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The Inter-Religious Council of Sierra Leone (IRCSL) has condemned the statement made by the ruling Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) Freetown Mayoral Candidate, Mohamed Gento Kamara.
The IRCSL said that they found the speech made by Gento to be “against the principles of religious tolerance” that the country enjoys.
The religious group furthered that the explanation made by Gento’s media team after his statement “fails to bring out the dangerous element contained in his (Gento) statement”.
The religious group further demanded that the SLPP’s Mayoral Candidate make a public apology to the nation for his utterances.
The IRCSL entreated the nation to embrace peace and development and furthered that the nation should vote for candidates of their choice.
The Council also admonished other politicians not to use religious places as campaign grounds especially if their messages contain “inflammable statements that will have negative effects on the cohesiveness”.
The SLPP’s Mayoral Candidate was recorded in a mosque where he made statements that many found to be bigotry.
Gento is set to contest against the incumbent Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr for the mayoral seat of the Sierra Leonean capital.
We are not here for politics,we need zone tolerance,please campaign don’t measure politics when campaigns in religion if people need you they we case theirs vote.We need peaceful elections in Sierra Leone. Thanks
Too unfortunate …….. persons with such utterances cannot serve well in leadership positions. They will surely fail the nation and end up dividing the people along tribal or religious lines.
As Sierra Leoneans we should be consistence in our condemnation of what we perceive to be bad when they occur. We must rise above the hypocrisy and double standards in circumstances of these nature. The position taken by the so- called inter religious Council about Gento’s alleged bigotry statement is hypocritical. Where were they when all sorts of tribal bigotry statements were directed at one of the largest ethnic groups in the country, the Mendes by those desirous to take mantle of leadership in Sierra Leone. The same question goes for SLAJ and the Sierra Leone Labour Congress. What is good for the goose should also good for the gander. Let us serve our conscience to the best of our abilities. We should not chastise one and leave out the other because of personal interests.
Gento can not distroy what ancestors had labour to fix, he has been expose for what purpose he is vying for political leadership position, he has already failed, we don’t need such person to handle critical leadership position in this Nation.