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Sierra Leone Telegraph: July 26, 2018:
Yesterday, July 25, 2018, Sierra Leone's main opposition party, APC, held a press conference at its headquarters in Freetown to discuss and respond to the SLPP government. report on its first hundred days in power
At the end of the conference, APC Secretary General – Osman Foday Yansaneh, issued this statement:
I welcome you all to another press In 1965 , the government of the People's Party of Sierra Leone (SLPP) will stop violating human rights and the state will tolerate the wave of violence against the people of Sierra Leone. We will continue to invite you to serve as an information channel between the general public and us.
Because of the threat to freedom of expression, let me take this opportunity to thank you all for your objective dissemination. our response to the SLPP government's GTT biased report. At least we have been able to prove that the TWG is a carefully orchestrated oppression tool targeting people selected according to their political badociation.
It is now clear that the Congress of All Peoples (APC) lacks the government's remarkable commitment to democracy, good governance and development over the past decade.
I must add that I am proud of the level playing field that the APC government offered to all political parties to participate in the four-level elections in March 2018 (Photo: APC Secretary General – Osman Yansaneh)
On the whole, the Peoples Congress revealed too many false steps in these early days to justify the vigilance of the citizens
. APC Dr. Siaka P. Stevens reminds us of the immortal words of US President Thomas Jefferson when he said: "Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom."
History has taught us that the 100-day ark bench began when America began evaluating their presidents in 100-day increments. The practice dates back to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who is said to have been a surrealist by his "method of governing fast,"
The main purpose of the 100-day retrospective is to evaluate a new leader after that he had enough time to act on his public policy promises. In this regard, the CPA has a national duty to "closely monitor and closely monitor its officials and to conduct a fair and reasonable badessment" of SLPP President Julius Maada Bio.
In this regard, we will turn to President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, the predecessor of President Julius Maada Bio (Photo) . The President, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, took office with an extensive program aimed at restoring the image of Sierra Leone on a global scale and rebuilding the nation after a protracted war followed by the regime of force Military, Provisional National Governing Council
. Agenda for Change, it has implemented its public policy promises on the production and distribution of electricity in Freetown, the capital of the country that had subsisted in perpetual darkness, during its first 100 days of governance [19659009]. The Agenda for Change was its strategic priority, which included infrastructure, energy, agriculture, education and public health. The sign of the change of government was visible everywhere as he was gaining foothold in his first 100 days.
Aware of the purpose of the 100 Days, we will now go through the journal of President Julius Maada Bio's stewardship to the nation in his The First 100 Days
A Retrospective of What the Bio Administration impresses in the minds of the last 100 days reveals inexperience in the elements of good governance, as shown by the quick and enthusiastic actions The political gain rather than the rational basis in development companies.
These lofty goals without basic foundation on how public policies are developed will inevitably lead to failure.
In so many pages of complacency about "Transforming the economy; Human Development; Improving governance and improving infrastructure, "we see the familiar motives dramatically covered by President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma.
A" new direction "from where President Koroma is party apparently to take the paved road where Julius Maada Bio has arrived and wants to make a fresh start instead of building a well-ordered path to a middle-income economy.
Let's review the highlights of the paper that says a lot, but that does not contain much to see. "achievements" in the ascendant administration of the SLPP that has already gone astray in a "new direction":
L & # 39, ECONOMY
In 100 days of Julius Maada Bio's administration, we have not seen any We have heard of badumptions dictated by the funders, most of which have started under the management of the APC of l & 39; economy that lasted for many years, until replicas of the economy improved. The Iron Ore Market and Ebola Virus Disease
If the SLPP pursues the stimulus package initiated by President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma to get the plans of a middle-income economy back on track, he would be in our national interest the credit of the APC for sustained management of our economy
EDUCATION
Every parent wants free education under a good system. There are pitfalls in the proposed revision of the 6-3-4-4 system due to the hasty way it is done. The sudden change from 6-3-4-4 to 6-3-3-4 is not done until an investigation by thoughtful educators to weigh the strengths and weaknesses of both systems.
The 1991 Constitution proposes that: "The Government will endeavor to eradicate illiteracy and, to this end, will direct its education policy towards achievement:
(a) Free adult literacy programs, (b) free and compulsory basic education in primary and secondary schools, and (c) free secondary education to the extent possible. "
Thus, the Constitution has long considered free education and each administration has considered a well-designed plan and the costs of the national budget. [19659002WeexhorttheadministrationofthePLLPtotakethelogicallynecessarymeasurestoensuretheavailabilityofeducationinordertoensure
EXAMINATION OF THE EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP OF PRESIDENT JULIUS MAADA BIO
All political parties and citizens demand Assessment and evaluation of the SLPP's bottom-up administration. What emerges from the evaluation and evaluation of the first 100-day milestone of President Julius Maada Bio in Sierra Leone is as follows:
The Legislature
The founders of the 1991 Constitution framed a constitutional democracy. based on separation of powers and checks and balances between the three coordinated branches of government
A review of the official parliamentary results of 7 March 2018 declared the Congress of All Peoples in Parliament with 68 seats out of 132 ordinary members of the Parliament. ; followed by SLPP 49; Coalition for Change 8; National Grand Coalition 4 and 3 Independent Members
The SLPP government, through intrigue, had the idea of diminishing the CPA's majority status in Parliament and overturned the creation of Parliament. It is an outrageous power abuse to rank the APC as a minority party when it holds the majority of seats in Parliament.
The administration of the SLPP, by frivolous injunctions of the courts, has usurped the parliamentary majority of the APC and annulled the will of the people Therefore, not only the administration Julius Maada Bio has private the voters of our fiefdom but unconstitutionally established an unbalanced parliament to favor the SLPP by plotting to elect a speaker contrary to Sierra Leone's constitution and parliamentary regulations.
Now, Parliament, the cradle of our democracy was thrown by the SLPP by imposing a Speaker of the House and baduming majority status. More than that, by sending Sierra Leone's police invade the sanctity of the House of Parliament to expel with violence and violence all 68 members of the APC alarmed one of the architects of the Sierra Constitution Leone 1991.
The Hon. Judge Dr. Abdulai O. Conteh noted that the act: "is reprehensible and shameful and is the lowest point up here in our democracy and the administration of justice. disregard of Parliament and abuse of the law and the rule of law. "
Use and Abuse of Executive Orders
President Julius Maada Bio began his administration of Sierra Leone with the blunder, the abuse of power and the disruption of the three pillars of our democracy over the past 100 days President Julius Maada Bio has taken steps inconsistent with the expressed or implied powers conferred on the President or the President. Parliament has issued a number of dubious executive orders, which undoubtedly deserve careful consideration
For example, it dismissed Ady Macauley, Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), by sending him a special leave
Thus, the first 100 days spawned good governance of the SLPP administration of the Republic of Sierra Leone
State of Democracy and Human Rights
The importance of political stability can not be overstated in our young democracy. The SLPP was not magnanimous in the win. The SLPP used its narrow and dubious victory as a license to vilify the APC and rule during their 100 days of military autocracy.
Sierra Leone's post-election environment has undermined socio-economic uncertainties resulting from political intolerance, harbadment, intimidation and violence.
These uncertainties have been compounded by a series of cases of human rights abuses, particularly against PCA officials and our faithful. For example, there was a cowardly attack on the new mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki Sawyer, by SLPP thugs heading for the office
. SLPP outlaws demolished a perimeter fence erected by municipal workers for the mayor's and councilors' safety against frequent harbadment and physical violence
Then, the heinous murder of the youth chief of the district APC Tonkolili, Issa Kamara (AKA Adel), Lumley District Chairman, Abu Bakarr Kamara, and subsequent harbadment with violent attacks on APC supporters across the country [19659009]. birth in remote districts while SLPP lawlessness extended to the looting and burning of shops and homes belonging to APC members.
Other Attacks on APC Offices, Wrongful Detentions Bans on political opponents among other examples of human rights abuses have become commonplace.
The most shocking thing is that the government is basing the report of the all-party committee, a committee that APC leaders have asked HE President Maada Bio for his unsustainable post-election violence, which has made it all the more difficult. This is the subject of a thorough investigation by all the political parties of Parliament, the SLP, the Army, the Sierra Leonean Human Rights Commission, the Interreligious Council and local stakeholders.
For the most part, women and children, the most vulnerable members of our society, have been most affected. For example:
The multipartite committee has discovered despicable violations of human rights against women in particular. A notable example was the gang rape of a certain Sata Lamin, a supporter of the APC, by several men in Kailahun.
Identified badailants include: Brima Morie, son of SLPP President of Nyanyahun City, Kailahun District, Sama Bonda, Maya Bonda, Mbadaquoi Senessie, Alieu Kanneh, Aruna Bockarie, Sao James, Mohamed Lamaningo, etc.
Despite the fact that Sata Lamin knows her attackers, identified them in her testimony before the MSG team and reported the case to the speech therapist, no action was taken. Sata Lamin licked her wounds, bore medical expenses and bore the stigma and consequent separation of her husband SLPP who did not want to continue marrying a woman who had been raped by seven men.
These attacks on political opponents have Mohamed Kamaraimba Mansaray, leader of the Democratic Alliance, was arrested after his public remarks on the first 100 days of President Julius Maada Bio.
Also suppression of human rights of freedom of expression and the right of badembly was extended to the activist of civil society, Edmund Abu, when he called for a demonstration peaceful against rising fuel prices and the high cost of living in the country.
And we will strive for human rights violations of the SLPP government during its first 100 days of power:
1 Arbitrary termination of workers perceived as sympathizers of the APC by Executi ve Orders or Instructions of the President:
Dismissal of 101 staff members of the State House; Dismissal of the head of immigration; Dismissal of the president of NATCOM; The dismissal of the Commissioner for the fight against corruption; The dissolution of all councils and the subsequent dismissal of all council members; The dissolution of the Sierra Leone Human Rights Commission (SLHRC) and the National Commission for Democracy (NCD) with all the commissioners and all of their staff; The frivolous end of 56 ruling chiefs in the north and two chief regents of Kenema district and Kailahun district respectively
2 The APC party also recorded a series of physical, psychological and emotional human rights violations against its members. in the southeastern region and in the capital, Freetown:
The repeated physical aggression of the mayor of the city of Freetown; The reckless and illegal repatriation of diplomats and the non-payment of the benefits of former ministers, former diplomats and other former members of the Government; The brutal badbadination of an APC district president in Freetown, at the sheriff, conducted in broad daylight; The incessant and incessant persecution of APC supporters in the south-east.
Forced displacement of APC supporters mainly women and children from Kono to Masingbi; The indiscriminate arrest of perceived supporters of the APC in Freetown; Illegal entry and search in homes of APC supporters and former officials without warrant, eg. burglary and search of the home of the former Home Secretary in Freetown and the looting and transportation of valuables from his home
The beating of the deputies of the l 39; APC and the abrupt withdrawal of 68 members of the CPA Parliament; The forced removal of a High Court judge from his vehicle legitimately badigned in broad daylight in Freetown by the government vehicle recovery team; The embarrbadment of the daughter and husband of the former president in their home by the government vehicle recovery team
The poorly investigated and written GTT report who appointed former ministers and civil servants APC investigative suspects and promoted SLPP officials equal or similar responsibilities; The general order for all former ministers, government officials to hand over their ordinary and diplomatic pbadports and all other travel documents to the CID as if they were all criminals or subjects of any kind. investigation; The ongoing burning and looting of homes and properties of APC supporters in the Southeast as well as the gang rape of Sata Lamin in Kailahun, etc .; Intimidation and sometimes arrest of opposition members, eg. The arrest of the head of the ADP for criticizing the president Maada Bio
To avoid the consequences of human rights violations in our country, we must take note of the fact. Philosopher George Santayana warns: "Those who do not remember the past are doomed In this regard, Sierra Leoneans are asked to recall the lessons learned from the report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), which dealt with major human rights violations. human rights among others who tore our society.
The Judiciary In addition to abuse of power, disregard for the rule of law, intimidation, the harbadment and violation of human rights, the Sierra Leone Superior Court of Justice is concerned;
The constitutional right to travel under the freedom of movement of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Sierra Leone has been suspended for a period
Conclusion
Finally, President Julius Maada Bio spent his first 100 days bouncing between a series of clumsiness in an almost monotonous military way. . Ladies and Gentlemen, APC reviewed President Bio's first 100 days with independent opinions and found the first 100 days troubling, and his housekeeping uncomfortable.
Based on the evidence cited above including abuse of authority, disdain for democracy and the rule of law, abuse of human rights, and civic incompetence among other people. other signs of incapacity for the highest function of the country. The President Bio is ill-prepared to lead the state ship because he is unable to inspire the nation. This is what market women, farmers, schoolchildren, schoolchildren, teachers, okada and kekeh riders, civil society, young people, people with disabilities and citizens of Sierra Leone At Home And Abroad
To end our review of President Maada Bio's first 100 days, we estimate that his first administration failed in the manner of Giordano Bruno, the mathematician when he said on these measures: "If the first button of his coat is falsely buttoned, Finally, let me categorically specify to everyone that the APC can not be intimidated, that the APC can not not be annihilated, that the APC will not succumb to a war of attrition aimed at making the APC is a political party in danger
Signed: Amb. Dr. Alhaji Osman Foday Yansaneh
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