Due to discrepancies surrounded the June 24 elections… Samura Kamara Calls on International Community To Take Action
Presidential Candidate of the All People’s Congress Party(APC), Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara, has blasted the ECSL Boss, Mohamed Konneh, for colliding with the SLPP to illegally state- managed the occupation of State House following an electoral coup and thereby calling on the international Community to take action and restore democracy in Sierra Leone.
According to Samura, Sierra Leone is not the same anymore ever since the assumption of power of the SLPP Government.
He also recounted on June 24 elections how SierraLeoneans were very much determined to rid themselves of an autocratic and ethno- centric regime based on their willingness demonstrated for change by the huge turnout of the polling centres.
“But the democratic backsliding since 2018 was climaxed in June 2023 by the most blatant electoral fraud ever in history.
This cannot be accepted or allowed to continue because if we do, it will kill democracy in Sierra Leone and could threaten its consolidation in a region that is already politically, socially and economically troubled”, said Dr. Samura Kamara, while noting how he has exercised considerable restraint since the rogue announcements of results.
He further stating that as an institutionist he believes that the ECOWAS, AU and the International partners have a big role to play to prevent the spread of such undemocratic behavior that ignores the voice and will of the majority.
He concluded by stating that if this broken democracy is not fixed and this rogue regime is nurtured, no one, including the AU, ECOWAS and International Partners would have the moral ground to globally advocate for democracy, Freedoms, Peace, justice and human rights.
“This lack of action and/or reprimand by international organisations and democratic loving individuals, can surely EMBOLDEN DICTATORS OR WOULD-BE DICTATORS”… It is not enough to support elections and stand aside when the results are being manipulated, and then only get involved when situations become untenable.”, said Dr. Kamara in his tweeter page.
