Sierra Leoneans tired of voting in fear


It's election season again in Sierra Leone, and many Sierra Leoneans feel weary and frustrated about casting their votes while feeling scared.

A group in Sierra Leone called the National Federation for Human Rights has released a statement condemning recent threats made by presidential candidate Julius Maada Bio against the opposition political party, the All Peoples Congress.

The federation is disturbed by the constant threats from Maada Bio's supporters and believes that it violates Article 25 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

They also believe that Maada Bio's actions are undermining the democratic process and could potentially lead to conflict in Sierra Leone.

The upcoming 2023 Presidential, Parliamentary, and Local Elections are scheduled for Saturday, June 24 and Maada Bio's threats have reportedly caused political tension and mistrust towards the Electoral Commission Sierra Leone (ECSL).

The federation has criticized the ECSL for being unprofessional and partisan, lacking transparency and fairness in its operations.

They are calling on the international community to help mediate the political conflict in Sierra Leone.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Ebola: The More We Learn, the More We Realize How Much We Don't Know

Image
Alex Bonapha, chairman, Kailahun District Council O bservers say the controversy erupting in Kailahun over the case of a dead baby might just open up critical questions on the Ebola epidemic in West Africa. "While the child appears to be at the center of this controversy, the real question being raised here is the mode of transmission: Is this virus transmitted or transfused?" asks Chernor Bah, chairman of the African Socialist Movement of Sierra Leone. Bah thinks “we need to listen to Mr. Bonapha's concerns.” A lex Bonapha is chairman of Kailahun District Council. In a tersely worded statement sent out Saturday, Bonapha said: "We are strongly contesting the validity of the one case today in Kailahun.  A young child of 9 months, fell ill and was hospitalised at the Nixon Memorial Hospital in Segbwema. They requested blood transfusion and a donor offered his blood. Eventually the child died and a swab was collected to verify the cause of death. It is this
Read more

Answer President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah's Call: "Never again shall we resort to violence to settle matters of political importance"

Image
Mohamed Sorie Forna and fourteen others were executed in Sierra Leone on July 19, 1975. I remember the date because my late father, driving us home, decided to go past Pademba Road. He was a Sierra Leone Daily Mail reporter in the 1950s. I have never forgotten the sight of bodies hanging on the high concrete wall towering over the prison. As I grew older and understood more of what I saw, I realized that there is reason developed countries choose not to display executed souls for all to see. By the time, Hindolo Tyre, a Fourah Bay College student president, was thrust into the role of leading a nationwide protest, which galvanized support from the labor unions, I was distracted by foreign movies like Network.  What I remember most about it was that before Howard Beale's sermons on the dehumanization of society, he asked viewers to shout, "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" from their windows. Gosh, so many people I knew were silently scre
Read more