Fact-Finding Mission: APC Must be Blunt to Tell the International Visitors Bio Stole the Elections
By Abu Shaw
The main opposition APC must ditch the diplomatic lexicon and go for Bio’s throat by telling international visitors the SLPP stole the June 24 elections.
The days of diplomatic language are long gone. Now is the time for the APC party to tell it as it is. Even the international observers believe Maada Bio did not rig the June 24 elections, but he stole it in broad daylight. Everyone is aware of the blatant stealing of the June elections by the Bio presidency in connivance with the corrupt Chairman of the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone ECSL Mohamed Kenewui Konneh. Dr Samura Kamara of the APC party won the elections hands down. No contest about that but Maada Bio and his thieves overturned the people’s mandate. (Photo: Maada has violated the Elections Peace Pledge he signed with Dr Samura, left).
The incumbent Julius Maada Bio does not deserve the presidency. The APC party must be firm to protect the people’s constitutional rights. Sierra Leoneans would not allow the constitutional coup committed by Bio to succeed. Never. APC won the June 24 Elections, period. The International fact-finding missionaries must be reminded of this salient fact every step of the way while they are in Sierra Leone. The APC must hammer this fact in every sentence they speak. After all, the global partners know this fact. “The people are angry and impatient,” the APC must remind the visitors.
Reports say the three-day visit will give the delegations from the Commonwealth, African Union, and ECOWAS the opportunity to get first-hand information on the ground. Remember the visitors are not here to negotiate or dialogue with the APC or the SLPP as the SLPP vuvuzelas are claiming. They are in Sierra Leone to gather more information regarding the June 24 elections widely dubbed unfair and not transparent. All the international and national elections observers had condemned the ECSL boss Mohamed Konneh for calling a dubious result that saw Bio retaining power. (Photos: Commonwealth Secretariat boss Patricia Scotland meets Bio. And ECSL boss during the elections).
And despite calls for the ECSL to release the election results District by District, Mohamed Konneh has refused to do so simply because they are hiding something and don’t want to be caught. Consequently, the APC party has boycotted all SLPP governance structures and this has hampered the smooth running of the Bio presidency. Coupled with international sanctions ranging from financial to travel bans and freezing of private bank accounts and assets, it is succinct that the illegal Bio regime is at a stalemate.
That is why Maada Bio is begging the APC to join his regime. But the people of Sierra Leone want the APC party to stand firm on its position. First, the ECSL was urged to release the June 24 election results and, secondly to have a re-run of the election if necessary. Sierra Leoneans are therefore warning the APC to ditch any diplomatic language and be blunt and frank with the visitors. Meanwhile, the people are concerned about the role of ECOWAS in Sierra Leone. Citizens are not convinced ECOWAS is sincere in restoring democracy in Sierra Leone. The APC party must be wary of ECOWAS. More details are as follows –
𝘼𝙨 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙇𝙋𝙋 𝙂𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝘼𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙨 𝘼 𝙉𝙚𝙪𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝘼𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖 3-𝘿𝙖𝙮 𝙁𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙁𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙈𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙄𝙣 𝙎𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙖 𝙇𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚
𝘽𝙮 𝘼𝙢𝙗 𝙋𝙚𝙣𝙥𝙪𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙧
𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙞𝙤-𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙅𝙪𝙣𝙚 24𝙩𝙝 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙩, 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣’𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚. 𝙄𝙣 𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙎𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙖 𝙇𝙚𝙤𝙣𝙚’𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙘𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙩𝙝 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮 7𝙩𝙝 𝙎𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧, 2023, 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚-𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙪𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙋𝘾 𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙉 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝘼𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙡𝙮. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙀𝘾𝙎𝙇, 𝙠𝙚𝙮 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙢𝙚𝙣, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 3-𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚.
𝘼𝙢𝙗.𝙋𝙚𝙣𝙥𝙪𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙧
𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙋𝘾 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖 𝘽𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙜𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙃𝙤𝙢𝙚 & 𝘿𝙞𝙖𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖. (Photos: Elections Observers during the June 24 elections. And APC leaders with Observers).
Council of APC Media Bloggers Home/Diaspora Political Del Common Wealth ECOWAS and AU on a Fact Finding Mission in Sierra Leone
The illegitimate government of Sierra Leone and the opposition are hosting the Common Wealth, ECOWAS, and AU delegations, who are on a three-day fact-finding mission in Sierra Leone. The three-day visit will commence today the 7th of September to the 9th of September, 2023. The purpose of this important visit is for these International Bodies to gather unbiased, credible, and authentic information that will help them to broker a peaceful solution to the already tense and volatile political situation in the country.
The Common Wealth and its International Partners will have the opportunity to meet with both the SLPP government which has imposed itself on the people, and the opposition APC party separately, to hear from the government and the determined opposition APC party. Speaking to reporters from the Council Of APC Media Bloggers, the National Publicity Secretary of the APC party Hon Sidi Yayah Tunis informed reporters that the party has put forward some demands, which include the resignations of the Chief Justice, the IGP, EC-SL Commissioner, display of the disaggregated results, nonparticipation in governance, and a re-run of the June 24th general election.
According to Mr Sidi Yayah Tunis, the APC party is doing this, not because they have any selfish motive, but because they are fighting for our Democracy, the people of Sierra Leone, and to prevent any leader in the future from doing the same thing. Sierra Leoneans are looking forward to a fruitful outcome of this fact-finding. The question most people are asking now is: after this visit, what next?? It’s understood that the delegation will return to present their reports to these bodies, They will come back in October to meditate between the imposed government and the well-determined opposition APC party, which has stood firmly to fight for DEMOCRACY and the people of Sierra Leone.
Courtesy: Council of APC Media Bloggers Media Room
