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Popular Sierra Leonean blogger, Sarah Kallay has stated four reasons why President Bio did not choose Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella (KKY) as his running mate for June’s general elections.
In a post shared on her social media page, Kalley described President Bio’s endorsement of Juldeh Jalloh as running mate as unsurprising.
She further confirmed that the rumoured move of Kandeh Yumkellah to SLPP for the position of a running mate is unrealistic to real political observers as it was always a far-fetched notion with little possibility of becoming a reality.
Read Sarah Kallay’s four major reaons why President Bio did not choose KKY as running mate below:
1. A President needs a VP who can be depended on to act Presidential when called upon but not too Presidential as to overshadow the boss, which Kandeh after a few months in office might have tried to do.
2. VP has proven himself to be manageable, dependable and publicly supportive of his boss where Kandeh possessed the potential to engage in a public disagreement with his boss, capable of making his own government look vulnerable, if he felt he would come out smelling rosy.
3. VP Juldeh brought to the table the much needed Fullah demography, with his ties and dealings to that community whereas Kandeh’s much heralded ties remain overseas. His tribe, political support and following remains overseas and what little he has locally can be sourced out by another political figure hailing from Kambia.
4. The Sam Sumana factor. Though slightly dissimilar (based on the fact that Sam Sumana’s occurred after second term election), selecting another Vice Presidential Candidate might have been dragged as amounting to sacking of the Vice President but at the very least created a Precedent problematic in terms of interpretation and at worse, exploitation.
