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The elected Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyer, and other councilors elected under the banner of the opposition All People’s Congress (APC) boycotted the swearing-in ceremony conducted by the government of Sierra Leone for mayors, councilors, and chairmen on Thursday.
Aki-Sawyerr, who was re-elected as Mayor in June detailed her party’s position on the matter through a Facebook post on Friday morning.
She clarified that their absence at the ceremony was a continuation of the APC Party’s decision not to participate in governance activities, due to their belief that the election results announced did not tally with the votes at polling stations.
Since the 2023 election results were announced, the APC party has expressed suspicion of electoral malpractice, accusing the Electoral Commission of Sierra Leone (ECSL) of manipulating the election results in favor of the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP)t. As a result, the APC has urged the ECSL to release detailed, disaggregated data from the election within a six-month window to clear any doubts.
Aki-Sawyerr’s post also emphasized the APC’s readiness to resolve the current political deadlock. “The APC Party has agreed to engage the government in a dialogue, which will be overseen by a credible independent external mediator or institution,” she stated.
As long as development is going on in the city, the citizens are happy with or without mayor.
Stop fooling yourselves you SLPP paopa supporters, the people will never be happy with this illegitimate government. They have spoken, and the APC will continue to listen to their cry until the right thing is done. Sierra leoneans will never allow their constitutional rights to be rubbed by Mohamed Konneh. Enough!
Your absence mean nothing to the people of freetown so continue to stay home
If you like participate if you like not, sierra Leone will still go further without you guys so if you like die maada bio will lead this country.
All we need is PEACE 🙏 ,because the present government may function without the opposition somehow, but it will throw a lot of doubts or speculations which may not breathe a healthy breath for the nation. Let there be a Dialogue.
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We can only need the cooperation of the oppositions for the sake of peace in the country. However, if they’re still insisting that they will continue boycotting governance, that doesn’t mean that the nation will not forge ahead with its development. Let us forget about them.
Nobody has the mouth to say that there is a complete absence of APC MPs in the Sierra Leone parliament. There are APC representatives there and other MPs from the other political parties. Which means we are not having a one party state. So whoever refuses to work we will say the person is not having the willingness to work, period.
Whatever APC people accuse someone of, they’ve done it before. They’re crying foul. I now know that APC had never won a legitimate election. Ms. Thorp was their fixer upper! And now, they’re talking about DEMOCRACY. Sierra Leone never had democracy under APC. It used to be a one party rule. For those of you that are old enough, do you remember President Stevens? It was a one party state under his leadership. Who was there to question him? He hand picked Joseph Momoh and handed him the Presidency without calling for elections. Psalm 35 is a prayer for Salone! God will continue to destroy the APC party like he destroyed Pharoah in Egypt. When God chose Moses to go to Pharoah and tell him to let his people go, Pharoah laughed at Moses and asked him “who is your God?” When God was ready to destroy Pharoah, he hardened his heart. Pharoah didn’t take Moses seriously and questioned his God. Until the God of Moses destroyed him and sent the 10 plagues to Egypt. That is when he gave up and believed that the God of Moses is alive. President Bio, is the Moses that my God has chosen to free Salone from all evils. For those of you that want to bring war because you’re no longer in POWER, I plead Psalm 35 upon you and your generations including those that are yet to be born! Koroma ruled for almost 11 years, nothing was said or done to him by the SLPP. Give Bio a chance for God’s sake 🙏 If you’re a Christian, look up Psalm 35 and continue to pray for our country.
Whatever APC people accuse someone of, they’ve done it before. They’re crying foul. I now know that APC had never won a legitimate election. Ms. Thorp was their fixer upper! And now, they’re talking about DEMOCRACY. Sierra Leone never had democracy under APC. It used to be a one party rule. For those of you that are old enough, do you remember President Stevens? It was a one party state under his leadership. Who was there to question him? He hand picked Joseph Momoh and handed him the Presidency without calling for elections. Psalm 35 is a prayer for Salone! God will continue to destroy the APC party like he destroyed Pharoah in Egypt. When God chose Moses to go to Pharoah and tell him to let his people go, Pharoah laughed at Moses and asked him “who is your God?” When God was ready to destroy Pharoah, he hardened his heart. Pharoah didn’t take Moses seriously and questioned his God. Until the God of Moses destroyed him and sent the 10 plagues to Egypt. That is when he gave up and believed that the God of Moses is alive. President Bio, is the Moses that my God has chosen to free Salone from all evils. For those of you that want to bring war because you’re no longer in POWER, I plead Psalm 35 upon you and your generations including those that are yet to be born! Koroma ruled for almost 11 years, nothing was said or done to him by the SLPP. Give Bio a chance for God’s sake 🙏 If you’re a Christian, look up Psalm 35 and continue to pray for our country.