  stunt of self disbelief. I will not comment further- press on Micharl✈️

Michael Jack Muhana

Exactly cause you can't discredit the truth .

Majority rule keep thinking about it .

Michaeł Jack Muana

People have to stop!

Why do they want to eliminate Julius Maada Bio? 

Why?

Immediately after the 2012 elections some people set on this perilous journey to exterminate one man - Julius, from the political lime light. And everyday it has been one drama after the other. 

Resolution 3 to facilitate Maada's court case, no, they cried foul. But resolution 50% +1 they will happily propose. What marries both instances is the corosive hate and unlimited passion to eliminate Maada. And so everyday we wake up to new imaginary storms in tea cups. 

Somebody has to stop this thing.

Stop!

Maada is not able to win state house, they say. Full Stop! And when you dare ask why, they become prophets and preach stories. 

Maada is only a candidate, like any of the other flag bearer hopefuls. What is different about him? He tried once, he did not win but he is now well marketed. Fact!

Buhari is a northern Housa. The Yorubas of Western Nigeria and the Ebos of the East did not like him for many obvious reasons. But he won.

The same way Ernest Bai Koroma of Nothern Sierra Leone was not liked by people in the south and east of our country. But with determination, even though he had lost two times, he soldiered on and won 2012 regardless our advantages as party in power. 

Maada lost 2007 to Berewa, he supported Berewa. Why should Berewa, who negotiates peace within APC not apply his skills in his own party? Instead what we hear is, he hosts all the people who wish to eleminate Bio in a night meeting at his house. 

Look! Bio is our only chance right now, and APC knows this. They know if they put Ernest Koroma, Bio will trash him badly. If they put a new face, he will never match Bio's popularity. They are in this dilemma, and we want to answer their question and clear their huddle. You put a new face now to represent SLPP, and see how Ernest will trash him. Or worst, new face against new face, plus the advantage of incumbency, APC will trash us like booboo. They know this well. And so, they keep Ali Bangura's case in court as the last resort. If you fail to eleminate your own brother, they will try to bar him through the constitutional review process, but if they fail, which they will regardless Bernadette Lahai's support in parliament, they will aim to keep us in court and leave us as a party legally out of the race. Maybe Ali Bangura will prefer that, and maybe JOB, Andrew Keili and Yumkella too will prefer that. I said maybe, stop looking at me like that! What have I done?

And so Jaiah Koroma who supports Andrew Keili hurriedly removed Maada's chair from the first NEC meeting aftwr 2012 even though this man still had a case in court. I don't want to dwell on those theories about how some played games around the 2012 elections. Well, what ever it was, that was to the advantage of Obai, he got his second term, which is a norm anyway in Africa, but which the same plotters blame on Maada now, as a weakness. What? 

Madness in Japan. No more Mazda in Sierra Leone. Me papa nor de buy Mazda again. 

The youth at the party head quarters were there when JOB was chairman. They fell out. They are used to being their, or maybe they were encouraged by JOB himself; dem days. But as with all relationships, they fell out. And they naturally transferred their love to Maada, chiefly because Maada was under the beam as the flag bearer then. In fact, Maada does not know many of them. But now, they have not switched their love yet, and they will not soon until another actor falls under the limelight. For them, perhaps they are fighting what Rasterferians might call a "righteous battle". And the smoke bellows over their heads. You call it what you care, they don't care. 

JOB and others quickly called them thugs and linked them to the laughable theory that Maada is a violent man. Seemed to tie up well in some people's minds, but no, not all. In fact, the majority thinks otherwise. I think we should manage their exit carefully, keeping their dignity intact and making them feel loved. Mr. Yumkella will need them when he falls under the limelight tomorrow. Let us collectively manage their exit, if you blame Maada, they will only see him as their saviour, and that you are their enemy. This I not chemistry, no, this is not agriculture. This is the science of the dynamics of human behaviour.

Now, other innocent people have fallen victim to their anger. They are now very suspicious of everyone who they perceive to be anti Bio, even honest challengers like Yumkella. I really deplore the way he was treated at the party office. Mr. Bio himself knows that was not good for our party, not even for him. We were all embarrassed first as party members, and secondly as supporter of Maada Bio. We knew they will blame paopa. But heaven knows that the youth at the party office, although they support paopa, they are not a creation of Paopa. Paopa appealed to them to behave well just before Mr. Yumkella's visit. Many of us saw the video showing Pa Abass Bundu's passionate appeal to the guys at the party office prior to Yumkella's visit, but some of you prefer the blame game. And Mr Yumkella likes it too now, especially after APC barred him from going up the provinces. That's not our fault. That's the result of some bad blood between them. And to hurt him even more, APC allowed Maada. 

We, as always, remained the innocent victims up for blames. Ay God, help we now.

Maada's tour was a shock even to APC. You remember how they rushed to Kono? Well, we followed the rules, they had the option to disallow Maada's tour, but for fear of the backlash, and the attractive advantage perhaps to hurt our brother Yumkella, combined together to lull them into giving us the go ahead. And maybe they thought it would further deepen the bad blood within our party and increase the dislike of Maada. But they were shocked beyond expectations, and the opportunity we had sent a strong message to both APC and SLPP. 

I will continue later, I know you are tired of reading this long essay already.

Israel Ojekeh Parper Snr

This your last piece Michael is confirmation that you are 'LOST IN THE WOODS'. Your arrows are flying aimlessly so you are unable to hit any target: please take the blindfolds off. It will improve you vision and get you away from this misguided misdirection sign you are following. ✈️🛫🛩Away, and Away and Away with it Michael!!✈️🛫🛩

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FRACTURED SLPP: WHAT FUTURE FOR SIERRA LEONE? 

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After spending more than a decade in power, the Sierra Leone Peoples Party lost the presidency in 2007.  The party then retreated into opposition as a fractured party, cash-strapped and bereft of practical ideas and powerless against President Ernest Bia Koroma’s alleged transgressions.  But Andrew Keili, one of the leading opposition leaders, says given the opportunity, he will bring about fundamental changes.  Keili recently spoke to Africa 54’s Paul Ndiho about the plans for his country.

   {What is Andrew Keili bringing to the  Political Table? Asks Paul Ndiho of a54.}

(Click YouTube Link below for interview.)

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